One of our most recent clients chose to move their critical production computer systems to Lifeline’s outsource data center because of their new office location. They recently moved the main office to a brand new office park, and the power…
If your company is considering the use of a colocation facility, you have dozens of choices. Midwest colocation has become very popular because of a few factors: the Midwest is less prone to natural disasters power costs are low compared…
The electrical power needed to maintain an enterprise data center continues to increase. Yet in small businesses, the cost of the data center’s electrical power is rarely assigned to the IT department. Decision makers in the finance and IT departments…
Why are so many outsource data centers locating in the Midwest? Why are Microsoft, Google, and other large Internet companies putting their private data centers in the heartland? Here are the biggest reasons: Risks of natural disaster are lower Cost…
The Rated-4 data center classification is the gold standard of computer room facilities. The Uptime Institute defines a number of criteria that enterprise data centers and colocation facilities must meet in order to achieve Rated-4 status. The biggest difference between…
