Is putting end-users first a business philosophy
or a design philosophy, or both? Saying that end-users come first is easy, but
system designers and equipment suppliers find that putting end-users first can
be hard to do.
Will our growing reliance on all varieties of
digital information coupled with the recent extraordinary natural disasters,
deliberate assaults on IT infrastructure, and the increased obsolescence of the
electric grid lead to the perfect storm on steroids?
Reliability modeling enables an owner to make a business case for an investment in a new or upgraded mission-critical facility in answering the question: Is improving a facility or building a new (Tier III, smart Tier III, or Tier IV) facility a good capital investment? Reliability modeling-an analysis of the true cost of facility downtime-enables corporate executives to determine whether additional redundancy and reliability is worth the additional cost.
For a data center owner with a growing need of additional data center or infrastructure capacity, acquiring a company or its data center assets may be a good option. It