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Sure you have your datacenter protected against fire…
But how about your protection against cyber-attacks? All (fairly recent) datacenters have fire protection build into the design of the building. Early warning systems and
Britain’s energy system has fallen victim to a cyber-attack targeting the IT infrastructure
It is hard these days to stay focussed on core activities while the world is under attack by biological viruses and climate change. It is
Uptime Institute’s trends for 2020
The Uptime Instute has defined 10 trends for the 2020 datacenter industry. You can find their report here: #link In the following blog we take these
The inevitable coming of AI in DCIM
Maintaining a datacenter is a complex task. Those who have been involved in keeping the infrastructure up and running at all times while trying to
Do NOT invest in DCIM!
Do not invest in DCIM ! (When you need to tick one of the checkboxes below) Buying a DCIM suite requires the right reasons for
How artificial intelligence makes datacenters more efficient
Can artificial intelligence play a role in an optimal design for modern datacenters? Martin Matse from Perf-iT thinks so. He states that AI can be an important tool for implementing Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM). During the IT Infra event, Matse delves deeper into the benefits of applying artificial intelligence.
2018
Security breach: Cyberattacks put Russian fingers on the switch
It’s a real threat. This was The New York Times headline of March 15. 2018. It must be frightening for
Is your Datacenter hack-proof?
Datacenters often spend a lot of money to protect there critical IT environment to keep unwanted persons out. To access
Single white space dashboard: COMS
Rented white space Imagine, you are a cloud provider and you lease datacenter capacity in multiple datacenters. This implies that
How to write an RFP for DCIM
We come across a lot of RFPs or RFIs (request for proposal or information) in our line of business. The
2017
The real cost of a DCIM tool.
DCIM implementations can be a complex and intrusive activity. It makes sense to do some proper research before deciding on
Rapid Deployment for Datacentres
During the World Wide Customer summit of Iconics, Perf-iT is going to present their recently developed “Rapid Deployment” – toolkit for
Human Failure, even at Microsoft’s DC?
Last month an unexpected release of fire suppression agent during a periodic maintenance caused several services of the Microsoft Azure’s
4D Cool optimizer for datacenters on IT Room Infra
NEXT LEVEL MONITORING AND CONTROL FOR DATACENTERS A Dutch consortium is working on a breakthrough innovation for data center cooling.