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July 11, 2014 (View Original Article) Processor – Vol. 36 Number 14 It seems like everyone is jumping to the cloud. When it makes life easier for the IT or data center manager, that’s a great thing. And if it’s backed by a company with a 26-year history of providing products to some of the […]

April 11, 2014 (View Original Article) Processor – Vol. 36 Number 7 1Q) What major or important advances have occurred in environmental monitoring during the last few years should IT managers be aware of? 1A) Environmental Monitoring (EM) concerns in regard to the type of conditions have not changed much although there is talk of […]

February 13, 2014 Michael Sigourney Seasonal changes are a part of life. However, should environmental conditions outside impact your plan to protect the data center? Absolutely, even if it is multiple states away. It never snows inside the building although the influences of extreme temperature, rain, snow and ice can challenge even the best organization’s […]

NOTE: An updated version of this article can be found here. By Rick Grundy November 14, 2005 Monitoring the environment conditions in a computer room or data center is critical to ensuring uptime and system reliability. A report from the Gartner Group in late 2003 estimated that the average hourly cost of downtime for a computer […]