Author Archives: Randy Goodson

Physical Security & Protection So…the weekend of the big scheduled maintenance comes around and you get to the office and start getting yourself mentally prepared for the day.  As if simply being away from your family for a beautiful Saturday isn’t enough, you walk into your “secure” computer room only to find an intern sleeping

Staffing So, it’s 11:00 on a Friday evening. You’ve been out on a date, enjoying your night, when your phone rings. It’s work. You know from experience that this can’t be good; but…you are the one on call, so you have to answer it. And…just as you suspected, it’s not good. You have a server

Internet Connectivity Let’s face it…you’re going to have to start using the “Cloud” sometime.  With all the computer world adding more and more critical services in a cloud computing environment, Internet connectivity needs to be reliable.  In today’s world, Internet connectivity is everything to a business.  It has gone from being something nice to have

Cooling So, last week we talked about power and how using a collocation data center can be cost effective, easier and more beneficial from an electrical perspective.  This week we are going to tackle the issue of keeping your equipment cool.  In order to keep things consistent, we will return to our three examples of

Why Should I Choose a Data Center? So…when I searched for “Why should I choose a data center,” I got thousands of results for “How to choose a data center.”  I found checklists on the things to look for when choosing a data center. I found articles explaining how to choose the right power and