At a recent DCIM seminar hosted by nLyte Software, RF Code, and Server Technology, guest moderator Bruce Taylor, vice president of the Uptime Institute (part of the 451 Research Group) referenced the Institute’s 2012 Survey results
AOL’s Mike Manos recently noted that an April 23rd Yahoo! filing argues that designs utilized by Facebook and made public as part of the Open Compute Initiative might infringe on Yahoo!’s intellectual property.
Today’s data centers are no longer just enablers to the business; they can often provide corporations with competitive advantages and are the under-pinnings to corporate success.
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.
Starting a new law firm and speaking with cloud services vendors has brought my partner and me face-to-face with one of the realities of cloud data storage.
Design collaboration between the owner/operator and the electrical and mechanical engineers in the design and construction processes of two large Sabey Data Center Campuses—one in East Wenatchee, WA, and the other in Ashburn,VA—was key to the success of the projects.
With each passing month, our critical infrastructures continue to expand, leaving mission-critical professionals with a greater sense of urgency to institute procedures that ensure efficient communication with first responders while building on the lessons learned from past emergencies.
Administrators constantly assess data center and network capacity needs in preparation for a potential disaster but are often at a loss to respond in an optimal way to balance capacity and performance during an actual disaster.