Good data center strategy includes considering the long-term costs of power for the data center, and managing those costs on a long-term basis. Many companies have found that outsource data center facilities (colocation) can help them reduce data center power…
Whether you’re considering an outsource data center for your primary data center or disaster recovery colocation, there’s a good chance that outsourcing your computer room facilities can save you money when compared to building your own. Downtime is no longer…
Microsoft has provided a look inside a new data center facility in Redmond, Washington where it is consolidating servers for its research unit and labs. The company says the consolidation, which physically separates Microsoft engineers from the servers running their…
Can you build enough data center redundancy? Most businesses today have little or no tolerance for downtime. The cost of downtime is lost revenues, lost credibility and lost clients. And the first step to avoid data center downtime is to…
Data center power costs are a big part of the IT budget. Doesn’t it make sense to put your data center where power is cheap? A few years ago, it was very costly to consider out-of-town options for your enterprise…
