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FORTRUST

FORTRUST data centerFounded in 2000, FORTRUST provides both colocation space and data center modules. It has made a name for itself in reliability, with its over 15 years of 100% uptime. In 2017, the company was acquired by Iron Mountain.

Headquarters: Denver, CO
Web: https://fortrustdatacenter.com

Partnering With Reliable Colocation Providers Reduces Risk

By Voices of the Industry - October 9, 2017

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 The best colocation providers will have strong strategies for preventing outages and mitigating potential risks that can also impact availability. Robert McClary, Chief Operating Officer at FORTRUST, shares some of the ways partnering with reliable colocation providers reduces risk for unplanned outages and more. 

Tagged With: Colocation, Colocation Provider, Data Center Outages, Data Center Site Selection, Fortrust, Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain Acquires FORTRUST, Expanding its Data Center Footprint

By Rich Miller - July 28, 2017

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Iron Mountain has agreed to purchase Denver-based FORTRUST for $128 million, continuing the consolidation in the data center industry.

Tagged With: Fortrust, Iron Mountain

Roundtable: A Look Into the Multi-Cloud Future

By Rich Miller - July 27, 2017

A horizon filled with clouds, rising above the mountains, and viewed from the roof of the Facebook data center in Prineville, Oregon. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Our DCF Executive Roundtable discusses trends in cloud computing and the trend toward customer adoption of multiple cloud platforms.

Tagged With: Aligned, Fortrust, RagingWire Data Centers, RunSmart

The Future of Innovation in Data Center Electrical Infrastructure

By Rich Miller - July 26, 2017

A row of emergency backup generators at the RagingWire CA3 data center in Sacramento, Calif. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Our DCF Data Center Executive Roundtable addresses the need for continuing innovation in data center electrical design and infrastructure.

Tagged With: Aligned, Fortrust, RagingWire Data Centers, RunSmart

Roundtable: How the Data Center Consolidation is Evolving

By Rich Miller - July 25, 2017

Digital Realty's deal to buy DuPont Fabros Technology capped an active quarter of M&A for the data center sector. (Photo: Rich Miller)

What’s driving the consolidation in the data center industry? Our DCF Executive Roundtable panel weighs in on the trends behind the deals, and what lies ahead.

Tagged With: Aligned, Fortrust, RagingWire Data Centers, RunSmart

Executive Roundtable: Learning From the British Airways Outage

By Rich Miller - July 24, 2017

In our Data Center Frontier Executive Roundtable for the Second Quarter 2017, we ask industry executives how to eliminate data center downtime like the recent outage at British Airways.

Tagged With: Aligned, Fortrust, RagingWire Data Centers, RunSmart

The Psychology Behind the Elimination of Human Error

By Voices of the Industry - July 10, 2017

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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

The Demand for Data Center Transparency Grows

By Voices of the Industry - April 10, 2017

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A new wave of data center transparency has just begun to peak over the horizon, and as colocation customers begin to understand the benefits that come with this newfound visibility into their IT environment, they will begin to demand it as a necessity from their colocation partners.

Tagged With: Colocation, Data Center, DCIM, Fortrust

Edge, IoT Likely to Boost Fortunes of Modular Data Centers

By Rich Miller - January 20, 2017

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The growth of edge computing and the IoT may boost adoptions of modular data centers, which allow operators to deploy infrastructure in smaller chunks, according to our panel of data center experts.

Tagged With: Aligned, BASELAYER, Digital Realty, Fortrust, IO, Modular Data Centers

What’s Next for Renewable Energy in Data Centers?

By Rich Miller - January 19, 2017

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Enterprise customers are asking for more renewable energy for their IT footprint. What’s the best way for service providers to provide it? Our roundtable of data center experts provides their take.

Tagged With: Aligned, BASELAYER, Digital Realty, Fortrust, IO, Renewable Energy, Solar

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Mitigate Risk, Improve Performance and Decrease Operating Expenses through Data Center Self-Performance If a vendor conducts the actual work in your data center, then you or your operator aren’t maximizing your current operating resources and are experiencing incremental cost and risk. Chad Giddings of BCS Data Center Operations, explains the importance of your data center provider having a high-degree of self-performance.

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Edge Computing is Poised to Remake the Data Center Landscape

Data center leaders are investing in edge computing and edge solutions and actively looking at new ways to deploy edge capacity to support evolving business and user requirements.

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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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Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Open Spectrum, brings our readers a series that provides an introductory guidebook to the ins and outs of the data center and colocation industry. Think power systems, cooling, solutions, data center contracts and more. The Data Center 101 Special Report series is directed to those new to the industry, or those of our readers who need to brush up on the basics.

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