The Institute was founded on the belief that a structured forum is the best venue for facilitating the transfer of critical information. In the IT industry in particular, changes occur rapidly and peer networking within a defined community or sphere can help companies avoid downtime, optimize site infrastructure investment, and achieve an overall higher level of return in uptime operations. The Institute feels privileged to serve as the IT community’s facilitator and catalyst.
Both the North American and EMEA Uptime Networks represent mostly Fortune 100 companies for whom site infrastructure availability is a serious concern. The Networks offer a community that allows companies to collectively and interactively learn from one another as well as from Institute-facilitated conferences, site tours, benchmarking, best practices, and abnormal incident collection and analysis.
Membership in the Network puts you in direct contact with the top tier of uptime professionals from 100 of the largest companies in the world and with many of the well-respected professionals of the Institute. There are countless opportunities for members to benefit from a year-long schedule of interaction and communication, including:
Both the North American and EMEA Uptime Networks represent mostly Fortune 100 companies for whom site infrastructure availability is a serious concern. The Networks offer a community that allows companies to collectively and interactively learn from one another as well as from Institute-facilitated conferences, site tours, benchmarking, best practices, and abnormal incident collection and analysis.
Membership in the Network puts you in direct contact with the top tier of uptime professionals from 100 of the largest companies in the world and with many of the well-respected professionals of the Institute. There are countless opportunities for members to benefit from a year-long schedule of interaction and communication, including:
- Prepare today for industry trends two to five years in the future with private, three-day, member-driven, think tank Conferences
- Learn from exclusive, two- to three-hour, in-depth, member-driven Site Tours at some of the largest and most advanced data center operations in North America and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
- Take advantage of extensive Site Equipment Surveys that detail members’ satisfaction with manufacturers and their products which help you confidently make decisions about future investments
- Prevent problems in your data center site by reading the experiences of other Network members in the up-to-the-minute Flash Report email warnings
- Leverage the Abnormal Incident Report (AIR) database, featuring a decade’s worth of more than 4,000+ abnormal events, case studies, failure reports, and quantifiable “saves” that you can use to sharpen your root cause analysis skills and to quantify and improve your site’s performance
- Solicit specific advice anytime from other Network members through Email Queries administered by the Network staff
- Access Benchmark Profiles and customized Benchmark Surveys on a range of performance data, including uptime effectiveness and costs, providing quantifiable data, from the best in the business, to support your own efforts. Training is provided on how to use benchmark data to convince senior management of the worthwhile investment
- Stay abreast of industry developments throughout the year with the quarterly Uptime News publication, which provides a recap of past events and articles by the Institute staff on benchmarking surprises, unusual events, industry trends, and more
- Participate in Annual Awards events, where continuous site uptime performance and outstanding participant presentations are recognized by the industry’s leading professionals—your peers