The Latest in Data Center Management and Innovations

As the pace of technical progress continues to quicken, only the most innovative data center can create the concepts, upgrades and management advances to keep your critical data center infrastructure secure.

Mastering the power, cooling and security challenges of today is a minor accomplishment when compared to understanding what those challenges will look like tomorrow.

You need a data center with the foresight and the technology to support your infrastructure needs now and into the future.

Read about the latest news at DataSite and the data center industry here. Bookmark this section so you can come back often.

Mar
01

5 Major Challenges in a Data Center Migration by Rob Wilson

Planning the relocation of a data center is a task that requires a significant amount of time and effort. There are various sources which can provide best practices when planning a relocation and they can be foud with a simple Google search. The following article by Jerry Gentry takes a different perspective and is a great view into some of the challenges posed by such an enveavor.

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/02/28/5-best-practices-of-data-center-migration-part-ii/

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Nov
02

The Transition From SAS 70 to SSAE 16 by Rob Wilson

For over a decade SAS-70 Type II audits have been a key requirement for all organizations who outsource their data center operations to a colocation facility. This year The American Institute of CPA's replaced SAS-70 with a new auditing standard, SSAE 16. This new standard is similar to SAS-70 but has a few different components. The following article by Mark Eich at LarsonAllen LLP does a nice job of describing the changes.

http://www.larsonallen.com/Information_security/The_Transition_From_SAS_70_to_SSAE_16_Managing_Internal_Controls/ » Read More!

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Oct
25

Data Center Outages Generate Big Losses by Rob Wilson

It is no secret data center outages are costly to all enterprises but they also are much more common than one would hope. The Ponemon Institute conducted a survey of US data center and found that 95% experienced one or more unplanned data center outages in the past two years.

The leading causes are:
UPS Battery Failure (29%)
Accident/Human Error (24%)
Water/Heat/Cooling Failure (15%)
Weather Issues (15%)
Generator Failure (10%)

Professional data center operators can hedge against these types of costly outages. Colocation, web hosting, and a turn key data center lease are several ways to endure that you have the most competant data center professionals managing the critical infrastructure that your organization relies on for 100% up-time.

The attached link is to the article in Information Week written by Chandler Harris.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/data_centers/229500121 » Read More!

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Oct
24

The Price of Data Center Availability by Rob Wilson

Today most IT organizations run a mission critical operation. The cost of down time is costly can be measured in millions of dollars and even life or death in some cases. Creating a high availability or "always on" environment can be very costly and in most cases the economics lean to wards leasing wholesale data center space or utilizing a colocation facility like DataSite.

http://www.datacenterjournal.com/home/news/languages/item/2792-the-price-of-data-center-availability
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Oct
18

Major Expansion of World’s Data Centers by Rob Wilson

Despite the current global economic slowdown, the data center industry expects growth next year to match levels last seen in the world economy’s boom years. The continued expansion of digital media and online services is forcing large corporations continue to invest into upgrading and building new facilities while small and medium sized business look to colocation and cloud services. » Read More!

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