Data center UPS: how to make Li-ion the safe choice
Operators still shy away from Li-ion batteries due to safety fears - but they can be made profitable and safe when you make the right choices
Operators still shy away from Li-ion batteries due to safety fears - but they can be made profitable and safe when you make the right choices
Facebook’s hours long outage on October 4th snarled completely unrelated applications globally, underscoring the criticality — and fragility — of publicly shared digital infrastructure
Is data center operational technology the weak link in the fight against cyber attacks?
Don't rely on any single measure of security
How do you protect yourself from vulnerabilities introduced by third parties?
Evolving security practices take on an increasing complex environment
Digital twins - accurate 3D representations of data center facilities - can help providers plan big changes and radically reduce their risks, says Cadence's Dave King
De-risk your disaster recovery to deal with weather and cyberattacks
Six surprising things data governance can do
Protecting individual's data: what will the impact be on your business?
Maybe your organization only suffered a minor intrusion - but you need to protect against future events
The biggest security threat to edge data centers might not be cyber miscreants penetrating the firewall, but very ordinary miscreants simply coming through the door, warns RF Code’s Gregg Primm
When a fire takes hold, it can be absolutely catastrophic. What can data center operators do to minimise the risks?
Consolidation is producing too many single points of failure
State level privacy rules are catching up with Europe's GDPR
You want to avoid fires. You also want to avoid pressing the panic button
We rely on CDNs - you need to be aware of this and plan what to do if they fail you
A lot of the stuff people want to do at the Edge is already being done
The sheer size of your files will affect your technology choices
Applications are easier to build, but their complexity is increasing. A Google outage can take down entire networks
With edge data centers, operators could end up running thousands of sites, and most won't be staffed full-time. Who will be making sure that the UPS remains fully functional?
Dealing with the actual destruction is just the first step...
Design carefully, and employ surge protection devices
You can shave off some power losses, but your UPS won't isolate your systems so well