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John O'Brien Adam Page
4 Mar 2024
Cloud outage insurance: assessing policy options

Cloud-related outages pose a serious financial risk to operators of mission-critical digital infrastructure. And a rising number of high-cost outages suggests that insurers may have a role to play.

Keynote Reports 20 min read
Michael O'Neil
1 Mar 2024
Ineffective cyber policies increase corporate risk

Organizations develop strict security policies and practices to reduce exposure to cyberattacks. An ineffective policy only increases the cyber risk both to the data center and across IT in general.

Briefing Reports 15 min read
Ali Moinuddin Antonio Ramos
14 Nov 2023
REPLAY | Webinar: Understanding Digital Infrastructure Cybersecurity in an Interconnected World

The surface area for cyberattacks on IT systems and operational technology environments in data centers has expanded exponentially. In this on-demand webinar, you will learn what you need to do to protect your critical infrastructure.

On-Demand Webinars 60 min
Jacqueline Davis Daniel Bizo
8 Nov 2023
Resiliency considerations with direct liquid cooling

DLC promises attractive thermal performance and economics, but data center operators looking to adopt it will need to examine how they define and uphold their resiliency standard as product designs and resiliency guidance evolve.

Briefing Reports 35 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
15 Jun 2023
Who is responsible for cloud data resiliency and availability?

Organizations encounter a bewildering assortment of cloud storage platforms. The difference between the offerings lies in who is responsible for scaling, resiliency and performance: the provider or the customer.

Briefing Reports 12 min read
Jacqueline Davis Lenny Simon Daniel Bizo Max Smolaks
16 May 2023
Data center operators will face more grid disturbances

The energy crisis of 2022, resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, caused serious problems for data center operators in Europe. Energy prices leapt up and are likely to stay high. This has resulted in ongoing concerns that utilities in some…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Douglas Donnellan
3 May 2023
Operators face wider range of resiliency challenges

The Uptime Institute Data Center Resiliency Survey 2023 explores how operators assess operational risks and highlights opportunities for strengthening mitigation strategies.

Data Reports 10 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
30 Mar 2023
Design resilient applications to reduce cloud concentration risk

This report shows how rising market concentration and poor visibility drive risk exposure, and explains why organizations should prioritize resilient single-cloud architectures before they consider dual-cloud implementations.

Briefing Reports 9 min read
Max Smolaks
13 Mar 2023
The effects of a failing power grid in South Africa

European countries narrowly avoided an energy crisis in the past winter months, as a shortfall in fossil fuel supplies from Russia threatened to destabilize power grids across the region. This elevated level of risk to the normally robust European…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence Lenny Simon
10 Mar 2023
Annual outage analysis 2023

There is evidence that outage rates have been gradually falling in recent years. This report brings together and analyzes recent Uptime Institute data on IT and data center outage trends: their causes, costs and consequences.

Keynote Reports 36 min read
Jacqueline Davis
11 Aug 2022
Electromagnetic pulse and its threat to data centers

To date, many data center operators have overlooked electromagnetic pulse (EMP) in their risk assessments. This report summarizes the types and effects of EMP, and offers recommendations to assist operators in assessing this risk.

Briefing Reports 29 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
30 Mar 2022
Cloud scalability and resiliency from first principles

Cloud computing has evolved to provide more options for resiliency and performance. Understanding these options is crucial for technology buyers, given that the frequency and impact of cloud outages is likely to increase.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Daniel Bizo
20 Dec 2021
Uptime Institute Climate Change Survey 2021

The findings of this survey suggest that data center operators are attentive to the growing risks from climate change and extreme weather events.

Data Reports 10 min read
Jacqueline Davis
18 Oct 2021
Uptime Institute Supply Chain Survey 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic stressed the supply chain for data center equipment and construction. Many expect shortages to persist, driven by the ongoing pandemic and additional challenges.

Data Reports 10 min read
Dr. Tomas Rahkonen Andy Lawrence
24 Sep 2021
Resilient edge data centers: Unstaffed, affordable and flexible

Edge data centers need to be resilient to failures. This is commonly achieved by using redundant on-site infrastructure, possibly combined with software-based, distributed resiliency. Generators remain important, but batteries, solar panels and…

Briefing Reports 25 min read