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The Week of Tech Outages and Leaks

What does it mean for us?

October 8, 2021

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.

What You Need to Know About Future-Proofing Your Data Center

The unexpected costs that could make or break your business

Jay Anderson

September 3, 2021

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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.

Writing on the Edge | DCIRN Attracts Discerning Data Center Professionals

Amy Al-Katib, CDCDP

May 18, 2021

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If this is the first time you’re hearing of DCIRN, I urge you to learn more about their mission. And, for those of you who are unsure — remember what Churchill said, and ask yourself what’s scarier: hiding from your competitors or learning from them.

Whitepaper | The Benefits of a Preventive Maintenance Service Plan for your UPS

May 6, 2021

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This white paper examines the various threats that can lead to a UPS failure and addresses the specific ways in which a preventive maintenance service plan can dramatically minimize those risks.

Downtime Quiz

April 6, 2021

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Core and edge data center downtime can cost businesses millions — with a major impact on critical applications.

Unconventional Wisdom

Bringing Utility-Level Reliability to Data Centers

Applying checklist rigor

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.

Power

How To Avoid Pitfalls during Power Outages

Prepare for what could happen, not what should happen

Phil Rafferty

January 11, 2021

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With its minimum of mechanical parts and what feels like guaranteed service from the local utility, some owners and operators may be lulled into believing the power system runs on its own and they only need to pay attention to the IT equipment.

Network Outages Cost More than $1 Million Annually for Nearly Half of US Businesses

Research into the true costs and frequency of enterprise network outages reveals the importance of network resilience

May 19, 2020

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More than half of senior IT decision-makers and network managers globally say they have had four or more network outages lasting more than 30 minutes in the past year, costing between $300,000 and $6 million in downtime, according to a recent study commissioned by Opengear.

IT Solutions to Prepare Your Facility to Respond to Any Situation

Seven takeaways from COVID-19

Roger Sands

April 27, 2020

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As a result of COVID-19, we have to broaden our definition of disaster preparedness to include events that might not impact the physical world or our facilities but that still leave us operating in a changed environment — one that requires rapid responses and flexibility.

Redundant Rack Power Distribution Can Lead to Failure

Can redundancy create a false sense of security?

February 14, 2020

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Welcome to the new decade, where uber-scale is the new normal. I can’t even keep track of the new data centers announced last year. We seem to have mastered the art of data center power delivery systems at scales that were previously unimaginable.