Too big to fail? Facebook’s global outage

Too big to fail? Facebook’s global outage

The bigger the outage, the greater the need for explanations and, most importantly, for taking steps to avoid a repeat.
Vertiv’s DCIM ambitions wither on Trellis’ demise

Vertiv’s DCIM ambitions wither on Trellis’ demise

Operators often say that data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software is a necessary evil. Modern facilities need centralized, real-time management and analytics, but DCIM is notoriously difficult to deploy.
Startups brew new chemistries for fresh battery types

Startups brew new chemistries for fresh battery types

Widespread net-zero carbon emission pledges are spurring innovative data center battery technologies.
Eyeing an uptick in edge data center demand

Eyeing an uptick in edge data center demand

Data center end-user organizations and suppliers alike expect an uptick in edge data center demand in the near term.

Fastly outage underscores slow creep of digital services risk

A recent outage at content delivery network Fastly took down…
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Green tariff renewable energy purchases

Until recently, power purchase agreements (PPAs) and unbundled…
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Pandemic has driven up data center costs

As the pandemic began to make an impact in early 2020, it became…

Renewable energy and data centers: Buyer, be aware

Across the world, data center owners and managers are striving…
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The insider threat: Social engineering is raising security risks

Uptime Institute Members say one of their most vexing security…
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Data center insecurity: Online exposure threatens critical systems

In early March 2021, a hacker group publicly exposed the username…