There’s no doubt that many of today’s working data centers are a far cry from the stock images we see of perfectly clean rows of racks filled with immaculate servers and neatly wound cabling. But since real data centers are constantly under pressure to do more with less, setting data center cleaning standards and putting […]
KEEP READINGIBM Storage Systems & Software / Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions DataSpan, a national technology solutions provider firm that provides essential technology infrastructure, data protection products, and critical solutions to Fortune 1000 clients and small and midsize enterprises, is excited to announce a partnership with International Business Machine (IBM), a global technology company that provides hardware, software, cloud-based […]
KEEP READINGMemo To: My “intercompany” Peers (other locations), Just wanted to pass along something that could be important for your data center and your clients. Several large arrays (3PAR) were being decommissioned out of the Sacramento area site and being reallocated somewhere else. Per policy, the drives had to be wiped to allow the racks to […]
KEEP READINGProvided By CyberPower for DataSpan As we move closer to summer, most of us are looking forward to backyard grilling, days at the beach, and baseball games. At the same time, we also need to prepare our businesses for storm season. From May through August, we see an increased frequency of weather events and stress […]
KEEP READING(By Dag Adamson – President Destroy Drive – Onsite Data Sanitization and Destruction) SUMMARY: During the entire lifecycle of servers and storage arrays, different preventative measures need to be employed to ensure security. In addition to secure end-of-life handling of hard drives, there are several other instances when data “wiping” / sanitization or physical destruction […]
KEEP READINGFarmers Branch, TX, May 31, 2018 (Newswire.com) – DataSpan today announced that it has been named the Vertiv 2017 North American Emerging Partner of the Year. Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, announced the North American Partner Award winners for 2017 achievement at their annual Partner Summit in New Orleans, LA. The award-winning companies were selected […]
KEEP READINGDataSpan & Service Express are hosting an informative webinar. Date Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Time Ju10:00am – 10:45am CST Topic OEM vs. Third Party Maintenance – how does it compare in service, parts, and overall support? Register here Attendee drawing: Apple Watch Speakers Nicole LeBlanc Senior Account Executive Service […]
KEEP READINGBy Chris Bloom (Savvius) Most organizations understand that centralized network monitoring is vital to maintaining the health of critical infrastructure and applications. And while solutions using NetFlow undoubtedly help gain perspective into capacity planning, trend analysis, and utilization, they lack the important precision of packet-based analytics tools that provide root-cause analysis for application performance, latency, […]
KEEP READINGAcross small and medium businesses, millions of small (5 kVA and below) uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) are hooked up directly to key servers that help to run and operate the business. These UPSs provide valuable services such as a source of power backup should utility power be cut off due to electrical storms or other […]
KEEP READINGMGM Resorts needed to pursue a new push-to-talk solution because their existing cellular technology was nearing its end of life. They wanted a way to augment their radio system with smartphone technology to better leverage their investments. WAVE provides a communications platform connecting MGM’s MOTOTRBO radios with broadband devices through an easy-to-use app installed on […]
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