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July 2011 IT Networking Event at Boulevard Brewery in Kansas City
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Posted by Darren Bonawitz, principal of 1102 GRAND
EVENT DATE & LOCATION
Summer IT Networking Happy Hour
Thursday, July 28, 2011
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
(Raffles occur at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.)Boulevard Brewery, Muehlebach Suite
2501 Southwest Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64108
The IT Networking Happy Hours provide the unique opportunity to connect with technology industry professionals, exchange innovative ideas and establish beneficial relationships and strategic partnerships to grow your business. The events also promote KC’s assets for the technology sectors and innovators within the industry.
Join us and 300 professionals from the KC region’s technology community at some of the greatest venues Kansas City has to offer for networking. Enjoy Boulevard beer and raffles for some of the hottest tech gadgets available. More Events
1102 GRAND, Kansas City Data Center Reviews Data Center Journal Article: What Do All Those Nines Mean?
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Posted By: Darren Bonawitz, principal of 1102 GRAND
We get this question a lot from prospective customers so I thought I would post this datacenterjournal.com. article, “What Do All Those Nines Mean? In short, don’t base your collocation decision purely on one criteria. The decision on where to collocate or how to design your data center is so much more complicated than that. The same thing goes with the Tier I – IV structure as these inflexible terms are just good for broad comparisons and don’t ever tell the whole story. One facility that can claim 99.99% uptime is not the same as another although many people think that is what it means. Likewise, there are Tier II data centers that are a better fit than some Tier IIIs for some companies. At the end of the day, your business should opt for a collocation environment that is right-sized for not only your uptime and reliability (not all businesses are the same) and your budget.
According to the article, “High availability is critical to many modern IT infrastructures, but the most common means of measuring it—percent availability, or by the “nines”—can be misleading. Availability is often listed as some collection of nines: 99.9% (three nines), 99.9% (four nines) and 99.999% (five nines). Each corresponds to the percentage of time that an IT infrastructure is available: three nines corresponds to about 8.76 hours of downtime a year, four nines corresponds to only about 53 minutes of downtime a year and five nines corresponds to about 5 minutes of downtime a year.”
Kansas City’s Data Center, 1102 GRAND, Reviews Data Center Knowledge Article: Go Daddy & The Power of Uncloudy Infrastructure
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Posted By: Darren Bonawitz, principal of 1102 GRAND
As I have mentioned in previous posts, I believe cloud computing has a place in today’s market, but I still firmly believe it is more buzz than reality. I’m not saying that it does not exist because of course it does and some are doing it very well. Instead, I am merely saying that it still represents a very small portion of the market although I expect cloud computing to grow once it evolves. Until then, I still stand by the fact that most companies are best suited for a hybrid collocation model (primarily collocation with certain elements in a hosted or cloud environment).
According to a Data Center Knowledge Article, “Go Daddy & The Power of Uncloudy Infrastructure,” “Cloud computing has provided exciting new opportunities for developers and start-ups, and is gaining meaningful traction with enterprise customers. But for the moment, cloud computing’s mindshare is bigger than its market share. As of June of 2010, Tier 1 Research estimated that cloud computing represented 2 percent of the IT infrastructure market. Even if it has doubled in size over the past year – as suggested bydata shared by Amazon- that still suggests market share of about 5 percent.”
“IDC has somewhat higher estimates, saying cloud represented 5 percent of IT spending in 2009 and will increase its share to 10 percent by 2o13. That would still leave 90 percent of IT spending focused on other delivery methods.”
1102 GRAND, Kansas City Colocation Facility, Reviews Must-have data center utilities: Picks by IT pros
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Posted By: Darren Bonawitz, principal of 1102 GRAND
According to an article from computerworld.com, there are some indispensable tools you can get from third parties, open-source providers or even IT colleagues with some extra time to develop apps.
Here’s a wide assortment of tools to choose from and the reasons why data center managers recommend them.
1. Cacti
What is it? The most recommended tool on our list, Cacti, provides real-time graphing and visual cues about the health of a data center. Cacti’s front end ties into the open-source monitoring tool RRDtool, which in turn collects data from SQL servers and other components. All the data collected via Cacti is stored in a MySQL database. This setup helps managers monitor performance, server load, temperature and other variables. Its tree structure lets you build reports for specific users.
Who needs it? Data center managers can use Cacti to check server load levels and network performance. For example, IT staffers might use the tool to check the metrics of a specific network switch.
How much does it cost? As with most open-source tools, there is no direct cost for purchasing or using Cacti in the data center, but support and maintenance costs can match those for commercial applications.
Why is it better than the competition? One of the main differentiators with Cacti is that, as with most open-source software, you can find existing scripts and check in with other users about how they use the tool. Cacti also supports benchmark reporting for multiple users.
What are its limitations? As with most open-source tools, you are mostly on your own when it comes to support. And the tool only works in specific scenarios: those data centers running RRDtool with a SQL database. Cacti may be limited in terms of accessing some proprietary server and network architectures.
What do customers say? “We utilize Cacti so we can identify areas to increase efficiency for everything from network paths to power usage to the temperature and humidity of the facility,” says Frank Bieser, vice president and CFO of Core NAP, a colocation data center provider in Austin.
Kansas City IT Professionals September Networking Event
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Posted by: Darren Bonawitz
Interested in meeting other technology professionals in the area and making lasting connections? Kansas City IT Professionals will host a networking event at 6:00 pm on September 21 at The Well. This happy hour is a wonderful opportunity to engage in conversation with other Kansas City technology professionals. Kansas City IT Professionals aims to build connections between local technology businesses and IT professionals.