Wednesday 28 May 2014

SIX ESSENTIAL FACTORS TO CONSIDER FOR BUILDING A DATA CENTER

Establishing a data center is a daunting task and requires a lot of hard work, planning and investment. Attention needs to be paid to every minor detail as any negligence can cost a fortune. Here are some important factors to consider for building an effective data center.

Monday 26 May 2014

HOW DOES A PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SPFTWARE BENEFIT BUSINESSES??

Preventive Maintenance acts as an insurance for companies, protecting their mission-critical IT infrastructure and IT assets against any sudden failures or breakdown. With the help of distinct Preventive Maintenance Software and the comprehensive Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), the overall process of maintenance has become more efficient and organized. Facility maintenance organizations utilize CMMS to manage, record, and rectify routine operations. Use of this system provides numerous benefits, however, few of them related to preventive maintenance of an IT infrastructure are explained below -

Wednesday 21 May 2014

MAKE A CHOICE - CO-LOCATION VS. IN-HOUSE DATA CENTER

Data is an integral part of every enterprise and even a minute of data center downtime can cost a fortune to the company. Thus, data management is essential for smooth functioning of business. Most popular choices for this are an internal data center or a Co location facility. In order to decide which option can be valuable to the business, here are the pros and cons of both.

Monday 19 May 2014

FAQ'S ON IT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT

IT infrastructure services forms the most critical part of the business. In order to cut down costs and obtain maximum efficiency, companies are now outsourcing their IT infrastructure aspects. Before outsourcing your mission critical data, here is a list of FAQs to go through; this will surely help you in taking a well-informed decision.

a) What exactly do we mean by IT infrastructure management services?
Infrastructure Management Services are a broad area and cover an extensive array of technologies and tools ranging from daily operational tasks to the working of mainframe server systems. It covers all aspect of IT components including network functionalities and performance, monitoring and service availability, alerting & back-up check, security and compliance etc. this all comes under the domain of Infrastructure services.

Friday 2 May 2014

THE A, B, C OF PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR BUSINESSES

The purpose of Preventive Maintenance is to ensure the best possible utilization of technology assets at the lowest lifecycle cost. Thus, appropriate care of assets and maintenance of the entire network infrastructure is imperative to sustain equipment reliability and avoid any predictable failures. An effective Preventive Maintenance Optimization (PMO) strategy must include procedures that are comprehensive to derive optimum efficiency from the assets in a repetitive, periodically scheduled frequency.

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