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 [...]
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New Tier Models, and The Uptime Institute Tier Ratings for Data Centers
May 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Tags:Availability·Mission Critical Facilities·The Uptime Institute. Data Center Tier Model·Tier III·Tier IV·Uptime Institute
Top Issues and Trends in the Financial Services Vertical
April 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Data Center, Data Centers, Uncategorized
TelX hosted a financial services roundtable event at their Financial Business Exchange (FBX) data center in Clifton, New Jersey. The panel of industry experts (and TelX customers) was moderated by the TABB Group’s Kevin McPartland, and introduced by TelX CEO Eric Shepcaro.
Mr. Shepcaro introduced the event by giving his own personal background about why we [...]
Tags:ACTIV Financial·Data Center·Direct Edge·Eric Shepcaro·Financial Services·HFT·TABB Group·TelX
Green Data Centers: Some things are easier than others
January 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
When recently interviewed for a magazine article, I was asked about Green initiatives by data center operators. There are lots of innovative techniques for reducing power consumption in data centers, and lots of ways to apply renewable resources. The fact of the matter is that for the data center operator, some of the options are [...]
Tags:air side economizer·Cold Aisle Containment·Data Center·Green Data Centers·Green IT·hot aisle containment
The War of the Currents
October 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business, Power, Technology, Uncategorized
Posted by Bob Landstrom: CISSP, CGEIT
This week I was in New York City attending a meeting with the Executive Communication Group. One night I decided to go for a walk, and as I was walking I reflected upon the fact that right there, in the streets of Manhattan where I walked, there was once a [...]
Tags:AC Power·DC Power·ECG·George Westinghouse·Thomas Edison·War of the Currents
Jim Cramer? C’mon Man!
October 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Continuity Planning, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Uncategorized
Well, now I know why I’ve never come out on top whenever I buy one of Jim Cramer’s recomendations.
In a recent (10/22/2009) Mad Money piece on CNBC, Jim Cramer used the Equinix acquisition of Switch and Data to make the point that data centers are obsolete. In his diatribe about why anyone with Equinix stock [...]
Tags:Data Center·Equinix·Jim Cramer·Mad Money·Switch and Data
Cloud World: Recap on the August event in San Francisco
August 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Container Data Centers, Data Center, Data Center MEP, Uncategorized
This year’s Cloud World conference was a mashup of three industry conferences- Open Source World, Next Generation Data Center (NGDC), and Cloud World. Even with the combining of three (formerly) major industry events, the attendance volume still only merited the West wing of the Moscone Center.
It’s easy to blame the low attendance on the economy, [...]
Tags:Cloud Computing·Cloud World·Container Data Centers·Data Center
Cybercrime increasing on Facebook
June 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
There’s a piece by Jim Finkle in Reuters this morning about the rise in cybercrime in social networking sites. The article mentions that MySpace had been plagued by this for several years, but now with the increasing popularity of Facebook, the criminals are going where the game is.
Per the article, “Facebook is the social network [...]
Tags:Facebook·IS Security·Myspace·Security·Social Networking·Web 2.0
Still More Thoughts on Container Data Centers
July 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments · Container Data Centers, Data Center, Data Center MEP, Disaster Recovery Planning, Uncategorized
In April we predicted that this would be the break-out year for container data centers. In July we posted more information about container data centers when we were working MEP cost models for container-based facilities. The year is half over now, and though the “break-out” has yet to happen there have been some very notable [...]
Tags:BC/DR·Container Data Centers·Containers·Data Center·Data Center Containers·Data Center Planning
Collaboration: Wisdom of Crowds and Power of Choice
May 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Technology, Uncategorized, Web 2.0
In many discussions about Web 2.0 technologies’ role in the enterprise, it’s interesting to me to notice the skeptical voice and contrarian opinion. These are valuable points of view, and essential for one to properly vet the application of the technology in terms of value delivered to the Business.
Many times, the contrarian voice represents the [...]
Tags:Collaboration·Social Networks·Web 2.0
Robert Rauschenberg: 1925-2008
May 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Our world has lost a tremendous mind, a gargantuan talent, and a wonderful man. Robert Rauschenberg passed on last night at the young age of 82. Rauschenberg was one of the most influential American artists of our life time. His pioneering of assemblage and juxtaposition of images created a window of enlightenment through which many [...]
Tags:art·Robert Rauschenberg
