A group of six leaders in the data center industry say that a new standard by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers is too “prescriptive” in its attempt to promote data center cooling efficiency, in part because…
It’s hard not to be impressed by all the unified computing platforms hitting the channel from Cisco, Dell and others. After all, these are mammoth feats of engineering incorporating the latest technological advances that, in one move, provide a full…
A data center is a nerve-center where many computer systems are installed for storing and processing innumerable data. The Information Technology sector has grown in leaps and bounds over these years making them world a totally technologically driven planet. This…
The federal Environmental Protection Agency recently found that a data center’s uptime has no statistically significant effect on its energy efficiency. But does the claim hold water? At first blush, it would seem that uptime would hurt data center efficiency.…
In the Midwest, the biggest risk of natural disaster is tornado. Does your data center or Midwest colocation provider have F5 tornado resistant data center facilities? Hardened data center facilities are reinforced concrete structures with roofing engineered to withstand 135mph…
