Should you move your data center yourself? Of course that depends on quite a few factors. When talking to most do-it-yourselfers, you quickly discover that this will be their very first data center move. You also learn that they are already planning to commit many of the common data center move mistakes that will make [...]

You’ve been tasked to find out how much it’s going to cost to move your data center. After searching, downloading data center move white papers, and expanding your search to data center move checklists, you haven’t found a single “average cost to move a data center”. And if you received an answer from your search, [...]

You may be required by your organization’s purchasing policy to use a formal solicitation and selection process for your data center relocation. Good Data Center Relocation RFP’s are not easy to write and are even harder to evaluate. A data center move of even moderate complexity contains equipment from many vendors. A data center [...]

Most Data Center moves begin with the C-Level suite typically with a seemingly simple question: “How much is it going to cost us to move our data center?”
In the scramble to answer that question, a less-than-scientific process begins that often jeopardizes most data center moves before they begin.

Data Center Move Planning is more important than [...]

Much has been written and discussed about the current business cycle, the future of the economy, the clear investor panic, and the sea-change in consumer confidence. A common theme is emerging from the C-Suite and no wonder! Virtually every media outlet from traditional to online is participating in the parade of panic.
And that parade is [...]

Moving a data center should be a systematic task with plenty of planning and execution time to produce a solid relocation plan. More often, it’s a scramble to meet an objective set by executive management as part of a larger effort. Some common executive management misconceptions include:

Moving a data center is easy.
The Information Technology Staff [...]

Data Center Knowledge does a great job of aggregating the downtime woes that continue to manifest in ways that should or could have been addressed.
There continues to be a lesson learned from decades of computing infrastructure knowledge that stubbornly refuses to translate into a lesson remembered.
Lesson Learned: Diversity Defeats Downtime
Within the data center, diversity principles [...]

Many organizations fail to plan properly for the post-move phase. Circuits and facilities need to be decommissioned, rapid response teams need to be ready to resolve unforeseen problems, and executive management needs to provide the proper budget to this phase so that staff is not stretched to the breaking point.
Executives need to be aware [...]

As reported by Rich Miller at DataCenterKnowlege, forward-thinking Regional Economic Development Agencies are focusing on attracting large data center projects. The debate continues on the real economic impact after accounting for tax incentives and infrastructure improvements given the relatively small amount of jobs these large footprint data centers create. What many economic development [...]

Many data center or computer room moves are often part of a larger corporate relocation. In the early decision-making process, a judgment is made to determine the feasibility of the move and the cost. The computer room or data center expenses can often be an after-thought.
In the rush to get to a budget number, executive [...]