Where are data and a data centers a matter of life and death?
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Where are data and a data centers a matter of life and death?

When a website of a small online store does not open, it causes annoyance, but usually nothing more. However, there are some areas where even a small glitch is a big problem and where the flow of data is critical. For some organisations or services, errors result in major losses or, in extreme cases, even lives lost.

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Where is the world’s largest data center?
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Where is the world’s largest data center?

Where is the world’s largest data center? The question sounds fairly easy, so you might think the only thing between you and the answer is a quick Google search. The reality, however, is far more complicated, as data centers tend to be quite secretive about their sizes.

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Test if your data is stored securely
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Test if your data is stored securely

Being engaged in any legal business comes with generating and consuming data. If you do not have access to data, your business will grind to a halt or be damaged significantly. Your information, orders, and money will simply not move. Thus, the more your activity relies on IT systems and data, the more critical it is to store them well.

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INTERVIEW: the heat generated by our data center could warm thousands of homes
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INTERVIEW: the heat generated by our data center could warm thousands of homes

As the heating season has begun, many are concerned about how to get their homes warm and how much it all might cost. In Hüüru, in the vicinity of Tallinn, however, there is a high-tech building which has heat to spare. Kert Evert, chief development officer of Greenergy Data Centers, tells us what excess heat is and how data centers will become part of our heating solutions in the future.

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How to escape a vendor lock in IT
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How to escape a vendor lock in IT

Connectivity and cloud services are often a major bottleneck to new business growth. In order to ensure control and commercial autonomy, it would be necessary to use several different providers or at least have the possibility to do that. Sooner or later, the vendor lock becomes a serious problem.

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Cyber hygiene 101 – why is it important to back up your data?
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Cyber hygiene 101 – why is it important to back up your data?

Have you ever been in a situation where you want to show a friend photos or videos from your trip abroad but cannot open them? Or one where you need to send a colleague an excellent analysis you put together a while ago, but the file is full of strange symbols? And these were the only versions of these files, too.

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How does a data center withstand being struck by lightning, an excavator, or a pneumatic hammer?
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How does a data center withstand being struck by lightning, an excavator, or a pneumatic hammer?

Just as accommodation establishments are essential for spending a pleasant holiday, we need data centers to quickly and reliably deliver any and all e-services to the consumer. Obviously, you wish that someone has been convinced of the quality and reliability of the data center before you. So, who will test it for you? In short, testing is the duty and responsibility of the data center itself.

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How to move servers without service interruptions?
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How to move servers without service interruptions?

If information is the lifeblood of a modern company, the process of moving servers to colocation data center can be compared to heart surgery. Everything must be done quickly, precisely, and in such a way that the circulation of information does not stop. If performed well, the move will go unnoticed by customers.

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Top 5 trends in data management
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Top 5 trends in data management

Our daily lives, the activities of our businesses, and the functioning of our countries depend on digital data and the application thereof. Ever fewer organisations and institutions can do without it. Here are the five major trends driving data management today.

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Why do I need a data center when all my data is in the cloud?
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Why do I need a data center when all my data is in the cloud?

It is estimated that by the end of 2025, the amount of data generated every day could make up a stack of DVDs almost the height of the Tallinn TV Tower (314 m). Many organisations contribute to this, and all of them need somewhere to store their growing volumes of data. Broadly speaking, (IT) managers have a choice between the public and the private cloud.

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