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Chris Brown
4 Nov 2019
Li-ion in the data center

We are often asked for our thoughts about the use of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in data center uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. This is a relatively new, evolving technology, and there are still a lot of unknowns. In our business…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
25 Oct 2019
Ten data center industry trends in 2020

Government regulations, shifting IT environments, key innovations, new market developments and changing demographics are reshaping the IT landscape at a striking pace. What should data center owners, managers, and operators expect in 2020 and beyond?

Keynote Reports 40 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
18 Oct 2019
Nonproduction IT can hinder mission-critical operations

Separating production and nonproduction assets should be an operational requirement for most organizations. By definition, production assets support high-priority IT loads — servers that are critical to a business or business unit. In most…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
8 Oct 2019
99 Red flags

One of the most widely cited metrics in the IT industry is for availability, expressed in the form of a number of nines: three nines for 99.9% availability (minutes of downtime per year), extending to six nines — 99.9999% — or even, very rarely,…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
2 Oct 2019
Big tech regs: An upside for cloud customers?

Regulation of Internet giants has focused so far mostly on data privacy, where concerns are relatively well understood by lawmakers and the general public. At the same time, the threat of antitrust action is growing. Congressional hearings in the US…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
24 Sep 2019
Outage reporting in financial services

In the movie “Mary Poppins,” Mr. Banks sings that a British bank must be run with precision, and that “Tradition, discipline and rules must be the tools.” Otherwise, he warns, “Disorder! Chaos!” will ensue. 

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
23 Sep 2019
Avoiding outages (part 2): Trying harder is not enough

A previous Uptime Intelligence Note suggested that avoiding data center outages might be as simple as trying harder. The Note suggested that management failures are the main reason that enterprises continue to experience downtime incidents, even in…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
16 Sep 2019
Creeping criticality

Why do some industries and organizations suffer more serious, high profile outages than others?In a recent Uptime Intelligence Note, we considered a June 2019 report issued by the US General Accounting Office (GAO) on the IT resiliency of US…

Intelligence Updates 4 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
29 Aug 2019
How to avoid outages: Try harder

According to many IT professionals, a very high percentage of data center failures are caused by human error. Some report numbers as high as 75%, but Uptime Institute generally reports about 70%. That assumption immediately raises an important…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
29 Aug 2019
Troubling for operators: Capacity forecasting and maintaining cost competitiveness

In the recently published 2019 Uptime Institute supplier survey, participants told us they are witnessing higher than normal data center spending patterns. This is in line with general market trends, driven by the demand for data and digital…

Intelligence Updates 4 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
12 Aug 2019
Data center free air cooling trends

With the recent expansion of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers’ (ASHRAE’s) acceptable data center operating temperature and humidity ranges — taken as an industry-standard best practice by many operators…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
2 Aug 2019
How will data center management evolve?

Uptime Institute has long argued that, although it may take many years, the long-term trend is toward a high level of automation in data centers, covering many functions that most managers currently would not trust to machines or outside programmers.

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
2 Aug 2019
Data center staff vs. AI, robots

With decades of strong growth behind it and no slowdown in sight, the data center sector is struggling with staff shortages. According to Uptime Institute’s 2019 global survey of more than 1,000 IT and data center managers (UI Intelligence report 26…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read