Is your organization at risk of running out of data center capacity? Are you considering moving compute loads to the cloud, increasing virtualization investments, evaluating co-location options, or planning a new data center? Are you responsible to deliver this message and formulate a strategic plan?

Today's high IT costs and higher consequences for downtime warrant a review of the strategic plan by vendor-neutral industry experts to validate assumptions and ensure best practices. A strategic plan must incorporate both Facilities and IT infrastructure perspectives and requirements. This will ensure that the strategic solution addresses the enterprise-wide constraints-thereby facilitating executive approval.

Uptime Institute's Digital Infrastructure Roadmap is a robust evaluation that works to ensure the long-term performance of investment in enterprise computing. The first step is to capture the drivers in terms of business strategy, data center facilities, and IT technology. Then, validate capacity assumptions and map to optimized scenarios. The report will include actionable recommendations for capacity planning for the next 3-5 years.

For more information on the unbiased Digital Infrastructure Roadmap, please click HERE.

- Standard Bank of South Africa, Standard Bank Data Centre—First Tier IV Facility Certification in Southern Hemisphere
- Ativas Data Center, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil—First Tier III Design Certification in South America
- Information Technology Communication Complex—ITCC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—Tier IV Design Certification
- Samsung SDS, ICT Suwon Center, Korea—First Tier III Design Certification in Asia
- Province of Ontario, Guelph Data Centre—Tier IV Facility Certification
- Cable & Wireless UK Ltd, Gravelly Hill Data Centre, United Kingdom—Tier III Facility Certification
- Infinity SDC Ltd, Computacenter, UK—First Tier IV Design Certification in Europe
See a complete list of Certified Facilities and Design Documents...

Tier Standard: Operational Sustainability was released by Uptime Institute on 1 July 2010. It provides data center owners and operators with means to unify the uptime potential of the infrastructure with its management. When these two aspects are aligned, owners can achieve optimal, sustainable data center performance. The Operational Sustainability Standard works in tandem with the Institute’s international Tier Classification System (Tier Standard: Topology). Long-term data center availability is the resultant combination of the Tier of the infrastructure and the rigorous operations defined and classified in Tier Standard: Operational Sustainability.

• Watch a Video Introduction of Tier Standard: Operational Sustainability
• Download Tier Standard: Operational Sustainability
• View the press release

Uptime Institute Awards Accredited Tier Specialists: View the latest award recipients.

Improve the Relationship with Your Design Engineer Uptime Institute article featured as cover story of Consulting-Specifying Engineer’s Pure Power Supplement. This article is continued in Data Center Owners and Designers, Part 2.

Newest Tier Program Publications: Uptime Institute releases first two publications in Accredited Tier Designer Technical Paper Services.

Uptime Institute Awards Accredited Tier Designers: View the latest award recipients.

Tier Myths & Misconceptions: More Tier Myths recently refuted.