Data centers are on track to consume roughly 140 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually by 2020, according to a 2014 report by the Natural Resources Defense Council. MEP engineers are tasked with […]
An Engineer’s Guide to PUE
The care and feeding of DBAs – 5 tips
Keeping your DBAs happy is good for everyone. When DBAs get overwhelmed, they can miss problems, causing data loss, or overlook areas that can increase revenue and efficiency. Tweeted by @Touchdown_PR […]
Taking cloud security to the next level
The greatest barrier to public cloud adoption remains security issues. To make the cloud a safer place F5 and Equinix announced a partnership that combined F5’s cloud-ready application services and Equinix’s global […]
AOL Divests more than half of Loudon County Data Center for Co-location
In keeping with the trend toward co-location and multi-tenant data centers, AOL is selling 65 acres of its 100 acre Sterling campus in Loudoun County, Virginia to colocation provider Sentinel Data Centers […]
Uptime Institute Certified Data Centers have fewer, shorter incidents
“When talking about lowering costs most engineers only think about lower utility bills and forget about lowering operating costs across the board, even including insurance premiums. By making your in… Tweeted by […]
Proper training key to successful fiber deployment
When employees of a telecom operator had the task of deploying fiber to an entire country, they needed training to learn how to successfully fuse fibers that were thinner than a strand […]
Fiber provides the platform for 5G Wireless
How do you achieve fiber-like speeds over wireless? With fiber. To enable super fast wireless connections, an advanced fiber framework must be in place first. Read the source article at Corning
Mesh networks explained
Unlike traditional Wi-Fi routers, mesh networks are resilient, self-configuring, and efficient. They are simple to set up and provide very high throughput, covering more than 1000 square feet. The technology is so […]
Multi-Tenant Data Centers respond to shift in outsourced IT
With ever-increasing data needs, more companies are outsourcing their IT to shared environments. Multi-tenant data centers are rapidly becoming an operating expense. Read the source article at Networks Asia
Proper Data Center Commissioning Ensures Performance – 6 Steps
Follow 6 basic steps to make your data center successful when it goes on line. 1- use a load bank solutions vendor; 2- assemble a team of commissioning personnel; 3 – coordinate […]
