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Pay-as-you-go model spreads to critical components
As enterprises continue to move from a focus on capital expenditures…

Data center energy use goes up and up and up
Energy use by data centers and IT will continue to rise, putting…

Capital inflow boosts the data center market
Data centers are no longer a niche or exotic investment among…

Surveillance Capitalism and DCIM
In her book “Surveillance Capitalism,” the Harvard scholar…

Lithium Ion Batteries for the data center. Are they ready for production yet?
We are often asked for our thoughts about the use of lithium-ion…

Non-production IT can hinder mission-critical operations
Separating production and non-production assets should be an…

Big Tech Regulations: an UPSIDE for Cloud customers?
Regulation of Internet giants has focused so far mostly on data…

How to Avoid Outages – Part Deux
A previous Uptime Intelligence Note suggested that avoiding…

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…