Affordable colocation, data center compliance and 99.995% uptime are not mutually exclusive. Many organizations will need to make significant changes to their enterprise data center in the next few years. These changes are driven by a number of factors: Limits…
What you will learn in this tip: Disaster recovery and business continuity professionals often turn to hot sites and cold sites for disaster recovery planning. This tip provides a good starting point for those who are investigating hot/cold site options,…
Are you managing your data center power costs? How would you rate your data center efficiency? With energy costs skyrocketing, it is becoming increasingly important that data center operators incorporate energy efficiency savings without sacrificing performance. In answer, the market…
“What if Google does it?” That has to be a pretty common question among startups when they discuss their business plans. Gaining Google as a sudden competitor is usually not good news. The problem is, no matter how brilliant your…
Should flexibility be a primary IT strategy? I define the strategy of IT flexibility as the consideration of future changes in business and the technologies that support it. A company’s ability to change is a keystone of success in today’s…
