Can you simplify your computer room with wholesale data center facilities? First, what are the benefits of reducing complexity? Less labor required for managing IT and the data center Better reliability; less data center downtime Faster time to resolution when…
When data center people discuss N+N data center redundancy, they are discussing how two a data center maintains “two of everything.” The reason? Two of everything means less data center downtime. Rated-4 data centers are expected to deliver 99.995% uptime.…
Arthur Cole paints a clear picture of the challenges of balancing cloud computing, data centers, outsourced applications and storage in this IT Business Edge post. Should CIO strategy assume a heterogeneous environment with flexibility is an underlying goal? The popular…
Why are companies moving primary data centers to wholesale colocation facilities like Lifeline Data Centers? The nine reasons outlined in the paragraphs above were: • Reaching limits on power, cooling, or floor space • Improving primary data center uptime (reliability)…
Today’s Wall Street Journal highlights the activity in the hot market for metro fiber, noting that there have been 14 acquisitions in the industry this year alone and 45 since the fiber market began its turnaround in 2006. “After the…
