Information technology (IT) disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) plans and testing are critical aspects in storage enterprises today. Without having a DR plan to fall back on, many companies and organizations could find themselves in trouble with data…
The credit crunch has boosted adoption of colocation, as some companies who might normally have built their own data centers have instead leased colo space to conserve cash. But the majority of enterprise companies still want to build their own…
Is a do-it-yourself disaster recovery center your best solution? Years ago, Comdisco and Sungard were the only solutions for protecting the enterprise data center from disaster. The contracts were long-term, the services were expensive, and only the largest companies could…
Continuing with our look at year-end reviews and predictions, I’m struck by the way many of these reports focus on individual technologies but not on the data center in general. If your focus is on, say, the future of servers…
Is flexibility in the data center your best strategy for 2010? Flexible data center space supports many CIO strategies. Flexible data center space allows for quicker implementations of new lines of business, and their associated applications. Flexible data center space…
