
Maximizing operational efficiency in your facility
Strategies for driving increased operational resiliency and efficiency whilst reducing OpEx
Wednesday's flight chaos should focus attention on existing criticism of the system
Negligent attitudes towards testing from CEOs leave manufacturers at risk of costly downtime
In South Korea, a data center fire led to government intervention. In France, just silence
As the climate warms, and facilities attempt to minimize cooling for efficiency reasons, we could see a trend for cooling systems failures
Geomagnetic storms can cause disruption and damage, yet few assess the risk or implement protections
Why we need to rethink our approach
And can you trust what your business partners say?
Hurricane season is upon us, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts an unusually busy one in 2022
How to guard your enterprise against cloud outages
We may never know what happened on March 10 2021, when SBG2 went up in flames
The Ukraine conflict and associated political and economic fallout will have short- and long-term effects on the infrastructure industry
Secrecy is no surprise in this industry
More data center managers would consider moving mission-critical workloads to a public cloud provider if visibility of operational resiliency improved
How to prepare for the unthinkable
The RPKI model works at its best when as many players as possible are involved
Consider the costs - of both outages, and mitigation
Facebook’s hours long outage on October 4th snarled completely unrelated applications globally, underscoring the criticality — and fragility — of publicly shared digital infrastructure
De-risk your disaster recovery to deal with weather and cyberattacks
Consolidation is producing too many single points of failure
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
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...
After the disastrous fire at OVHcloud in Strasbourg, we need information on the risk
OVHcloud was known as a bold innovator. When the cause of the SBG2 fire in Strasbourg is finally revealed, this may be a factor
Just because it's unlikely doesn't mean it won't happen