Large data centers are repositories for some of the most mission-critical information in the cyberworld today. For this reason, there are legal and regulatory compliance requirements mandating effective data center configuration and asset...
When utility power at a data center fails, automatic switchover to an emergency backup power system that enables “business-as-usual” is the ideal scenario, writes Bhavesh Patel of ASCO. But sometimes that doesn’t happen because the transfer switch...
Amazon plays its part by taking care of the data center as well as taking care of your virtual instances, then the security ball comes to your court, writes James Mascarenhas of Endpoint Vault. What security measures you take will decide how more...
Ask not what your data centre can do for you, but what you can do for your data centre, writes Andy Huxtable of CenturyLink Technology Solutions. He states that it's essential that customers understand the positive impact they can have on...
The appetite for everything digital shows no signs of being satiated; the data center will continue to be front and center, wrties Jack Pouchet of Emerson Network Power. The most recent analysis of the "state of the data center" shows no signs of...
To achieve simplicity in the face of complexity, your data center and IT staff should seek to better understand system impacts in the data center across all roles and functions, writes Lara Greden of CA Technologies. This will enable your team to...
There are a lot of smart people in the data center power protection market debating the merits, value, risks and rewards of high-efficiency uninterruptable power supplies (UPSs). Today's Industry Perspectives, written by Brad Thrash of GE Critical...
The rapid transition to cloud computing and virtualization has led many data centers to begin replacing existing three-tier networks with “new” flat topologies – ironically, these are the same “outdated” topologies they abandoned years ago...
By expanding their attention on uptime to include energy efficiency, data center operators can actually maximize uptime and save money at the same time, writes Sarah Rambacher of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
Both the value and types of hybrid cloud models available are expanding, writes Adam Fore of NetApp. And this means IT managers need to re-think their approach, using their expertise to assess cloud services and deploy applications to the best...