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Publicly reported outages see increase in deliberate attacks
Major publicly reported outages in 2024 were longer and, therefore,…

Water is local: generalities do not apply
Water use has become a benchmark metric for data center operational…

Publicly reported outages see increase in deliberate attacks
Major publicly reported outages in 2024 were longer and, therefore,…

Water is local: generalities do not apply
Water use has become a benchmark metric for data center operational…
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Data center design goals and certification of proven achievement are not the same
On March 13, 2015, Data Center Knowledge published an article…

Proper Data Center Staffing is Key to Reliable Operations
The care and feeding of a data center
By Richard F. Van Loo
Managing…

The Making of a Good Method of Procedure
Good MOPs (method of procedure) help humans manage the complexity…

Empowering the Data Center Professional
Five questions to ask yourself, and five to ask your team
By…

Sun Life Plots Data Center Facilities and Operations Roadmap to Meet Application Demands
An imminent return of service causes a top-to-bottom examination…

RagingWire’s Jason Weckworth Discusses the Execution of IT Strategy
In this series, Uptime Institute asked three of the industry’s…

Mark Thiele from Switch examines the options in today’s data center industry
In this series, three of the industry’s most well-recognized…

Improving Performance in Ever-Changing Mission-Critical IT Infrastructures
CenturyLink incorporates lessons learned and best practices for…

Operational Upgrade Helps Fuel Oil Exploration Surveyor
Petroleum Geo-Services increases its capabilities using innovative…

Digital Realty Deploys Comprehensive DCIM Solution
Examining the scope of the challenge
By David Schirmacher
Digital…

Thinking Ahead Can Prevent the Mid-Life Energy Crisis in Data Centers
Turning back the clock at Barclays Americas' data centers
By…

Close Coupled Cooling and Reliability
Achieving Concurrently Maintainable and Fault Tolerant cooling…