When the right components are chosen, a truly future-proof network can be achieved — one that can support the transformative applications of our emerging reality.
Because resources are burdened with the day-to-day management of IT, some more strategic initiatives, such as business continuity planning, do not get the attention they deserve.
As companies store more data across on-premises, cloud, hybrid, and third-party systems — and as data regulations grow and multiply — companies must stay on top of the ever-evolving data landscape or risk sinking altogether.
The urgency to create full broadband coverage echoes past programs to develop nationwide networks for electricity, telephone, and interstate highways. Each of those ushered in major changes and improvements in communities across the country.
Monday became “Black Monday” for those who rely on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The 8-hour outages on these apps left people confused — and services, such as Twitter, booming with the extra traffic.
Industries most vulnerable to data center outages, like banking and finance, government, health care, manufacturing, media and communications, retail, and transportation/utilities, have average downtime costs of over $5 million per hour.
According to The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Cybersecurity Framework says businesses faced with disaster should identify, protect, detect, respond and recover.
Today’s data centers need to cut costs and reduce energy use while keeping their sensitive equipment cool, and choosing liquid cooling is an effective way to achieve these efficiencies.