Data centre use is ubiquitous, with virtually every business using its own, or someone else’s, data storage system. But power outages continue to pose a problem for these services, which need to be available 24/7. David Atkins, Projects Director at Cressall explores how we can minimise the risks.
With a lack of regulatory protection for data centres to safeguard against power outages, Ruari Cairns, Director of Risk Management and European Operations at True, Open Energy Market, explores the critical importance of managing energy procurement in a strategic way.
With the amount of data used across the globe only increasing year by year, Aliaksandr Valialkin, Co-Founder & CTO at VictoriaMetrics, takes a deep dive into how to avoid ‘breaking the internet’.
Following the extreme heat faced by the UK last year, and amidst heatwaves in the US, Mexico, Canada, Europe and Asia, Vertiv has issued updated guidance for managing the extreme heat.
Electricity blackouts are possible this winter, but what steps can data centres take to ensure power continuity in this worst-case scenario?
Florian Malecki, Executive VP Marketing at Arcserve, explores the measures that organisations should consider in order to weather cloud downtime and other unexpected events.
New findings from the Uptime Institute have suggested that the consequences of downtime are worsening, as the digital infrastructure sector struggles to reduce the severity and frequency of outages.
As the gaming market grows, it requires ever more power and network connectivity. Alex Breary, Head of Marketing at Custodian, explores the data centre’s role in supporting the gaming industry.
With the UK and EU finalising regulation for operational resilience, Lauren Mugridge, Business Development Executive at Cloudsoft, takes a look at what impact this will have for financial services firms and their tech suppliers.
How can you achieve near-zero downtime migration for SAP systems? Eamonn O’Neill, Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer at Lemongrass Consulting, explains.
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