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COVID-19: What worries data center management the most?
To date, the critical infrastructure industry has mostly managed…
Pandemic is causing some outages and slowdowns
To date, media coverage of the impact of COVID-19 and the lockdowns…
99 Red Flags
One of the most widely cited metrics in the IT industry is for…
Outage Reporting in Financial Services
In the movie “Mary Poppins,” Mr. Banks sings that a British…
Why do some industries and organizations suffer more serious, high profile outages than others?
In a recent Uptime Institute Intelligence note, we considered…
How to avoid outages: Try harder!
Uptime Institute has spent years analyzing the roots causes for…
IT Outages in the Airline Industry, A New Report by the GAO
Uptime Institute’s Annual outage analysis, published early…
“Think Globally, Act Locally”: Re-Evaluating Data Center Resiliency in the Face of Climate Change
The 1970s-era environmental phrase “Think globally, act locally,”…
Fire Suppression Systems Bring Unexpected Risk
Hazards include server damage from loud noise during discharge…
Myths and Misconceptions Regarding the Uptime Institute’s Tier Certification System
True or false? When it comes to Tier Certification, just ask…