Data centers hold a lot of secure information. So, it is important to know whether the facility has effective and adequate safeguards against data theft and other potential problems. This can be determined by an assessment of the data center's...
While all of the terabytes and terabytes data that the world is producing offers the promise of valuable insight, managing its sheer volume, as well as the speed with which it is being created is a tremendous challenge. How can companies turn...
While virtualization has helped in increasing hardware utilization, two socket servers remain the most commonly deployed server hardware in the data center, yet offer enterprises little flexibility when it comes to swapping out parts that best...
Once the design wheels are turning, it’s time to work with state and local governments on site development, permits and zoning. Many people groan at the thought of the politics involved, but this can actually be a rewarding chance to engage your...
Companies may still be reluctant to move to cloud apps because they don't want to give up critical predictive functionality that is baked into their core business processes, such as cross-sell, next best activity, or churn management, writes John...
What are compelling business activities at the strategic level that make Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) technology essential? Business cases for supporting investments in DCIM are often a combination of hard and soft costs, writes...
SOC 2 reporting is still in its infancy stages. However, since its introduction in 2011, BrightLine has been engaged to perform hundreds of SOC 2 projects. Chris Schellman of Brightline offers tips for cloud service providers considering this...
Physical server sprawl, under-utilized assets, and lack of management tools contribute to the increase cost of running a data center. Chris Heyn of KEMP Technologies Italy explores ways to reduce costs in these areas.
This column, part of a series by Shawn Mills of Greenhouse Data, outlines more about designing an efficient facility, where design partners are the most useful and how site limitations and local ordinances force a compromise between the ideal...
IT and business should be working together, right? That’s not a rhetorical question. Rather I think it is an indication of a major shift taking place in corporations today. There is a key enabler behind this and it’s the public cloud, writes...