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
Read MoreMany 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
Read MoreHow 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
Read MoreWhy 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?
Read MoreDuPont™ FM-200® Waterless Fire Suppression Systems DuPont™ FM-200® is accepted and respected worldwide, with a history of protecting some of the world’s most critical and irreplaceable assets. In fact, FM-200® is in use in over one hundred thousand applications, in more than 70 nations. Many fire suppression systems can cause major damage to – and
Read MoreANSI IEEE standards for power quality grounding state: IEEE 142-5.1 The grounding of sensitive electronic equipment, such as computers…. and similar electronic equipment, has been found to be one of the important items in achieving useful operation from these systems. ANSI IEEE also states: IEEE 142 (4.1.2) The ground resistance of the ground electrode
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