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Homeland Security News Wire – Indianapolis emergency response center opens days before Super Bowl

Doug Theis — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:23:34 +0000

With only a few days left until Super Bowl XLVI, which will be held in Indianapolis this year, security officials there unveiled a new emergency coordination center on Wednesday

With only a few days left until Super Bowl XLVI, which will be held in Indianapolis this year, security officials there unveiled a new emergency coordination center on Wednesday.

“We are very proud of this new facility and hope that it serves as a national model of partnership between local, state and federal authorities,” said Mayor Ballard at the Regional Operations Center’s (ROC) grand opening. “The creation and opening of the ROC is an integral part of our ongoing, proactive plan to ensure the safety of the public.”

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Lifeline Data Centers featured in Indy Star article on the Indianapolis Emergency Operations Center

Doug Theis — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:43:56 +0000

The Indy Star published this article yesterday about the new Indianapolis Emergency Operations Center on the Lifeline Data Centers campus.

Keeping an eye on crime just got a little easier in Indianapolis.

At least that’s the contention of city officials, who said a new 76,000-square-foot Regional Operations Center that opened Wednesday gives them faster and more accurate information about where crimes are being committed.

“The creation and opening of the (center) is an integral part of our ongoing, proactive plan to ensure the safety of the public,” Mayor Greg Ballard said in a prepared statement.

The center, at the old Eastgate Consumer Mall on Shadeland Avenue near Washington Street, dwarfs the old 1,100-square-foot Marion County Emergency Operations Center at 47 N. State Ave.

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Doug Theis — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:41:57 +0000

Wholesale colocation; it’s so simple

Doug Theis — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:14:03 +0000

Information Technology is complex. And though solutions like virtualization, storage and networking technologies give businesses a strategic advantage, IT is still difficult and labor intensive to run in-house.

But it’s not the case with wholesale colocation. Colocation providers (in English: high tech landlords) deliver hardened data centers, redundant power, cooling, fire suppression, security, and access to telecom. All the complexities of 99.995% uptime are handled by experts.

You can always build your own data center. If you have mission critical facilities experts on staff, you can probably build a nice one. But can you spend the capital costs on two of everything? How does the cost compare to wholesale data center space?

Getting out of the data center facilities business can simplify your IT.

If you believe simpler is better, talk to Lifeline Data Centers for your enterprise data center and your disaster recovery colocation.

TelecomRamblings.com: Fibertech Networks Partners with Lifeline Data Centers to Offer Network Diversity and Redundancy

Doug Theis — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:02:19 +0000

Second fiber path into data center gives local companies the ability to institute business continuity practices, which is often mandated by industry regulations

November 29, 2011 – ROCHESTER, NY and INDIANAPOLIS

Fibertech Networks, a leading provider of broadband capacity serving the Indianapolis community since 2002, has completed a dual fiber entrance to Lifeline Data Centers’ Eastgate facility. The new, second entrance willallow Indianapolis government, health care, and financial service organizations to effectively meet industry compliance standards for network uptime and access to information.

“Redundancy in the network is easily the most important offering that this dual entrance provides,” said Alex Carroll, president for Lifeline Data Centers. ”Customers that manage mission critical applications must be aligned with the telecommunications industry compliance standard TIA-942. One of the requirements with this standard is that there must be diverse, dual paths for customers that require 99.999% uptime and the entrance that Fibertech recently installed accomplishes this.”

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Data center building, power, and cooling disciplines are not IT disciplines

Doug Theis — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:04:33 +0000

Data center building, power, and cooling disciplines are not IT disciplines.

Your expertise on applications, software architecture, network, server and storage design is not expertise on building tier IV data centers with 99.995% uptime.

Likewise, experts on mission critical facilities like hardened data center buildings, data center power redundancy and cooling are rarely experts on mission critical systems and applications.

A best-of-breed CIO strategy would include expertise in both information technology systems design and highly available data center facilities. How is this done?

