The BICSI is a set of standards and best practices defined by the Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI). It defines standards in the areas of information technology and telecommunications. Technologies covered are electronic safety and security, data and voice technologies,…
Bitcoin is the newbuzz word in computing these days. It holds the promise of making fast money and is a lucrative temptation for those who like to play big. Bitcoin is a transaction protocol for digital currency transactions and is…
Every state offers various tax incentives for data centers. At the national level, there are policies and programs that are designed specifically to support the growth and wide-spread adoption of data centers. Thanks to these incentives, some states naturally turn…
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) publishes codes and standards for the fire and rescue industry. Data centers, being susceptible to fire, would do well to adopt the NFPA Standard 75, which is “Fire Protection for Electronic Data Processing Equipment.” NFPA…
There was a time when the Unix operating system was the be all and end all when it came to enterprise application systems, the Internet and the hosting of mission critical applications. But, is that where it is today and…
