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Uptime Intelligence Staff
21 Mar 2019
For most, virtualization reduces data center capacity demand more than anything else

The public cloud is dampening demand for data center capacity and leading to closures, consolidation and a big rethink on data center ownership. Right? Not quite, according to the latest Uptime Intelligence research. In enterprise and…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
15 Mar 2019
The anticipated data center skills shortage is here now

Sometimes it can be hard to get people to talk about their issues — other times, it can be hard to keep them quiet. A recent Uptime Institute Network member’s meeting began as an open discussion but was soon dominated by one issue: staffing. 

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
8 Mar 2019
The business case for Smart Energy is still in the making

Smart Energy is getting a lot of airplay in the data center world at present. New or planned products that fall under this broad banner include Energy-as-a-Service uninterruptible power supplies, software-defined power systems, and adaptable…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
1 Mar 2019
How to compare the severity of outages?

Avoiding outages is a big concern for any operator or service provider, especially one providing a business-critical service.  But when an outage does occur, the business impact can vary from “barely noticeable” to “huge and expensive.”…

Intelligence Updates 4 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
22 Jan 2019
Annual outage analysis 2019

This report analyzes the causes and impacts of publicly recorded IT service and data center outages from 2016-2018.

Keynote Reports 40 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
Andy Lawrence
29 Nov 2018
Ten data center industry trends in 2019

 

Keynote Reports 40 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
29 Jun 2018
Uptime Institute Data Center Supply-Side Survey 2018

According to a new Uptime Institute survey of consultants, engineers, and vendors, the industry should be preparing for a smart, automated, and complex future. Early adopters are pointing the way.

Data Reports 10 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
Uptime Intelligence Staff
19 Jun 2018
2018 Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey: Operators struggle with constraints, change, and complexity

For the better part of a decade, operators have agonized over how to reduce energy waste. By and large, they have succeeded–the average PUE, the industry’s most common infrastructure efficiency metric, was a record low in this year ’s survey.

Keynote Reports 40 min read