Just like most folks, I’m often asked what it is that I do. And just like most folks, I describe what I do based on the person who is asking. If I am talking to a person who isn’t in the information technology field, I say: I’m a high-tech landlord! My company is Lifeline Data …
What are the real costs of operating your enterprise data center? The electrical power needed to maintain an enterprise data center continues to increase. Yet in small businesses, the cost of the data center’s electrical power is rarely assigned to the IT department. Decision makers in the finance and IT departments should consider this hidden …
Who is Indy’s largest data center? In the last few weeks, many of my friends, Lifeline Data Centers’ clients and prospects have asked me this question. The reason they’re asking is because another Midwest colocation provider has been advertising in press releases and pay-per-click as “Indy’s largest datacenter.” Does it really matter? I can understand …
With a state-of-the-art data center recently opened in Georgia, PricewaterhouseCoopers is on the prowl for a few good people. The challenge looms just about as large as the 80,000-square-foot building housing the IT infrastructure. PwC is looking for IT professionals to fill vacancies on its network operations, security and facilities staffs, for example. Some positions …
CIO.com: The Deepening Data Center Skills Crisis Read More »
Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and other large IT providers insist that data center customers want to deal with fewer, bigger vendors for more of their IT needs. But many IT pros say this “one throat to choke” mantra is self-serving at best and often demonstrably false. Their response could be summed up this way: “Well, of …
SearchDataCenter: IT shops want more throats to choke Read More »
The electrical power needed to maintain an enterprise data center continues to increase. Yet in small businesses, the cost of the data center’s electrical power is rarely assigned to the IT department. Decision makers in the finance and IT departments should consider this hidden cost when evaluating new projects. For a small business in Indianapolis …
Affordable Colocation – the real cost of your operating your computers Read More »
