Gartner predicts that the year 2013 will see a $3.7 billion spend on global IT, a 4.2% growth over the previous year. As for data centers, a whopping £147 billion ($192 billion approximately) spend is expected, which is a 4.5% increase from 2012 figures.…
Not only have DoS (Denial of service) and DDoS (Distributed Denial of service) attacks become emerging trends in cyber security world, but they are also increasing in complexity and ferocity. According to a report from Infonetics Research, data centers, IT…
With cloud computing, why do companies continue to buy and lease data center equipment? Cloud computing is becoming pervasive. From software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications to virtual servers to physical servers to disk space to networking to security, you can rent just…
While DCIM is all about the lifecycle of a data center, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is all about the lifecycle of a building. BIM uses virtual design tools like 3D modeling and simulation to provide digital representation of the entire…
Nature has some highly dangerous and destructive weapons in its arsenal. IT facility managers should always keep an eye out for lethal threats from nature of which lightning is perhaps one of the more harmful ones. Lightning strikes are not…
