Are you managing your data center power costs? How would you rate your data center efficiency? With energy costs skyrocketing, it is becoming increasingly important that data center operators incorporate energy efficiency savings without sacrificing performance. In answer, the market…
How do you pick the right wholesale colocation vendor? First, consider your strengths as a business. In what markets do you operate? How have you been successful? Where is your talent? What products and services net you the most profit?…
The next generation of IT vendors has arrived on the scene. Driven by a tentative economic recovery that is seeing venture capitalists release a few more dollars to tech startups, and a need to create tools for the world of…
Outsource data center pricing models vary. Companies who use outsource data center (colocation) facilities often have multiple line items on monthly invoices that include charges for racks, floor space, power utilization, port charges, cross-connect fees, circuit sizes, redundant power feeds,…
The cost of downtime is high for many companies. Some clients need 99.99% uptime or better. Rich Miller’s article below on data center downtime addresses some of the human factors. Data center downtime is often the result of equipment failure,…
