Do Midwest centers offer an advantage? Is it better to use a Midwest colocation facility rather than the facilities in Northern Virginia, North Carolina, or Atlanta? The answer is totally dependent of your organization’s criteria for a data center. In…
Studies reveal that business apps drive data center complexities more than anything else. Data centers are complex, and complexity can cause problems. But many companies rush to virtualization and other simplification strategies to reduce data center complexities without seeing the…
Data center consolidation is quite similar to two people who have been living on their own at separate locations move together into the same house. Consolidation often results in the duplication of items and resources. Consolidation should ideally prevent redundancy,…
PortfolioStat program, launched in April, has identified dozens of ways for agencies to consolidate systems, buy in bulk, eliminate duplication, says report. White House efforts to root out wasteful IT spending in federal government have identified 98 “opportunities” for consolidation,…
In an increasingly technology-dependent workplace, disruptions in technology services ripple through organizations. While the information technology team grapples with service level expectations that are nearing a standard of continuous availability, the real estate and facilities team is under ever-increasing pressure…
