Efficiency and reliability are both critical to successfully operating a data center; however, only one of the two is currently used as a reportable metric.
The infographic illustrates the increasing reliance on IT by data centers.
December 12, 2013
Emerson Network Power has released its “2013 State of the Data Center” infographic illustrating the increasing criticality of data centers and severe consequences of data center outages.
The company’s data protection platform supports virtually any IT environment.
December 12, 2013
FalconStor Software, Inc. recently showcased its data protection platform at the Gartner Data Center Conference held December 9-12, 2013 at The Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Connectivity-On-Demand services allow customers to increase or decrease their committed interconnect bandwidth on short notice or to use IP transit based on a totally flexible ‘consumption only’ based model.
December 2, 2013
Virtus has announced the launch of Connectivity-On-Demand services at its LONDON1 facility.
It is estimated that by 2014, data centers will consume 2% to 3% of the energy produced globally. That is a staggering statistic, especially since the number is on the rise.
As we noted in the last issue, many data center owners and operators have concluded that both our power generation and transmission capacities in the U.S. are so overburdened that we need to consider alternative and renewable sources of energy in order to meet the exponential demand of our IT facilities.
In today’s complex data center environment, operators must continuously juggle multiple integrated mechanical, electrical, and data systems to minimize the risk of critical failure.