If your organization likes to “roll your own” enterprise data center, you probably hire design/build experts to help you accomplish your goals of high data center uptime. Although the capital costs associated with in-house data centers can be enormous, internal data centers offer the highest level of control.

If your organization is considering outsourcing the facilities disciplines, wholesale colocation offers a simple way to offload the “landlord” side of the data center without losing control of the systems.

It’s often best to outsource data center facilities when you’re great at IT but not so great at building data centers.

Midwest colocation facilities like Lifeline Data Centers offer F5 tornado resistant buildings,N+N power and cooling redundancy, and access to many telecom providers. Midwest data centers offer low power costs also give you peace of mind that you’ve done the best job at solving the data center downtime problem using an affordable colocation solution.

Are you trying to be an expert in both facilities and IT? Talk it over with the mission critical facilities experts.

What’s the difference between cloud computing and colocation?

Doug Theis — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:13:15 +0000

What’s the difference between cloud computing and colocation? My company, Lifeline Data Centers, is often asked this question. And whether its a Google search or a conversation at a cocktail party, we’re hearing the question more frequently.

Here’s a simple version:

Cloud computing is a fancy name for software and/or hardware that is available via the Internet.
Colocation is high-tech real estate, or outsourced data center space, where you can operate your company-owned software and hardware.

Here’s another way to look at it:

Picture cloud computing as a highly reliable (99.995% uptime) computer room full of network equipment, servers, disk storage, software and connectivity, all ready to use for a monthly fee.
Picture colocation as an highly reliable computer room that’s empty, waiting for your network equipment, hardware, disk storage, software and connectivity to complete the picture.

Both approaches have value. Smaller companies and startup companies may prefer a cloud computing model because it does not require much internal Information Technology expertise to operate. Startup costs can be low with cloud computing, and the barriers to entry are usually small.

Larger companies and companies with strong Information Technology departments often choose colocation, also known as wholesale colocation or wholesale data centers, to house their computer rooms. These companies value colocation’s flexibility for growth and change. Data center capital costs are enormous, and building your own no longer makes sense for many companies that need high levels of reliability. Many cloud computing data centers are housed in wholesale colocation facilities, because the cloud services vendors appreciate the control and cost management benefits of wholesale colocation.

It is also very common for companies to have both internal data center space and cloud computing services. Many companies use software-as-a-service(SaaS) such as Salesforce.com, LinkedIn.com, and ConstantContact.com in addition to having hardware and software of their own.

Both approaches can solve problems like data center compliance and certification requirements, which are expensive and difficult to maintain. SAS 70 data centers, SSAE 16 data centers, TIA 942 certifications and required by many clients and vendors as a condition for doing business. Wholesale colocation and cloud computing services can meet these compliance requirements with little or no extra work from the client company.

Which solution is right for you? For more information, give us a call at 317.423.2591.

Indianapolis’ Emergency Operations Center anchors former dead mall turned data center

Doug Theis — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:30:28 +0000

Indianapolis, IN – Midwest colocation provider Lifeline Data Centers has finalized a 25 year lease with the Indianapolis Department of Public Safety (DPS) for 76,000 square feet of secure office space. Lifeline’s Eastgate campus, a 41 acre former shopping mall on the East side of Indianapolis, will house the Regional Emergency Operations Center and Regional Department of Homeland Security offices. Alex Carroll, Co-owner of Lifeline, said “We are pleased to be working with both city and federal authorities to provide secure office, data center, and telecom access on a long-term basis.”

Lifeline Data Centers owns and operates a secure outsourced data center complex on the grounds of a former shopping mall, the city’s first, built in 1958. Over 450,000 square feet are converted into secure office and related facilities. Lifeline co-owner Rich Banta said “The Emergency Operations Center lease marks the beginning of the second phase in Lifeline’s long-term strategy; retooling the remainder of the mall into a data center campus that includes large scale office space.”

