With hundreds of Delta Air Lines flights recently grounded in the wake of a power outage, companies of all sizes started taking a hard look at their own IT operations. At the top of the list? An assessment of disaster recovery plans. More than likely, the overall damage to Delta has yet to be assessed. According …
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With a data center outage recently delaying more than 2,000 Delta flights, the vulnerabilities of legacy computing systems became clear, according to various experts commenting on the extensive grounding of the airline’s fleet. In a Fast Company.com article, Airfarewatchdog President George Hobica said, “The airlines are dealing with a hodgepodge of equipment that’s been cobbled …
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Just as recently as two to three years ago, environmentalists and industry leaders were expressing grave concerns that the demand for data centers would lead to a significant rise in energy consumption. There was reason for concern. With the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) to run businesses and households and the demand for …
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This past March, Lifeline Data Centers attended the Data Center World in Las Vegas and conducted this Data Center World Video Interview Series with some of today’s most skilled and knowledgeable data center experts. We chatted with Drew Samuelson, the Senior Product Manager at Vizualiiz, which focuses on IT asset management, data center asset management, …
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This past March, Lifeline Data Centers attended the Data Center World in Las Vegas and conducted this Data Center World Video Interview Series with some of today’s most skilled and knowledgeable data center experts. We interviewed Brendon Hill, the Executive VP of Business Development for Dave Goerke & Associates (DGA), a full-service data center and …
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The year is 2020. The cyber attack of your worst nightmare has just become a reality. Are you at all prepared? That’s the question — and the scenarios — that researchers and experts are undertaking to minimize any damage caused by extensive cyber attacks, the type that could shut down power grids and totally reshape …
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We’re hooked. Hooked on the internet as part of our day-to-day lives, that is, whether it’s social media or our reliance on the growing number of smart home devices. And that trend only will continue to grow — fueling the need to not only ensure that our data centers have a higher rate of reliability …
Increasing Dependency on Data Fuels Growth of Data Center Security Read More »
This year, Lifeline Data Centers exhibited and presented at Data Center World, which was a great event held in Las Vegas from March 14 to March 18 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Cocktail Hour & Exhibition Hall As an event sponsor, we hosted a cocktail hour on Wednesday, March 16 from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. …
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Lifeline Data Centers is proud to announce that we will be attending Data Center World this year. The event is held in Las Vegas from March 14 to March 18 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, and we’d love to invite our clients, friends, and readers to join us. Cocktail Hour & Exhibition Hall We …
With the United States now tallying up to 80 to 90 million cybersecurity events a year, many companies are facing the harsh reality of what to do when they’re attacked. That amounts to about 400 new threats every minute, according to Sarbjit Nahal, managing director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, who was quoted in …
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