The following is excerpted from the April 12, 2010 Information Week article “Cloud Computing Risks”, written by Greg Shipley. Data center certifications and data center compliance are not always what they seem. Most IT pros are familiar with the Statement…
Is outsource data center space a better alternative than infrastructure as a service? Many of Lifeline Data Centers newer clients are second generation outsource data center users. They are moving out of the cloud, or out of another data center…
A group of six leaders in the data center industry say that a new standard by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers is too “prescriptive” in its attempt to promote data center cooling efficiency, in part because…
In the Midwest, the biggest risk of natural disaster is tornado. Does your data center or Midwest colocation provider have F5 tornado resistant data center facilities? Hardened data center facilities are reinforced concrete structures with roofing engineered to withstand 135mph…
In January the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled that public companies must disclose to investors the risks they face related to climate change. The ruling raises a key question: does your company have enough data about its operations to…
