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Sabey Data Centers’ Explores Disaster Recovery as ‘Lifeboat’ for Business Continuity

By Sarah Rubenoff - September 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Maintaining a disaster recovery strategy may be an essential consideration that can help keep a company in business. But according to a recent Nationwide survey, 68% of small businesses don’t have a written disaster recovery plan. Sabey Data Centers points out partnering with a colocation data center can help businesses cut down on the potential rick of data loss while also “allowing businesses to retain control of their DR policy, IT deployment and software.”

Tagged With: Colocation, disaster recovery, featured whitepaper, Sabey Data Centers

The New IT Imperative: Disaster Recovery On-Demand

By Voices of the Industry - June 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Justin Blake, part of the solutions architect team at CoreSite, explores the ins and outs of disaster recovery, and how to avoid cybersecurity threats. 

Tagged With: CoreSite, disaster recovery

How Data Center Site Selection Impacts Disaster Recovery Efforts

By Sarah Rubenoff - May 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

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The most current disaster on the public’s mind, of course, is COVID-19, the global pandemic, of which we are still in its throes. That said, the rate of natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados, floods or wildfires has increased in recent years, as well. A new report from Databank highlights the importance of disaster recovery capabilities in such an environment.

Tagged With: COVID-Impact, Data Center Site Selection, DataBank, disaster planning, disaster recovery

Data Centers Prepare Contingencies for Coronavirus Spread

By Rich Miller - March 10, 2020 1 Comment

Dr. Sara Cody, Health Officer for Santa Clara County, briefs the public about new Coronavirus cases in the county. (Image: Santa Clara County)

Data center operators are taking steps to ensure continued operations of their facilities in the wake of heightened concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus.

Tagged With: Coronavirus, COVID-Industry, disaster recovery, Silicon Valley

Disaster Planning for Critical Environments in an Unpredictable World

By Voices of the Industry - September 5, 2019 Leave a Comment

The list of possible disasters seems endless: flood, fire, cyberattack, hurricane, terrorism, blackout and more. Critical engineering expert Kevin Rosen of Stream Data Centers discusses the importance of disaster planning in maintaining uptime and continuing mission-critical operations during and after a crisis.

Tagged With: critical facilities, disaster planning, disaster recovery, Stream Data Centers

How Houston’s Data Centers Weathered the Storm

By Rich Miller - August 31, 2017 2 Comments

A satellite image of Hurricane Harvey as it approached the Texas coast. The storm dropped more than 50 inches of rain on some parts of the region. (Image: NASA)

In the midst of calamity, Houston’s data center teams kept their facilities online. Many of the key decisions that kept Houston online were made years ago, during the site selection process.

Tagged With: disaster recovery, Houston, Hurricane Harvey

DR Preparedness in 2017: No Pizza Parties Just Yet

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

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In an increasingly dangerous world, disaster recovery preparedness is crucial for data centers to protect clients and remain successful and functioning. Mark W. Jobson, Director of Product Marketing for Iron Mountain’s data center business unit, discusses the state of DR preparedness and how it pertains to the colocation industry.

Tagged With: disaster recovery, Iron Mountain

Weather Proofing a Data Center: What to look for

By Voices of the Industry - November 7, 2016 1 Comment

Inclement weather caused 10% of unplanned facility outages last year. (Image: FORTRUST)

In this week’s Voices of the Industry Josh Moody, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at FORTRUST, discusses weather-proofing a data center and what you should be looking for to prevent downtime from natural disasters.

Tagged With: Data Center, disaster recovery, Fortrust, weather-proofing

How to Create a Successful Disaster Recovery Plan

By Voices of the Industry - July 11, 2016 1 Comment

There's something new every day in the data center. Expect training and certification to play an important role going forward (Photo: FORTRUST)

In this week’s Voices of the Industy, Josh Moody, FORTRUST’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, discusses disaster recovery plan best practices.

Tagged With: disaster recovery, Fortrust

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Reduce Your Water Footprint Cost-Effectively: Three Tips for Data Centers

Reduce Your Water Footprint Cost-Effectively: Three Tips for Data Centers Cem Candir, CEO of Chemstar WATER, provides three tips for data centers looking for cost-effective ways to reduce their water footprint. 

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The COVID-19 Crisis and the Data Center Industry

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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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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