Big Data is Essential, But Are You Equipped to Handle It?

Many have come to understand the critical role big data plays in identifying business challenges and generating business leads. By analyzing greater loads of data at higher frequencies, it is possible to get a better picture of how business parameters are performing.

And if businesses are doing it, can the government be far behind? Government agencies are jumping on the big data bandwagon, according to a recent survey report published by EMC Corporation. The report highlighted that nearly 70 percent of the surveyed Federal IT decision makers agreed that big data has the potential to improve the efficiency of governing institutions. How they do so is by helping them make smarter decisions and providing them with bigger insights into governing parameters.

However, with big data comes a bigger problem. The task of handling bigger data is even bigger and it calls for heavy duty IT infrastructure like data centers. A recent Siemens sponsored study showed that increase in size of infrastructure is a growing concern among enterprises with 27% of them worried about headroom space.

But all these worries can be easily addressed if a well-formulated infrastructure management strategy is in place. This probably explains why investments in DCIM solutions are on the rise globally.

Handling a business that runs on a data center is your responsibility, but making sure your data center is up when you need it depends on the service providers you choose. With decades of expertise and bullet proof reliability their primary concern , Lifeline Data Centers is a perfect partners for data center facilities operations. The facilities are built to a 99.995% data center uptime standard, and Lifeline’s track record is even better! Visit our website to know more.

Alex Carroll

Managing Member at Lifeline Data Centers

Alex, co-owner, is responsible for all real estate, construction and mission critical facilities: hardened buildings, power systems, cooling systems, fire suppression, and environmentals. Alex also manages relationships with the telecommunications providers and has an extensive background in IT infrastructure support, database administration and software design and development. Alex architected Lifeline’s proprietary GRCA system and is hands-on every day in the data center.