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As data center operators continuously analyze ways to reduce energy usage while cutting costs, they have often relied on insights from The Green Grid to understand data center cooling performance.

That’s why many IT managers were interested in the consortium’s release of the Performance Indicator (PI), a new real-time multi-metric view that delivers a more comprehensive way to understand data center cooling performance. Up until recently, data center operators have used the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric, also released by the Green Grid.

The Green Grid noted that there had been feedback

Just as recently as two to three years ago, environmentalists and industry leaders were expressing grave concerns that the demand for data centers would lead to a significant rise in energy consumption. There was reason for concern. With the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) to run businesses and households and the demand for Big Data to provide businesses with critical insights, the accelerated growth of data centers was inevitable.

However, recent studies are showing that those fears are unfounded as data centers have taken on the challenge to implement

As a “high-tech landlord”, we’ve been offering data center compliance and colocation services to a variety of high-profile clients — including health networks and the federal government — since 2009. While many others have realized the revenue potential for data center colocation services, they tend to underestimate how much time, knowledge, effort, and money goes into doing it right. With our highly credentialed staff and know-how, that’s where we truly differentiate ourselves in a highly saturated market.

This month, we were interviewed by Bizvoice Magazine on how we’ve turned our

This past March, Lifeline Data Centers attended the Data Center World in Las Vegas and conducted this Data Center World Video Interview Series with some of today’s most skilled and knowledgeable data center experts.

We chatted with Drew Samuelson, the Senior Product Manager at Vizualiiz, which focuses on IT asset management, data center asset management, wireless IT asset management and automated wireless IT. Drew explains that his company affixes RFID tags to all key assets in order to track them from “cradle to grave.” Thus, they utilize RFID technology

It’s apparent that the fight against cyber attacks is a costly one, with corporations, government agencies and small businesses grappling with how to stay a step ahead of hackers. That’s why recent projections have emerged that spending on cybersecurity will hit $1 trillion from 2017 to 2021.

According to the Cybersecurity Market Report released by Cybersecurity Ventures said the rise in cybercrime will rise dramatically, with malware shifting from PCs and laptops to tablets and smartphones, and attacks being directed with Internet of Things (IoT) products, such as remote garage door

No doubt you heard about high-profile cyber attacks in the past few years. More than likely, brands and corporations like Target, Sony, Ashley Madison, NASA, and JPMorgan Chase come to mind. But you don’t have to be a major corporation to be susceptible to breaches and cyber attacks.

According to statistics revealed by Symantec, an increasing number of cyber attacks are directed at small businesses. In fact, those attacks are rising — from 18 percent of all cyber attacks in 2011 to a whopping 43 percent of all cyber attacks in

As a business that receives payments through the five major credit card brands, including Visa, Mastercard, and American Express, more than likely you’re familiar with PCI DSS — a proprietary information security standard administered by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. The standard was designed to reduce credit card fraud.

According to new standards, compliance for two updated mandates have been delayed until 2018.

According to the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), companies will need to comply with a new version of its data security standard (DSS). This guideline will

INDIANAPOLIS – June 29, 2016 – Indianapolis-based Lifeline Data Centers was named one of the 20 most promising data center solution providers in 2016 by CIOReview last week. As an innovator and expert in this field, Lifeline is thrilled to receive an accolade of this caliber from a trusted industry resource.

CIOReview called Lifeline’s data center workspaces “superior and compliant”, citing Lifeline’s 99.999 percent uptime, multi-layered security systems, and highly compliant processes. By building custom processes and scaling them across their client base, Lifeline is able to provide these services for

Outsourcing data center needs is increasingly becoming an option for companies that are looking to quickly expand their data center capabilities without building out their own facilities. More than likely, you’ll have an extensive array of choices. But, of course, choosing the right one requires taking into consideration a wide number of factors — including the specific needs of your company.

It would be a mistake to simply select a data center provider that meets your basic needs and meets your budget. Take a look at these features of a quality

Designers of data centers have been focusing on ways to improve the performance of these critical assets, while exploring ways to minimize their environmental footprint — while delivering the practical solutions that address the needs of today’s IT teams.

But some designers are taking it a step further, envisioning the possibilities of data center innovations of the future. Whether you’re talking about the next 5 years or the next 20 years, change will come. According to Search Data Center, we’ll see the highest rate of changes in data centers leading up