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