Instor’s IT Infrastructure Blog, provides frequent IT, Network and Data Center industry tips & tricks, as well as news from the industry’s IT leaders. We understand that IT goals are a moving target and want to bring you the latest information to help make your work life easier.
2020 Vision and The New Norm
2020 Vision and The New Norm By Nabeel Mahmood, Concierge CXO For many of us, coronavirus reminds us of 9/11 or the 2008 financial crisis, events that reshaped our society in [...]
Distilleries Halt Alcohol Production to Make Hand Sanitizer for Aid Amid COVID-19
Exactly 100 years since Prohibition began, some distilleries have voluntarily halted producing alcohol for consumption. Instead of conducting business as usual, these boutique-style distilleries have started to produce hand sanitizer. Micro-distilleries have found a [...]
Hospitals and the Technology to Fight Covid-19
Hospitals and the Technology to Fight Covid-19 Hospitals and healthcare workers are bearing the brunt of the Covid-19 outbreak across the world. Everywhere people are trying to flatten the curve of the infection [...]
Edge Computing in 2020
Edge Computing in 2020 By Nabeel Mahmood, Concierge CXO In 2020, we are in the cloud computing era. Many of us still own personal computers, but we mostly use them to [...]
The Remote Working Future: Part 3
Remote Working and the Future of Infrastructure in an Online World The Remote Working Future: Part 3 This blog is part of a 3 part series. Read the other [...]
The Remote Working Future: Part 2
Remote Working and the Future of Infrastructure in an Online World The Remote Working Future: Part 2 This blog is part of a 3 part series. Read the [...]
The Remote Working Future: Part 1
Remote Working and the Future of Infrastructure in an Online World The Remote Working Future: Part 1 This blog is part of a 3 part series. Read the [...]
Facebook Joins Netflix & Amazon by Reducing Hi-Def Streaming in Europe
Many non-essential employees have started working from home to curtail the spread of Coronavirus. Additionally, the schools that closed have shifted to live streaming classes online. This shift in learning and working remotely [...]
Aging Gov Infrastructure Crashes with a Record Number of Unemployment Claims
Last week, COVID-19 caused restaurants, bars, and other businesses to close their doors for at least 30 days. Furloughed workers exponentially increased the traffic to unemployment websites, setting a new record. Reports show [...]
Clean Hands Protect You, Smarter Hands Protect Your IT Team from Coronavirus!
In an attempt to prevent Coronavirus from spreading, many cities have shut down all non-essential businesses and have enacted travel restrictions until at least April 1. Because of these measures, many people are [...]
What Kind of Dirt Do You Have on Your IT?
Your server room may appear clean to the naked eye, but don’t let appearances fool you! There are microscopic contaminants everywhere, and once they build up, you are at risk of damaging your [...]
Instor’s Darrell Reynolds Named Sr. Director of Implementation Services
Instor Solutions, Inc. today named Darrell Reynolds Senior Director of Implementation Services. Reynolds, a veteran of the data center industry, brings deep experience working in telecom, logistics and data center infrastructure. Spending much of his [...]
This Halloween, Banish Zombie Servers
As September comes to a close, we peer around the corner to the spookiest of months, October, which brings us cooler weather, full moons, ghosts, witches and, of course, zombies. Normally, when you think [...]
Maintain Your Cool when Densities Rise
If you haven’t heard, rack densities are going up. Just three years ago, the average density per rack was 6 kilowatts. In 2019, that number stands at 7 kW, with no sign of flagging [...]