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Is Your Data Center Ready for Cyber Monday?
November 26th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
PETER PANFIL
Emerson Network Power

The majority of data center downtime was related to inadequate investments in a high-availability infrastructure. In fact, more than half of data center professionals polled agreed the majority of downtime events could have been prevented, writes Peter Panfil of Emerson Network Power. Read More
Compute Infrastructure as a Service (CIaaS) Best Practices Detailed
November 20th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
Robert Cohen
TM Forum

A collaboration from two industry groups TM Forum and Open Data Center Alliance will provide a comprehensive IT view on enterprise-grade Computer Infrastructure as a Service (CIaaS) requirements, and also includes insight from some of cloud computing’s earliest adopters, writes Robert Cohen of TM Forum. Read More
Data Center Efficiencies – A Look at The End-User
November 19th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives

Efficiencies built around the end-user computing experience can actually help create a more robust data center environment. This is where technologies around user virtualization can really help. The idea here is to abstract the user from the hardware layer, writes Bill Kleyman of MTM Technologies. Read More
Hurricane Sandy Post-Mortem: Will Your Critical IT Systems Survive Another Major Power Outage?
November 16th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
VINCE PELLY
Citihub

The Hurricane Sandy event that hit the Northeast confirms that the use of diesel fuel to run backup generators, the location of the critical systems and primary data center as well as the geographic location of backup sites are significant to sustaining the ongoing critical operations for organizations, writes Vince Pelly of Citihub. Read More
The HIPAA Police Are On Their Way
November 15th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
MIKE KLEIN
Online Tech

One of the lesser known requirements of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct periodic audits to ensure that healthcare organizations and their business associates are complying with HIPAA laws, writes Mike Klein of Online Tech. He describes how these requirements impact data centers who are working with healthcare organizations. Read More
Can Your Backup Solution Weather the Next 100-Year Storm?
November 14th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
LARRY LANG
Quorum

Despite efforts to predict these weather events more accurately, these extreme weather conditions continue to occur at Mother Nature's whim, and seemingly with more frequency. Larry Lang, of Quorum, takes a look at evolving technologies in the disaster recovery sector. Read More
Your Business Is Cloud Ready, But Is Your SLA?
November 13th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
DAVID WHITE
Ipanema Technologies

Moving from traditional, on-premise collaboration to a SaaS environment drastically changes the way applications using the Wide Area Network (WAN) are managed, writes David White of Ipanema Technologies. Read More
Data Center Efficiency: The Past and the Future
November 12th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
WINSTON SAUNDERS
Intel

In the last few years, focus by the data center industry has brought about substantial gains in efficiency. These improvements range from infrastructure to fundamental improvements in computing efficiency, writes Winston Saunders of Intel. What lies ahead for the efficiency-seeking industry? Read More
Six Steps to Improve Data Center Cooling Efficiency
November 8th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
CRAIG WATKINS
Tripp Lite

An Uptime Institute study also found that up to 70 percent of data center energy use is for cooling and air handling, so increasing cooling efficiency is vital to reducing costs. Start with the low-hanging fruit. You’ll be surprised how much you can save with a few simple steps, writes Craig Watkins of Tripp Lite. Read More