How to Justify Data Center Modernization to an Executive

Credit to Author: Martin Heller| Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:58:03 +0000

A key challenge facing data center operations personnel is how to achieve buy-in from executives for funding technology upgrade projects. For many, the critical success factor for getting executive backing… Read more »

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Can Your Data Center Handle the Next Big Idea?

Credit to Author: Abby Gabriel| Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 20:07:23 +0000

Once upon a time, becoming a billion dollar business was a unique feat, which coincidentally took a little time to achieve. IBM, a global brand formed in 1911, took over… Read more »

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UPS Deployment Design Choices for High Availability Applications

Credit to Author: Gael Souchet| Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 16:00:11 +0000

Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs) are designed to provide power protection in the event of a utility power disruption or failure. But some applications are so sensitive to downtime that they… Read more »

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Facing a Hidden Truth: Running Data Centers Is Not Your Core Competency

Credit to Author: Anthony DeSpirito| Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 16:00:27 +0000

At Schneider Electric, we work with companies that own and operate dozens of data centers worldwide as well as some of the largest in the world. In working with these… Read more »

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12 Essential Elements of Data Center Facility Operations

Credit to Author: Anthony DeSpirito| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 16:00:09 +0000

Perhaps you’ve heard this stat before, or something like it: 70% of data center outages are directly attributable to human error. It’s a scary stat to be sure, especially when… Read more »

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Assessing Whether You Really Have the Expertise to Successfully Migrate a Data Center

Credit to Author: Steven Carlini| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:00:43 +0000

Conducting a data center migration requires having people on your IT staff with deep experience in such a project. By “deep” I mean folks who have been through several data… Read more »

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Colocation Providers Are Front and Center in Customer Edge Computing Plans

Credit to Author: Mark Bidinger| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:37:44 +0000

Pick an IT computing trend and there’s a good chance you’ll find edge computing plays into it in some way, shape or form. Internet of Things requires edge computing to… Read more »

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Jump on board the digital train

Credit to Author: Hervé Coureil| Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:48:48 +0000

In his recent Forbes article on companies that are seizing the opportunities of digital transformation, analyst Daniel Newman compared this revolution to “a charging digital bullet train.” This is one… Read more »

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