Category Archives: Blog

17 Jun

Enseva CloudBackup

This time of year in the Midwest the question of how good are my backups can be heard numerous times by IT staff and business owners.  The crack of thunder from the lightning and the howl of a close by tornado remind us all that it isn’t just a good idea to backup our data

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02 Jun

SMB Closet Servers

Many of the small and medium businesses that I have worked with in the past have shown me their “data center” or server room. More often than not, this is a small closet somewhere out of the way or a copy room. These rooms have very poor climate control if any with ceiling panels popped

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04 Apr

Power Usage Effectiveness

 

Enseva and Power Quality University will be hosting a Free General Power Quality Seminar on April 18th from 9:00AM – 12:00PM
 
About the Training
PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) is a nationally recognized rating system to help facility personnel assess how efficiently their Data Centers use energy. This class will cover industry standards and procedures on effectively measuring

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12 Mar

Cost of Downtime – Calculate it Yourself

How much do you lose from unexpected downtime of your servers & business applications? The simplest way to calculate potential revenue losses during an outage is with the equation:
LOST REVENUE = (GR/TH) x I x H
GR = Gross Yearly Revenue
TH = Total Yearly Business Hours
I = Percentage Impact
H = Number of Hours

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15 Jan

Why Iowa?

Why does Iowa make the perfect place to protect your critical data?
 
As companies decide if they should farm out their production or Disaster Relief data security, the question always arises as to “Where do we keep it”?
Lately, more and more businesses the world over are looking at the upper Midwest, specifically Iowa….why?
Before we address the

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