http://metagyre.com proven data center solutions Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:24:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At its best, “partnering” with a vendor is a powerful tool that can drive successful business outcomes. Done right, partnering can deliver significant value for the money to both parties over the length of the relationship. Partnering is not a new sales term for the old cost-focused customer verses supplier management ... http://metagyre.com/2008/09/30/partnering-for-success/ You only relocate a data center once (hopefully), but you manage it day after day. A big part of making your data center more manageable, dressing in all the cables and fiber. This means keeping everything covered, bundled and out of sight: a) Cabinets have doors and sidewalls. b) Copper ... http://metagyre.com/2008/09/24/keep-it-covered-bundled-and-out-of-sight/ There are two goals in an effective technical operations organization, “keep the lights on” and continually improve operational efficiency. Focus on these two goals means attaining maturity rather than perfection. It also means the operational team is effectively: Taking advantage of Moore's Law and increasing capacity through ... http://metagyre.com/2008/09/14/keeping-the-lights-on/ Guiding principles are designed to document the guidelines that shape the outcome of various data center activities.  These principles allow all stakeholders to understand the driving forces behind project plans, decisions, and recommendations. While some principles are intended to outlive a single project, they all have significant impact on ... http://metagyre.com/2008/08/31/data-center-migration-principles/ Speed on the Internet is a measure of distance divided by time and is termed latency.  “Bigger pipes” or more bandwidth, increases throughput but cannot reduce latency.  Consider the example of air travel. Is a Boeing 747 three times "faster" than a Boeing 737?  They both cruise at around 500 miles ... http://metagyre.com/2008/08/31/when-bandwidth-will-not-do/ The US data center landscape is changing rapidly. Power requirements are exceeding facilities' capacity, market demands are limiting customers choices and spiraling energy costs are causing IT budgets to double. According to Gartner, U.S. Data Centers: The Calm Before the Storm (ID G00151687), “the US data center collocation market will grow ... http://metagyre.com/2008/08/27/changing-data-center-landscape/ The idea behind offshore outsourcing seems simple enough. India, China, Russia and other countries have thousands of high quality workers at exceptionally low cost. Yet, for the bonanza of talent, companies can expect project management and communications tasks to take on a new level of intensity or watch cost savings ... http://metagyre.com/2008/08/24/offshore-project-management/