Not a week goes by without some news story mentioning an outage for some high profile cloud-based service.

If you are like most system owners, your building automation system (BAS) is in a state of semi-automated status once it hits its fifth birthday.

It's a conundrum faced by facilities managers and engineers all too often: planning for infrastructure growth.

It is estimated that by 2014, data centers will consume 2% to 3% of the energy produced globally. That is a staggering statistic, especially since the number is on the rise.

The dictionary defines emergency as “an unexpected and sudden event that must be dealt with urgently.” It defines preparedness as “readiness for action.” So, emergency preparedness is being ready for sudden, unexpected events.

Let’s face it, guys: Building data centers in increments makes good sense for both the provider and our customers, but we’re not doing anything that hasn’t been done for years in the construction industry in general.

IT is increasing its focus on disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) largely due to natural disasters that have occurred in the past year.

Schneider Electric has announced the public availability of reference designs for data center infrastructure systems.

Cisco has announced its intent to acquire privately held WHIPTAIL.

The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) has announced the launch of the ODCA Flash Webinar Series.