Does it make more sense to build your own data center, use a colocation center to house your gear, or lease turn-key space from a wholesale data center provider? The size of a requirement has historically been a key decision…
Why must your managed services provider also be your outsource data center provider? Why do organizations assume that they must use their favored managed service provider’s data center facilities? The skill sets for outsource computer room providers are obviously different…
Network World — IT professionals are finding it harder than ever to set up access controls for network resources and applications used by organization employees, and cloud computing is only adding to their woes, a survey of 728 IT practitioners…
A new Uptime Institute Operational Sustainability benchmark, due out July 1, aims to measure a given data center’s ability to avoid outages over long periods of time. The new metric complements the Uptime Institute’s existing data center tier standard. And…
Are you wasting time and resources on your data center? If your company relies on your computer systems to generate revenue, deliver services, or manufacture your product, your computer room facilities can be a source or worry. You spend lots…
