Datacenter Dependence Makes Downtime Costs Skyrocket Kevin Fogarty, December 4, 2013 The average cost-per-minute of datacenter downtime has gone up 41 percent since 2010, Ponemon study shows. …
Cloud-Computing Market Will Hit $20 Billion by 2016: Report Nick Kolakowski, August 20, 2013 451 Research also found that midsize and small cloud vendors have a good chance of earning revenue, despite the crowded market. …
Power Outage Takes Down DreamHost Mark Hachman, March 21, 2013 A UPS problem fries both the primary and backup networking equipment, causing headaches over two days. …
Sears, Kmart Losing Holiday Uptime Battle Mark Hachman, November 27, 2012 Top sites such as Amazon have experienced 100 percent uptime this holiday season. But other big names haven’t fared so well. …
Symantec Blames Data Center Outages on Complexity Mark Hachman, September 19, 2012 Growing demands on data center operators can cost time and money, says a Symantec report. The solution? Better data management. …
Behind the Nines: An Examination of Uptime Solutions Dave Laurello, September 18, 2012 When business applications stop providing end users with services, the meter starts running. …
Dreamhost Outage Highlights Communication Issues Mark Hachman, July 31, 2012 Data center operators need to remember to bring customers into the loop. …
Azure, Google Talk, Twitter Outages Illustrate Data Downtime Issues Nick Kolakowski, July 26, 2012 Windows Azure, Google Talk, and Twitter all experienced outages today. That underscores how data in the cloud isn’t always available. …