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Lifeline is excited to share some great news from our partner, MidWest-IX:

MidWest-IX is excited to announce a Netflix OCA node is online with our Indianapolis peering fabric.  This will speed up access to Netflix content for any of our members.  Streaming content can account for up to 80% of a network’s traffic, and Netflix is a big part of that for many networks.  Network operators are always looking for the quickest ways to deliver content to their users and being a MidWest-IX customer is a great way to eliminate network bottlenecks.

We

As a “high-tech landlord”, we’ve been offering data center compliance and colocation services to a variety of high-profile clients — including health networks and the federal government — since 2009. While many others have realized the revenue potential for data center colocation services, they tend to underestimate how much time, knowledge, effort, and money goes into doing it right. With our highly credentialed staff and know-how, that’s where we truly differentiate ourselves in a highly saturated market.

This month, we were interviewed by Bizvoice Magazine on how we’ve turned our

This year, Lifeline Data Centers exhibited and presented at Data Center World, which was a great event held in Las Vegas from March 14 to March 18 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

Cocktail Hour & Exhibition Hall

As an event sponsor, we hosted a cocktail hour on Wednesday, March 16 from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. and exhibiting on Wednesday and Thursday from 12 – 4:30 p.m. (both days). We were at Booth 937, where we talked about:

EMP: Electromagnetic pulse
Rated-4: Uptime standards
FedRAMP: Compliance at the highest level

We also interviewed data center professionals and

Lifeline Data Centers is proud to announce that we will be attending Data Center World this year. The event is held in Las Vegas from March 14 to March 18 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, and we’d love to invite our clients, friends, and readers to join us.

Cocktail Hour & Exhibition Hall

We will be hosting a cocktail hour on Wednesday, March 16 from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., along with exhibiting on Wednesday and Thursday from 12 – 4:30 p.m. (both days). Visit us at Booth 937, where

When you manage your company’s data center, your primary focus is keeping servers up and running. But if no one is checking the efficiency of those servers, you could be maintaining machines that offer little value in exchange for the power they consume.

In 2013, data centers in the United States consumed 91 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. Here’s how much power that actually is:

A 500-megawatt coal plant can produce 5 billion kilowatt-hours per year
5 billion kilowatt-hours is the approximate annual electricity usage of a city of 140,000 people
That means data centers

With a rapidly changing business climate that includes data, cloud and analytics, data centers are expected to undergo numerous changes in the next few years to adapt. However, it can be difficult to predict what those changes might be.

Following are some of the biggest variables that could impact data centers in the immediate future.

Regulatory questions

The Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet rules forbid Internet service providers from favoring some Internet traffic in exchange for payment (that’s just one provision of the rules that are also known as net neutrality law). But

By the time businesses decide to move their data center, or consolidate multiple data centers at one location, they’re eager to get to work and finish the migration as soon as possible. But this task requires a lot of planning and coordination, and rushing the process can create big problems.

Following are some recommendations if you’re considering a data center migration.

Assign a project manager

The first step in your data center migration is assigning a project manager to oversee all aspects of the move. Depending on the level of expertise your IT

Hospitals are handling more data every day, and some are struggling with how to manage data warehousing functions in a way that doesn’t put additional strain on their budgets.

Onsite data centers may become inadequate or impractical, as the volume of stored information grows. In that case, hospitals should find a data warehousing solution that serves their needs and keeps patient data safe.

Health records and the cloud

Proponents of cloud data storage say it’s safer than physical data centers, but that may be a faulty conclusion. With only 1 percent of data

The recent cyber crime rate is reason enough for data center and business owners to take action. Here are some recent headlines that sent shivers down the spines of business owners:

Home Depot reported a loss of 53 million email addresses.
The Target breach is reported to have an estimated cost of $1 billion.
Michaels had a theft that resulted in the loss of 3 million+ payment cards.

Since 2007, the cyber insurance industry has witnessed a $400 million growth. Here are three best practices for data security for your enterprise.

Storing Customer Information: There are as many

When you think of green data centers, images of saving on power costs and better utilization of resources come to mind. While energy is the core of green data centers, what many people ignore is the big impact that real estate makes.

Traditionally, the real estate in the overall data center cost has been relatively small compared to the cost of energy, electrical and mechanical equipment. This has, however, changed as of late, especially when data centers are located in offshore hubs such as Singapore and China, where real estate is