Data Centers / Information Technology
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A Year of Lessons: 2024’s Most Impactful Loss Events and What They Taught Us
Introduction Reflecting on the significant loss events of 2024 offers valuable insights for improving risk management strategies in 2025. From natural disasters and cybersecurity risks to industrial...
Fire and Property Loss Prevention in the Telecommunications Industry
The telecommunications industry evolved over the past 20 years from electromechanical to digital to server-based switching systems. Similarly, the telephone company's central office equipment has...
Property Loss Control in Data Centers
The amount of data exchanged occurring every minute is mind-boggling. Worldwide data centers are the engine which drives this data exchange. Cloud computing which we hear a lot about today is...
Cybersecurity Risks
Rising concern over cybersecurity is being driven by high-profile data breaches and the growing realization that potential revenue losses from cyber risks can rival those of business interruptions...
Automatic Fire Protection for Automated Tape Libraries / Silos in Information Technology Equipment Rooms
They go by many names - computer rooms, server rooms, main distribution frame (MDF) rooms, data centers, electronic data processing (EDP) centers, information technology (IT) equipment rooms, etc.;...
Protection of Information Technology (IT) Equipment
Information technology equipment/systems include computers and peripheral support such as memory, programming, records, storage, and human activities. Guidance can be found in NFPA 75-2009 "Standard...