Disaster Recovery (DR) preparedness and planning, plain and simple. I found this in FacilitiesNet. And while San Diego and Phoenix typically do not have to worry about weather-related mayhem, fires and earthquakes are still always possibilities. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing —————- Q&A w/ Data Center Expert on Disaster Preparedness, Planning In the wake of …
In-House IT Management vs. Data Center Outsourcing
Below is a “motherhood” article that I read in eZine Articles by George Baylor — nothing new, but valuable reminders nonetheless. I thought it was worth re-posting. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ————— In-House IT Management Versus Data Center Outsourcing Internet technology has rapidly evolved over the last several decades. Businesses are often finding themselves …
Gartner Report on Public Cloud Services
I read this article in InformationWeek courtesy of the excellent weekly news summary distributed by Bank Street Group. I figured our readers would be similarly interested in relevant industry trends regarding cloud and other data center services. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———— Public cloud services are both cannibalizing and stimulating demand for external IT …
CIO Journal Article on Disaster Recovery re: Sandy
Here’s an intriguing article from CIO Journal (WSJ) about a marquee company who did indeed (and still does) have a backup data center but made an explicit decision during Hurricane Sandy to not switch to it. They opted to suspend operations rather than flex to to the backup. Read the article to understand why. Some questions: Would you make the …
WSJ Article re: Disaster Recovery, Data Backup
Here’s yet another article that I’ve excerpted from the Wall Street Journal on how Hurricane Sandy reminds us of the need to plan for situations when our normal course of business is interrupted — and for disaster recovery (DR) sites to truly be geographically diverse (read: far enough away to be beyond the reach of a single weather or geologic …
10 Mistakes You Might Be Making with Your Data Center
This article comes from TechRepublic and underscores many “lessons learned” by companies who did not plan adequately for security, expansion, manageability, and more. Good news: with over 600 clients and 23 years in the service business, AIS is well-experienced in helping customers do things right the first time. From cloud services to redundant power to structured cabling, we can help …
Two-Thirds of the World’s Data Centers Going to Cloud: Cisco
Below is an article that I read in Forbes. While we all know that cloud traffic is rising rapidly, Cisco puts some specific numbers on it: 44% CAGR from 2011 to 2016. Two thirds of all data center traffic will be cloud-based in just four years. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———— Within four years, …
Cloud is Disrupting the Outsourcing Industry
Here’s an interesting article posted on Oct 23 in Forbes by Joe McKendrick that may resonate with a number of our readers. It’s about the cloud (surprise) and how it is disrupting (surprise) the entire outsourcing industry. Thanks for finding and forwarding this article, Annie! Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP of Marketing ———- Cloud is starting …
DDoS Attack Articles from eWeek, FierceCIO
Security, security, security. Compliance, compliance, compliance. These are recurring themes that you will continue to hear from AIS as we remind current and prospective customers that regardless of how sharp the guard dogs’ teeth or how redundant the underlying infrastructure, being prepared for inevitable “stuff happens” occurrences is a constant-vigilance requirement for AIS and clients alike. Equipment will fail and …
Planning for an Outage
Here is another relevant article published on Oct 18 from 451 Research analysts Jim Grogan and Kelly Morgan — and it points to why AIS considers compliance and SOC 1, 2, 3 audits so crucial for ensuring our enterprise-class standards are met and maintained. The article brings to mind an adage I learned back in my Navy days about aircraft …
