Rich Banta

Rich Banta

Rich is responsible for Compliance and Certifications, Data Center Operations, Information Technology, and Client Concierge Services. Rich has an extensive background in server and network management, large scale wide-area networks, storage, business continuity, and monitoring. Rich is a former CTO of a major health care system. Rich is hands-on every day in the data centers. He also holds many certifications, including: CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor CRISC – Certified in Risk & Information Systems Management CDCE – Certified Data Center Expert CDCDP – Certified Data Center Design Professional

What Does It Mean to Be a Rated-4 Data Center?

Data Center Power Compartmentalization Whitepaper

Throughout the data center industry, there are varying levels of uptime specifications and ratings which indicate how much of the time the data center is expected to be fully operational. For data centers, Uptime Institute Tiers, TIA-942 Ratings, and BICSI…

5 Ways to Improve the Structure of Your IT Team

Alex Carroll and Rich Banta from Lifeline Data Centers

Having the best equipment and most innovative technology doesn’t mean anything without a strong IT team. Motivated and talented team members will help your company achieve new goals and identify new opportunities, and they can directly affect uptime and compliance in…

What Data Center Downtime Costs

Data Center Power Compartmentalization

For any data center, whether internal or external, the goal should be as close to zero downtime as possible. Not only does downtime in your data center affect your staff or clients, but it hurts the corporation as well. The cost…

How to Reduce Data Center Carbon Footprints

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With more and more businesses going online, servers and data centers are becoming one of the most valued assets in an organization. The demand for data and bandwidth is continually growing, which is contributing to the global energy consumption. According…