Many businesses now find purchasing and managing on-site servers to store data and run enterprise software an expensive and resource-debilitating proposition. Infrastructure and software require frequent attention, taking up the efforts of full-time staff and other resources. Businesses are increasingly…
Every data center has to face the reality of software compliance audits. This can be a nightmare for set ups with an array of enterprise and open source software running together. For smaller shops, this is can be a relatively easy…
The Uptime Institute recently conducted a survey on data center outages reported in the last twelve months. The survey spanned across traditional enterprise data centers, colocation data centers and financial services companies with in-house data centers. The survey was based…
Data centers are an important part of the business structure for organizations in every sector, and they are essential for storing mission-critical applications and data. Since a data center plays such a crucial role, isn’t its location an important factor,…
The lean approach to data centers has caught on big time as a means to reduce cost and improve efficiency. A primary focus of the lean approach to data centers is on reducing cooling expenses and improving the energy efficiency…
