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Uptime Intelligence Staff
6 Jan 2020
Beyond PUE: Tackling IT's wasted terawatts

Uptime Institute’s analysis shows that very substantial energy reduction opportunities remain untapped. While gains in M&E efficiency have stalled over the past few years, it remains that over 65% of the power used by IT in data centers is used…

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
20 Nov 2019
Physical security: Technology and strategies to reduce risk

IT security is a huge management concern that receives a lot of attention and budget. The battle to keep out intruders – and manage unwelcome activity from insiders - is not just virtual.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
12 Sep 2019
How planning reduces the impact of outages

Maintaining and training staff on comprehensive, up-to-date procedures is a proven best way of reducing the likelihood of an outage and is key to restoring operations quickly afterward.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
23 Aug 2019
Data center management software: Critical procurement considerations

The best-run data centers are those where managers have access to meaningful information about their facility’s assets and operational status. This report details the questions they need to ask when purchasing DCIM software.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
17 Jun 2019
Responding to the Operations Skills Shortage

Data center owners and operators share their experiences with the data center staff and skills shortage. In this report, based on interviews and surveys, operators discuss the impact of the shortage on their operations and strategies they have…

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
3 Jun 2019
Data center management software and services: Effective selection and deployment

Data center infrastructure management software is widely considered essential for running modern, flexible and efficient data centers – but it is also notoriously difficult to select and deploy.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
26 Mar 2019
Very smart data centers: How artificial intelligence will power operational decisions

The increasing adoption of AI signals the beginning of a major shift in how data centers will be managed and operated. This Uptime Institute Intelligence report overviews data center AI technology and its requirements, use cases, risks and costs.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
25 Feb 2019
Capacity planning in a Complex, Hybrid World

The adoption of virtualization and software containers, and the use of public cloud have been in full swing for some time. What effect is this having on data center capacity and density? How should operators build this into their demand forecasting…

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Andy Lawrence
26 Dec 2018
Smart energy in the data center

Uptime Institute Research looks at smart energy, including its potential for changing mission-critical IT as well as many of the enabling technologies.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
29 Oct 2018
A mission-critical industry unprepared for climate change

Most data center operators have failed to carry out an up-to-date risk assessment to prepare for hitherto unlikely events and gradual changes caused by climate change. As a result, their facilities and businesses may be vulnerable as the threat…

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
26 Sep 2018
Mustering FORCSS to Make IT Business Decisions

A major retailer applied FORCSS to evaluate three IT infrastructure options, with the end result that it moved from a traditional platform to a cloud-based SaaS delivery system.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Andy Lawrence
29 Aug 2018
Uptime Institute's outage data: Logical spaghetti, but a simple message

 Making sense of the seemingly contradictory data from the 2018 Annual Data Center Survey

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
23 Aug 2018
Fight Data Center Fires Using Good Old H2O

While only 18% of Uptime Institute Data Center survey respondents rely solely on a water-based system, Uptime Institute believes that a nitrogen-charged, dry-pipe or preaction, water-based solution is the most appropriate fire suppression system in…

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
20 Jun 2018
Solving the Issue of Complex Systems Failure

A new book, Meltdown by Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik, provides an explanation for the source of systems errors.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Andy Lawrence
7 Jun 2018
Uptime Institute data shows outages are common, costly, and preventable

New Uptime Institute research data shows that downtime is common and may even be increasing, in spite of many advances. Complexity and extensive use of third parties has made life more difficult for management.

Briefing Reports 25 min read