Stopping the presses at the Chicago Sun Timesled to the rise of a one-of-a-kind mission critical powerhouse on Chicago’s South Side. The 317,000-sq-ft legacy printing facility is now a robust colocation data center, featuring low latency, high reliability, and redundant infrastructure that swaps the written word for digital content — a real sign of the times.
I have had discussions with clients, contractors, consultants, and pretty much everyone else at one time or another regarding the benefits of providing both continuity and consistency of services.
All too often security is discussed primarily in the context of threats that come from the outside. Yes, cybercriminals and other outside threats are rightfully a key focus when it comes to data center security, but focusing solely on them dangerously ignores the potential threats and vulnerabilities from within: endusers and even us, the venerable but not invulnerable IT professionals.
Over the last year I have been writing about the new role of the CIO. Columns have included such topics as program roll outs, TCO and cloud, metadata, the role of the CIO driving profits, and technology innovation.