Failure Doesn’t Keep Business Hours: 24×7 Coverage

A statistical justification for 24x7 coverage By Richard Van…

Examining and Learning from Complex Systems Failures

Conventional wisdom blames “human error” for the majority…

IT Chargeback Drives Efficiency

Allocating IT costs to internal customers improves accountability,…

AIG Tells How It Raised Its Level of Operations Excellence

By Kevin Heslin and Lee Kirby Driving operational excellence…

Meeting the M&O Challenge of Managing a Diverse Data Center Footprint: John Sheputis and Don Jenkins, Infomart

By Matt Stansberry and Lee Kirby Driving operational excellence…

The Calibrated Data Center:  Using Predictive Modeling

Better information leads to better decisions By Jose Ruiz New…

Avoiding Data Center Construction Problems

Experience, teamwork, and third-party verification are keys to…

Improve Project Success Through Mission Critical Commissioning

Rigorous testing of data center components should be a continuous…

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…