When selecting a site for a data center, enterprises are faced with two categories - locations of corporate convenience or more remote locations where resources are cheap and plentiful, the local climate is friendly or increased security is provided.
There are many issues to consider when relocating heavy servers and equipment. Here are five key questions to ask to determine the best approach.
Migration to cloud infrastructure and motor car racing have some interesting parallels. As Henry Ford II found out in 1964, just pulling together a team (solutions framework) with the right skills and components doesn’t mean your plan is fool...
What are some of the practical lessons that you can expect to learn by deploying a private cloud? Perhaps tops on that list is anl appreciation for the resources required to deliver cloud computing solutions reliably and securely.
How are your data centers doing? Very few systems incorporate all of the data from monitoring of IT and facilities into a single, holistic picture of how all your data centers are performing.