Across the world there are new opportunities for data center and IT consulting companies to capitalize on the consolidation projects being launched in the Government sector. Like commercial enterprises, governments focusing on governance (no pun intended) of IT see the benefits of consolidation of the data processing footprint. Also like commercial enterprises, governments have business [...]
Entries from May 2010
New Opportunities in the Government Sector: Part 1
May 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Data Center, Data Centers, Green Data Center, Green IT, IT Governance
Tags:Data Center Consolidation·Green Data Centers·Green IT·IT Governance·US Government IT·Vivek Kundra
New Tier Models, and The Uptime Institute Tier Ratings for Data Centers
May 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Bob Landstrom, CGEIT, CISSP, CDCDP
The Tier Model for Mission Critical Facilities, created and governed by The Uptime Institute (TUI), is the most pervasively referenced data center tier model. It is not the only multi-level model describing the quality of data center facilities, but it by far enjoys the majority of mindshare in this regard.
The four-tier [...]
Tags:Availability·Mission Critical Facilities·The Uptime Institute. Data Center Tier Model·Tier III·Tier IV·Uptime Institute
