Selecting the right data center or a collocation provider is important for your business because your data’s security depends on it. Here are six considerations you should take into account while selecting a data center for your business. 1. Location The first big consideration for selecting a data center is the location. You should try to find …
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The data center industry has been witness to rapid developments in its sphere of business. High performance computing, the emerging realization of the cloud as a component in various levels of business, the Internet or Things (IoT) and the implications of big data are a few important influential factors. Keeping in line with these changes …
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As an organization grows, so does its data. In most cases, it does not make much sense to plan in advance for the additional costs and overhead that are required for data storage and maintenance. Using an external agency to store your data has become the smart solution, but choosing a data center needs due …
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A data center is meant to serve your business’ data needs, and some of the most important aspects of data centers are uptime, preparedness for disaster recovery and customer satisfaction. The data center may be equipped with the most hi-tech superior performing systems, but, for some, it also needs to have that extra something when …
Green data centers are all the rage now, due to the benefits of improved efficiency and savings for owners, along with less pressure on the earth’s environment. The move towards green data centers started off when companies resorted to recycling and reducing their carbon footprint as part of their corporate social responsibility and to improve …
By now, most people know that downtime can cost your business a lot of money, whether you have an internal or external data center. But, what people don’t realize is how much it really costs if your system goes down for even a minute. According to the Ponemon Institute: [blockquote]The average cost of data center …
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As the need for data protection and storage continues to grow, Lifeline has been one of the first innovators in using unconventional spaces, like old malls and large retail stores, to renovate and use for our data centers. Earlier this year, we announced that we would be expanding our services into a old Target store …
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As data centers grow, power requirements also grow. Data centers, in fact, rank amongst the biggest consumers of power on the planet. However, there is a tipping point, and many data centers are now finding this out the hard way. Surging demand of power means that many data centers have exhausted the power utility’s ability …
Going green yields many benefits today’s data centers. However, going green is traditionally associated with high costs, especially substantial investments in making radical changes to cooling technologies and installing renewable energy sources. This, however, does not always have to be the case. It is possible to convert an existing legacy data center into a highly …
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Data center security is the key to business operations running smoothly. With cyber crime and hacking gaining momentum, security administrators work relentlessly to ensure that their data environments are safe and protected. One area which is often ignored is the threat to critical data that exists from within a firewalled network. Combating back door vulnerabilities …
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