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.
A new book, Meltdown by Chris Clearfield and AndrΓ‘s Tilcsik, provides an explanation for the source of systems errors.
For the better part of a decade, operators have agonized over how to reduce energy waste. By and large, they have succeededβthe average PUE, the industryβs most common infrastructure efficiency metric, was a record low in this year βs survey.
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.