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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
Douglas Donnellan Andy Lawrence
9 Mar 2022
Financial resiliency: how Europe plans to regulate service providers

The proposed Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will introduce new reporting and resiliency requirements in Europe - and many authorities around the world are expected to be heavily influenced by these plans.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Jacqueline Davis Daniel Bizo
3 Mar 2022
The other water-cooled data center

Once-through water heat rejection systems, also known as once-through cooling systems, are energy and water efficient. This report explores different designs and provides real-world case studies of colocation providers using them.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Dr. Tomas Rahkonen
28 Jan 2022
Edge data centers: A guide to suppliers

Edge computing is expected to require large numbers of small-scale data centers located close to their end-users. This report profiles suppliers of different types of small-scale edge facilities and their products and services.

Briefing Reports 25 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
Andy Lawrence
27 Jul 2021
Sheltered Harbor — a corporate IT survival model?

The financial services industry has developed a certifiable methodology designed to help banks recover from the complete loss of all IT systems for an extended period. Is this a blueprint for improving corporate resiliency?

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Andy Lawrence
30 Jun 2021
The pandemic’s impact on digital infrastructure

The pandemic has accelerated some long-term trends toward greater use of digital services, remote working and remote operation. Overall, costs have been pushed up, but other impacts are less clear — some are even counter-intuitive. Many…

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Dr. Tomas Rahkonen
25 May 2021
Demand and speculation fuel edge buildout

Demand for private and shared edge data centers is starting to grow from low numbers. Certain edge workloads, the strategies of large cloud providers, and the speculative deployments of supporting 5G networks are fueling edge data center buildouts.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
26 Apr 2021
Uninterruptible power: Adoption trends to 2025

Data center uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems are evolving. New technologies are enabling various electrical approaches. But will UPS systems of the future meet the changing requirements of operators? This report discusses UPS adoption…

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
10 Mar 2021
Data center security: Reassessing physical, human and digital risks

Data center operators routinely maintain multiple physical perimeters against intruders and regulate the activities of the people inside. However, cloud computing and increased remote monitoring and automation bring new security challenges.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
12 Feb 2021
Renewable energy for data centers: Renewable energy certificates, power purchase agreements and beyond

Sustainability is becoming a key issue for data center operators. Investors, customers and legislators are increasingly demanding carbon emissions reporting and 100% renewable energy use.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Andy Lawrence
16 Oct 2020
The gathering storm: Climate change and data center resiliency

Extreme weather events have become significantly more common and more severe in recent years — a pattern likely to continue for many decades to come. This report discusses the implications for data center owners and operators.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Andy Lawrence
6 Aug 2020
Post-pandemic data centers

The COVID-19 pandemic will bring about some long-term strategic changes to the design, management and day-to-day operations of data centers and mission-critical infrastructure. Some changes would have happened anyway, but more slowly; others were…

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Uptime Intelligence Staff
12 May 2020
Pandemic planning and response: A guide for critical infrastructure

This advisory report aims to help operators of critical infrastructure facilities prepare for the impact of COVID-19. The steps discussed will also help operators develop strategies and procedures for future pandemics.

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Uptime Intelligence Staff
3 May 2020
Best-in-class data center provisioning

Highly efficient, large-scale data centers are being provisioned faster and more cheaply than ever, enabling a rapid build-out of IT and cloud capacity. This Uptime Institute report focuses on best practices and best-in-class provisioning.

Briefing Reports 25 min read