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How a FedRAMP-Compliant Facility Can Benefit Any Hosted Infrastructure

By Voices of the Industry - July 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

FedRAMP-Compliant Facility

Databank CTO explores how empowering government agencies to transform their IT infrastructure, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) helps accelerate the adoption of cloud solutions with an emphasis on the security and protection of federal information.

Tagged With: Compliance, data center facility, Data Center Infrastructure, DataBank, FedRAMP

5 Questions to Ask Your Provider to Ensure Data Center Compliance

By Sarah Rubenoff - January 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

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In the age of big data, more and more companies’ data strategies are shaping their success and key to remaining competitive in today’s markets. If your business is in the process of picking the right colocation partner, a new white paper from Iron Mountain Data Centers looks to help you decipher the key questions to ask your future or current data center provider about compliance.

Tagged With: Colocation, Colocation Provider, Compliance, Iron Mountain

Cabinet-Level Electronic Access Control: Extending Physical Security to the Rack Level

By Sarah Rubenoff - April 15, 2019 Leave a Comment

Cabinet-Level Electronic Access Control

Recognize that the last line of defense in physical security between data processing and storage equipment and access by unauthorized users is a secure server cabinet. A new report from Chatsworth Products explores the potential of cabinet-level electronic access control to improve physical data security. 

Tagged With: Chatsworth Products, Colocation, Compliance, data center cabinet, data privacy, data security

IT Perspectives: Top 5 Network Challenges of 2019

By Voices of the Industry - March 18, 2019 1 Comment

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The IT industry is ever changing, and today’s network engineers and architects face an ongoing list of challenges. Iron Mountain Data Centers’ Frank Scalzo highlights the top network challenges facing engineers and architects in today’s data center market. 

Tagged With: cloud computing, Compliance, Data Center Network, Data Center Security, Iron Mountain, Networking

Why Security and Compliance Are Essential When Adopting a Hybrid IT Strategy

By Voices of the Industry - January 7, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Although the commercial and operational advantages of hybrid IT are compelling, for financial services and healthcare organizations as well as enterprises that market their services to the government sector, security and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable. Mark Houpt, Chief Information Security Officer at DataBank, takes a look at key security and compliance factors when adopting a hybrid IT strategy for your business. 

Tagged With: Cloud, Compliance, Data Center Security, DataBank, hybrid IT

Why Data Centers Are Important for the Health Care Industry

By Kayla Matthews - August 27, 2018 Leave a Comment

The health care industry is expected to spend close to $2.7 trillion per year on IT infrastructure by 2020. Here’s a closer look at the factors driving data center demand from the health care sector.

Tagged With: Compliance, Health Care, HIPAA

Cybersecurity in 2018: What to Expect and How to Survive

By Voices of the Industry - March 1, 2018 Leave a Comment

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LightEdge Solution’s Chief Security and Information Officer Jake Gibson takes a look at the top three cybersecurity concerns for 2018 and helps to articulate the best, most effective solutions to combat potential threats.

Tagged With: Compliance, cybersecurity, LightEdge Solutions

Cloud Meets Compliance: Paths to Cloud for Specialized Verticals

By Bill Kleyman - February 26, 2018 Leave a Comment

Compliance, regulations, and cloud can all live together harmoniously, but it's not easy. A guide to compliant cloud in government, healthcare and e-commerce. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Compliance, regulations, and cloud can all live together harmoniously, but it’s not always easy. Bill Kleyman looks at how companies in government, healthcare and e-commerce can leverage cloud capabilities while meeting compliance requirements.

Tagged With: Compliance, FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI DSS

The Psychology Behind the Elimination of Human Error

By Voices of the Industry - July 10, 2017 Leave a Comment

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According to multiple studies, human error accounts for 60 to 80 percent of all downtime events. Robert McClary, Chief Operating Officer at FORTRUST, explains how to train your staff to fight human error at its source.

Tagged With: Compliance, Fortrust

Data Center Compliance is a ‘Necessary Awesome’ for Colocation Providers

By Voices of the Industry - April 20, 2017 Leave a Comment

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As a colocation service provider, data center compliance is far from a “necessary evil”. A fully integrated compliance program becomes the foundation of service delivery and evolves to ensure long-term customer satisfaction and industry sustainability.

Tagged With: Colocation Provider, Compliance, Iron Mountain

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Fit for the Edge: Modular Data Centers Jackie Pasierbowicz, Director of Sales and Marketing at TAS explores the dramatic rise of multiple markets for edge computing and the benefits of a modular data center strategy.

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The Advantages of Using Lithium-Ion Batteries as A Backup Power Source in Single-Phase UPS Applications for Data Centers

If your company has a need to establish localized IT resources, you may be thinking of investing in and deploying multiple IT footprints in remote locations, as part of a distributed computing or edge network. In the past five years, lithium-ion batteries have come into use as a stored energy source in traditional data centers. Download the new white paper in which Vertiv looks at how these types of batteries can also be used to support single-phase UPS systems in remote mission-critical environments and edge data centers.

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