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The Mission Critical Blog

As the center of thought leadership in the mission critical space, Mission Critical offers this blog space as a service to the industry. Bloggers in this space comprise industry figures who contribute expertise, guidance, and knowledge to the industry.

Choosing A UPS Manufacturer Is Like Choosing The Right Partner For Formula E

Yves Bouhadana

March 15, 2019

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There is nothing more exciting than working towards creating what is not invented yet, except maybe competing to see who achieves it first, like competing in Formula E.

6 Winter Weather Mistakes That Can Disrupt Business Continuity

Winter storms of any kind, from Winter Weather Advisory to Blizzard Warning, are a pervasive business continuity threat.

Ann Pickren

March 1, 2019

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When business continuity (BC) professionals hear that the Polar Vortex is collapsing, they aren’t simply worried about the inconvenience of cold temperatures — they are focused on the impact of severe weather to business operations and workforce safety.

Data Center Spotlight

Data Center Spotlight will offer a unique perspective on the challenges from those working in the data center and mission critical facility industry. Read More

DCIM vs. DMaaS

Three facts you need to know to jumpstart your 2019 data center strategy.

Jeff Klaus

January 28, 2019

Every IT team is tasked with developing a data center strategy that provides monitoring and insights across several aspects of its data center including temperature, airflow, humidity, power consumption, and security.

Supplementing Data Center Management With Machine Learning

Machine learning is just one of the ways data center management can keep pace with data and the edge network management.

Patrick Quirk

June 22, 2018

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Data centers and IT management are up against some significant industry changes at the moment.

Cloud Strategy Blog

Mission Critical’s Cloud Strategy Blog features insight from the industry’s top thought leaders.

The Importance Of Creating A Centralized Logging Strategy

Extract critical actionable events from an overwhelming volume of information.

Wendy Dessler

March 19, 2019

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In the past, system logs were largely used as a troubleshooting tool. Over time, logging has evolved to play a much broader role.

Improving IT Visibility In The Hybrid Environment

Consider using consolidated monitoring.

Mike Root

March 8, 2019

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Those who make a living forecasting technology adoption pretty much agree the hybrid cloud environment will dominate enterprise IT over the next five years.

NY In Focus

The NY In Focus blog focuses on specific issues affecting the New York and Northeast data center markets.

Winter Is Coming: Prepare With Cloud-Based BCDR

A business continuity and disaster plan is a must for the Northeast.

Henry Leibowitz

November 9, 2016

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If you are fan of the hit series Game of Thrones, you are familiar with the phrase, “Winter is coming,” a PSA to prepare the fictional population from the advances of the destructive “White Walkers.”

Regionally Speaking

Regionally Speaking: Dutchess County, New York

Think Dutchess for data centers.

Ron Hicks

September 13, 2016

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Dutchess County, New York, located less than 70 miles from Manhattan, is a prime location for primary and secondary data centers.

On Demand This webinar will present the mechanical and electrical options for on-site energy storage for your mission critical environment. These options include grid-level battery storage, thermal energy storage, zero-net energy, solar, and critical power stored energy.

On Demand An edge data facility is still a data center. One still and must consider design, construction, and operational habits that result in high levels of system availability, maintainability, and resiliency. The disaggregation that edge poses will distribute compute and storage assets, and the challenge will be placing edge assets into sufficiently robust facilities or enclosures outside of traditional data centers where those local solutions can equally sustain those IT operations and systems.

Mission Critical Magazine

2019 January/February

Mission Critical Magazine’s 2019 January/February issue takes a deep dive into mission critical facility design as well as the challenges of managing capacity, and another installment of our panel discussion on the state of the data center industry with three industry thought leaders.

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