2. Home

Articles

Network

Membership Calendar

The Uptime Institute Network offers meaningful peer-to-peer interaction and a safe forum for knowledge sharing through numerous Network events throughout the year.

Please refer to the calendar to the right for the latest schedule of events.

Network Private Access

To access the Uptime Institute Membership content please log in.

Uptime Institute Network

Formed to address and resolve issues affecting data center performance, the Network continues to provide relevant and trending wisdom from and for industry leaders. By identifying best practices, quantifying metrics, and improving organizational and technical efficiency, Network members have steadily improved Facilities and IT operations.

There is no questioning the fact that data centers have issues. The issue that you are dealing with today, someone in the Network more than likely has already solved and survived. The peer-to-peer interaction gives you on-demand consultation and the benefit of someone else's growing pains.

The Uptime Institute Network offers meaningful peer-to-peer interaction and a safe forum for knowledge transfer free from the influence of vendors or concern over trade secrets. Membership includes access to evidence-based best-practice information, benchmarking and reports, detailed error and incident tracking and trends, regional events, and behind-the-scenes tours of state-of-the-art data center facilities. Members benefit from sharing experiences, lessons learned, and solutions. Many members credit their participation in the Network with giving them the keys to their organization’s ongoing success. We invite you to join the Network.

Uptime Institute Network Meetings Now Qualify for CPD Credits

Uptime Institute has earned CPD Accreditation through The CPD Standards Office.

CPD Accreditation means attending Uptime Institute Network Meetings qualifies as continuing education credits toward earning and maintaining professional certifications and designations associated with your profession.

If you are a Network Member and would like more information, email us at info@uptimeinstitute.com.

 

Participating Network Members

Global Roster
North America Roster
EMEA Roster
Asia Pacific Roster
China Roster
Latin America Roster

ContentTestingNetworkCall

The Institute is now accepting applications for new members in all regions.

For over a decade, participation in the Network has been proven to steadily and quantifiably reduce facility downtime. In fact, the longer members participate, the more they collectively reduce their unplanned downtime frequency and duration. With an investment of just 0.4% of members’ average site operating budget, members have successfully reduced their downtime by a factor of 10.
One member reported a savings of over $80,000 on an equipment purchase, because through an e-mail query to other members, they validated that the type of equipment they were considering would provide the level of reliability they required. This case illustrates how the ability to consult with industry peers can save a company several times the cost of participating in the group. The Institute’s Network maintains a database of information submitted by group participants. Benchmark information includes:
  • Abnormal incident reports, historical data on similar incidents at other facilities, and incident trends by equipment manufacturer
  • Facility site infrastructure profiles of each participating company, including uptime objectives, data center size and characteristics, infrastructure equipment installed, methods of operation (in-house staff or contracted services), organizational reporting relationships, staffing coverage
  • Comparative data center operating cost data by square feet and by kW of UPS load
  • Best practices for assuring infrastructure uptime performance
Companies participating in the Network must execute an Information Exchange Agreement to protect the confidentiality of the data collected and shared. Only participating companies have access to all Network tools and results. electronicacompleta.com Existing members will have the opportunity to review the description of any company wishing to join and raise potential concerns for discussion before a new company is accepted.

2017 North American Fall Conference Recap

Where: Dallas, Texas

Occured: September 10-13, 2017

The Uptime Institute Network is a real-time, peer-to-peer interaction openly discussing best practices, fails, and saves to identify and solve new and known issues.

Our 2017 Fall North American Network Conference was a huge success!

This year's event delivered an unparalleled opportunity for attendees to collaborate with peers and industry professionals on challenging data center management issues, emerging technology and disruptive forces that impact data center availability.

The 2½ day program included content, actionable insight, expertise and real-world experiences from Uptime Institute Network members and Uptime Institute staff. 


2017 Uptime Institute Data Center Uptime Performance Awards

This award is a highly anticipated part of the annual Fall Network meeting and represents 100% Compute Availability as self-attested by the Network member companies. The awards recognize outstanding performance for data center management and maintenance. Each award is scrutinized for accuracy and co-signed by IT management to ensure legitimacy and each recipient has achieved a business milestone in performance. The common themes of success include teamwork, strong preventative maintenance programs, adherence to policies and procedures, and overall dedication to best practices.

This year's award winners, listed in alphabetical order, run the gamut from 10 newer members celebrating 1-2 years of uptime performance to companies with sustained uptime of 17 years. In all, 68 awards were given, equaling 412 total years of availability. Congratulations to all!

2017 Uptime Institute Data Center Uptime Performance Award Recipients

Acxiom
AT&T
Bayer
Boeing
DTCC
Fannie Mae
Fidelity
Kaiser Permanente
Raging Wire
RBC
Sabey
T5
United Airlines
United Health
US Bank
Verizon
Visa
Wells Fargo

Interested in attending a future conference as a guest?

Fill out the contact form below and we will follow up with you right away regarding future Network conferences near you.

2017 Award Recipients

  1. Latin America Podcasts & Testimonials
  2. Landan Hagart from UnitedHealth
  3. Network Testimonials
  4. Membership Roster