Notes from the Consultant’s Jungle

By- Bob Landström

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Shell Building Property as Data Centers: When to Just Walk Away

November 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Continuity Planning, Data Center, Data Centers

Many firms have gone looking for core/shell property with the intent of renovating these structures for use as a data center.  These projects are very capital intensive, and in many cases the benefits of having the existing structure are almost nil when viewed in the context of the broader project plan and budget.  However, many [...]

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Where should we build that data center?

October 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business, Business Continuity Planning, Data Center, Green Data Center, Green IT, IS Security, IT Governance

When launching a new data center build project, where the data center will be located is a fundamental issue. There are many factors in deciding where the data center will be, but all of these factors can arguably be consolidated into two issues- Risk and Cost.
We mention risk in terms of Risk Management. [...]

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