UI 2021 In Uptime Institute’s recent report on preparing for the extreme effects of climate change, there were over a dozen references to the dangers
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Network problems causing ever more outages
UI 2021 Power failures have always been one of the top causes of serious IT service outages. The loss of power to a data center
Data center staff on-site: engineering specialists or generalists?
The pandemic has led to a renewed interest by data center managers in remote monitoring, management and automation. Uptime Institute has fielded dozens of inquiries
Ensuring physical security in uncertain times
Ui 2021 Recent events have heightened concerns around physical security for many data center operators, and with good reason: the pandemic means many data centers
A Surge of Innovation
Data center operators (and enterprise IT) are generally cautious adopters of new technologies. Only a few (beyond hyperscale operators) try to gain a competitive advantage
Sustainability: More challenging, more transparent
UI @2021 Through 2021 and beyond, the world will begin to recover from its acute crisis — COVID-19 — and will turn its attention to
Edge Computing – The Next Frontier
One of the most widely anticipated trends in IT and infrastructure is significant new demand for edge computing, fueled by technologies such as 5G, IoT
Accountability – the “new” imperative
UI @ 2020 Outsourcing the requirement to own and operate data center capacity is the cornerstone of many digital transformation strategies, with almost every large
Five Trends for 2021: accountability, automation, edge, sustainability, innovation
UI 2020 What we can expect for mission-critical digital infrastructure in 2021? Each autumn Uptime Institute, like many other organizations, puts together a list of
Common Factors for IT venue selection (Choosing In-house or Outsource)
UI @ 2020 Data center capacity is rapidly expanding in outsourced, third-party IT venues, such as colocation data centers and public cloud. Whether measured in