A big thanks to processor.com for interviewing Darren Bonawitz, co-owner of 1102 GRAND, about the importance of local electric utility companies when choosing a location for a new data center, or in repairing an existing one.

According to the article, “The power entering the data center is, obviously, critically important to steady uptime. An unreliable source of power can cripple data center operations by introducing an unexpected variable that’s completely out of administrator control. Administrators engaged in data center design and construction must carefully analyze power considerations.

A primary power-related consideration is the need to ensure that the local utility is able to provide plenty of power reliably and consistently. Darren Bonawitz, co-owner of 1102 GRAND (www.1102grand.com), a data center in Kansas City, Mo., says administrators should talk with the electric utility company to ensure that the location they are looking at has adequate access to power not only for today’s needs but also to support future growth. A planned data center expansion can quickly get derailed if a local utility cannot supply the additional power required for expansion.”

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Kansas City Data Center & Internet Hub Features Stallard Technologies, Inc.

Friday, August 6th, 2010

By: Darren Bonawitz

Here is a special feature about Stallard Technologies, Inc. detailing who its client are, how it’s associated with 1102 GRAND and why Kansas City is the place to do business.

Description about the company: Stallard Technologies, Inc. buys and sells new and pre-owned Dell servers, workstations, and storage solutions. Customers can choose from 30 different models at 40% – 60% savings over new equipment. Dell certified technicians re-configure the equipment to your exact specifications and conduct a 20 point inspection of each unit. A FREE one year STI Limited Warranty is included with each system. Save Green, Go Green, Stallard Technologies.

Who are your clients? Stallard Technologies works with small businesses to Fortune 500 companies in the US and all around the world. We can ship from one computer part to 2000 Dell servers(Germany) at a time.

How is your company associated with 1102 GRAND? We share many mutual customers by providing the IT hardware that 1102 GRAND host and maintains.

Why are you in Kansas City? The company was started by James Stallard out of his father-in-laws garage in Overland Park, Kansas in January 2003.

What is the best part of doing business in Kansas City? Friendly, hard working people who desire to do things with excellence.

What are the benefits of working in Kansas City? Good place to raise a family and great quality of life.

What are the financial or economic incentives to living in Kansas City or the metro area?Reasonable cost of living and good business opportunities.

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Data Centers Running on Renewable Energy

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

By: Darren Bonawitz

Many companies are turning to renewable energy to power their facilities and decrease their carbon footprints. With data centers being one of the largest users of energy, turning to renewable energy may be in the near future. But is this plausible? Renewable energy must first scale to accommodate data centers to meet their power requirements. Secondly, renewable energy must be cost-effective solution for data centers because even one center per kilowatt hour (kWhr) higher in a data center is a considerable strain on profits. Finally in order to rely solely on renewable energy it has to be a reliable option.

We won’t get there without research and baby steps in the right direction, coupled with innovation incentives to entrepreneurs and researchers to keep driving them towards creating better solutions.

To learn more about data centers and renewable energy visit datacenterknowledge.com

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Kansas City Data Center, 1102 GRAND, Features Umzuzu

Friday, July 16th, 2010

By: Darren Bonawitz

Here is a special feature about Umzuzu, detailing who its clients are, how it is associated with 1102 GRAND and why it does business in Kansas City.

Company Description: Umzuzu – We are Cloud Brokers specializing in Google Apps and the Google Solutions Marketplace. We help companies eliminate on premise hardware.

Who are its clients: Any business currently using email. Commonly we help people migrate off legacy platforms like Exchange 2010.

How it is associated with 1102 GRAND: We use the flexible bandwidth resources of 1102 GRAND to migrate large volumes of data to the cloud. When faced with a client that has low bandwidth to their offices, we copy the data locally, then “sneaker-net” it over to 1102 GRAND where it can be liberated to the cloud.

Why Kansas City: Cost of living. Entrepreneurial hotbed of activity.

Best Part of Doing Business in Kansas City: The community isn’t so large that you get lost. You can grow your reputation and live on it. The same names often come up, you get to know the people in town that can get a job done.

Benefits of Working in Kansas City: BBQ. Interesting diversity of culture and food in the KC area. The professional landscape is diverse as well, from manufacturing to professional services, it is hard to pigeonhole KC into a particular market (like aviation for Wichita.)

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Kansas City Data Center and Internet Hub Reviews Disaster Recovery Tips

Friday, July 9th, 2010

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Kansas City Data Center & Internet Hub Reviews Disaster Recovery Tips

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

By: Darren Bonawitz

With the first hurricane of the season already here and gone, 1102 GRAND, Kansas City’s Data Center and Midwestern Internet hub, reviewed disaster recovery tips for companies at risk for earthquakes, hurricanes, blackouts, wildfires, tornados, ice storms, or the most common disaster risk of them all – people themselves.

Here are tips for disaster recovery.

1. Ensure you disaster recovery plan is flexible and scalable

2. Right size the solution to meet requirements and budget

3. Don’t assume – establish requirements with management

4. Prioritize recovery initiatives to meet company objectives

5. Document, document and document some more

6. Do not forget about redundancy with passwords – store them offsite too

7. Schedule semi-annual or annual requirement reviews

8. Disaster recovery is not “set it and forget it” – test regularly

9. Disaster recovery is more than just data – think through all facets of operations

10. Ensure at least two team members know each recovery procedure

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