To date, the critical infrastructure industry has mostly managed effectively with reduced staff, deferred maintenance, social distancing and new patterns of demand. While there have
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COVID-19: What worries data center management the most?
To date, the critical infrastructure industry has mostly managed effectively with reduced staff, deferred maintenance, social distancing and new patterns of demand. While there have
Pandemic is causing some outages and slowdowns
2020 To date, media coverage of the impact of COVID-19 and the lockdowns has been largely laudatory. There have been few high profile or serious
99 Red Flags
One of the most widely cited metrics in the IT industry is for availability, expressed in the form of a number of nines: three nines
Outage Reporting in Financial Services
In the movie “Mary Poppins,” Mr. Banks sings that a British bank must be run with precision, and that “Tradition, discipline and rules must be
“Think Globally, Act Locally”: Re-Evaluating Data Center Resiliency in the Face of Climate Change
The 1970s-era environmental phrase “Think globally, act locally,” is an apt way for data center operators to consider the best approach to understand and address
Data-Driven Approach to Reduce Failures
Operations teams use the Uptime Institute Network’s Abnormal Incident Reports (AIRs) database to enrich site knowledge, enhance preventative maintenance, and improve preparedness By Ron Davis