The Indianapolis DPS selected Lifeline’s Eastgate complex for:
•Close proximity to three interstate highways, with ample parking
•Secure office space with high-uptime data center facilities and multiple telecom providers on a single campus
•Lifeline’s reputation and experience in building and maintaining mission critical data centers

Lifeline Data Centers purchased the 41 acre Eastgate retail shopping mall in 2008 and opened the first data center building in 2009. Currently, Lifeline operates 30,000 square feet of production data center floor space at the Eastgate campus. An additional 30,000 feet is available in the existing data center with ample space for new data center building construction.

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) protects the 850,000 citizens of Indianapolis. The DPS Regional Operations Center is part of an $18 million City of Indianapolis project to consolidate control and response into a single command center. This approach has been successful in Los Angeles, Chicago, Memphis, and other cities. With the US Department of Homeland Security regional office also housed in the same space, the operations center will extend reach to protect most of central Indiana.

Lifeline Data Centers is a “high tech landlord” that provides wholesale colocation (outsourced data center buildings) to companies that require highly reliable computer rooms. Lifeline’s clients include Fortune 1000 companies, health care networks, software companies, universities, city, and state governments.

Is wholesale colocation the right venue for your cloud?

Doug Theis — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:19:10 +0000

Is wholesale colocation the right venue for your cloud?

If your organization

operates a private cloud
delivers cloud services
uses a combination of cloud and internal services

you may want to consider a wholesale data center as the center or hub of your cloud infrastructure.

Outsource data centers can deliver 99.995% uptime. That’s 28 minutes of data center downtime per year or less. You can leverage the data center power and cooling redundancy in an F5 tornado resistant data center without having to spend the capital costs to build your own.

You can maintain the control of your own servers, network and storage without worrying about hardened data center buildings, power, cooling, data center security, and fire suppression.

You can build a primary, secondary, or high-availability computer room that meets SAS 70 data center requirements along with other data center certifications and compliance, without having to use internal resources for compliance.

You can choose which telecommunications providers best suit your needs, in order to build a reliable, cost-effective wide area network.

You can leverage data center power costs by choosing Midwest colocation facilities with lower kilowatt hour costs .

Which wholesale data center is the right place to build your cloud computing data center? Consider these criteria:

Is the outsource data center provider growing? Look for large, successful data center facilities with room to grow.
Who owns the data center? Are the owners involved in the day-to-day operations?
What’s the track record of the business? How long have they been building and operating data centers?
What level of data center uptime is the provider offering? 99.995% uptime is the promised service level of a tier IV data center.
Does the provider offer shared space, private cages or private suites? Can you bring your own cabinets? Do they offer optional office space? More options are better.
What are your choices for telecommunications? If you need flexibility, you need a carrier neutral data center that offers access to many carriers. Look for facilities with no cross connect fees to keep monthly costs low.
Look for a usage-based power pricing model with low per kilowatt hour pricing. Midwest data centers often have the best power pricing because of lower power costs in the region.
Look for affordable colocation facilities can deliver 99.995% with a pay as you grow data center pricing model.

If you’d like to build more reliability and predictable costs into your data center, call Lifeline Data Centers at 317.423.2591.

Indy Star: Eastgate’s transformation delights residents

Doug Theis — Thu, 26 May 2011 12:01:05 +0000

The Indy Star published this article today about Midwest data center provider Lifeline Data Centers‘ Eastgate campus:

Finally.

That’s the sentiment of neighbors of the former Eastgate Consumer Mall, who are thrilled to see the property being renovated, refurbished and converted to the Regional Operations Center for Indianapolis’ Department of Public Safety.

Later this year, the building will be buzzing with personnel from police, fire, homeland security and animal control agencies.

The Division of Homeland Security’s Emergency Operations Center, 47 S. State Ave., will move to the property this summer. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s East District headquarters, now at 3229 N. Shadeland Ave., will move later in the year.

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