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A Proactive Approach to Physical Security

Four security layers that should be part of every data center strategy
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Chris Crosby
August 10, 2021
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There are four security layers that should be part of every data center company’s strategy: perimeter security, monitoring and detection, access controls, and security personnel.
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Trusting ‘Zero Trust’ Security

A safer way to the future
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Chris Crosby
July 1, 2021
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A zero trust mode of operation, as the name implies, requires users to continue to pass security protocols for each area they wish to access.
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Chris Crosby
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Preserving a Precious Resource

Looking at water usage today to plan for tomorrow
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Chris Crosby
May 14, 2021
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As water becomes increasingly scarce, more attention will continue to be aimed at developing less-water intensive cooling alternatives for data centers.
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Bringing Utility-Level Reliability to Data Centers

Applying checklist rigor
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Chris Crosby
March 11, 2021
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Standardized design and operation lend themselves to repeatable processes that can be built into a checklist to avoid downtime.
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Chris Crosby
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Building on the Edge

You can help your site from failing
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Chris Crosby
February 3, 2021
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Like so many things, when it comes to data centers, you get what you pay for.
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Chris Crosby
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The Race to the Edge

It’s not the direction, it’s the velocity
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Chris Crosby
November 6, 2020
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When it comes to the edge, I think we all tacitly believe the answer to the business model issue is a question composed of equal parts of how and when.
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The COVID Conundrum: Solutions to the new normal

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Chris Crosby
September 17, 2020
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Traditionally, commissioning involves a team of 20 to 25 people crowding into confined spaces to monitor equipment and sensors — a thing of the past … for now, at least.
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Data Centers Are Among the Most Essential Services

A glimpse into a post-COVID world
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Chris Crosby
June 4, 2020
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Although data centers are the foundation upon which the internet rests, COVID-19 has demonstrated the reliance on them isn’t limited to the needs of each provider’s customers but rather collectively, in terms of the applications they provide and the end users they support
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How Connected Can We Get?

The answer is way more than you think
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Chris Crosby
February 7, 2020
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This year alone, one in five internet users will own a wearable device, according to Business Insider Intelligence. If you thought of smart watches and wireless earbuds after you read that line, you’re not wrong this time, but you’re not exactly right, either.
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Questions About Driverless Cars and the IT Infrastructure Behind Them

Where are we going? And when?
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Chris Crosby
January 8, 2020
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I just read an article about the inexorable march to a future filled with driverless cars. Based on past history, things seem to be moving forward as one might expect. Naturally, a lot of folks are excited, but I think this whole driverless movement raises some questions that might be overlooked in the standards development process.


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