The key question that any datacentre manager asks is: ‘how can you make the next ten years more cost effective than the last’? Running a more efficient operation means higher levels of profitability. A better bottom line means increased budgets to play with for...
“The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.” – Joshua Waitzkin When talking about UPS resilience it’s more than just redundancy, it’s the...
“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten” Bill Gates Have you looked around a large data centre recently? The sheer size and scale can be surprising. Generally...
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. With apologies to Charles Dickens. Reducing Risk The data centre manager is responsible for maintaining their, or...