The findings discussed in this report reveal what operators around the world are thinking, doing, and planning in the areas of efficiency, resiliency, workload placement, staffing, and new technology adoption.

In almost every area under discussion — outages, resiliency, staffing, workload placement, or innovation — there is considerable variety in the strategies being employed.

When it comes to protecting the mission of these buildings, the roof — especially the insulation inside the roof — is critical to the continuous operation of the processes inside.

In the data center world of constant change, where does good, honest, and transparent data center operational knowledge come from?

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 wasn’t that long ago that Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) implemented rolling blackouts throughout California in an effort to prevent wildfires — an unprecedented move in the U.S. It raised the question of how companies that rely on networks to run their businesses prepare for power outages.

Many business owners or IT managers overlook what unanticipated downtime could mean for their business. In fact, many are well-prepared for planned downtime events (such as migrations, scheduled maintenance, etc.). However, when the unexpected happens, they are stuck between a rock and a hard place.