Uptime Institute and CBRE Data Centre Solutions announced a strategic partnership to enable the CBRE Group, Inc. to offer to its customers an operations-focused data center risk assessment solution as part of CBREs Critical Environment Risk Management (CERMTM) portfolio, the company said in a press release.
“Our data center customers look to CBRE to proactively offer the means to reduce their risks associated with delivering business services,” CBRE Data Centre Solutions Chief Reliability Officer Mike Doolan said. “In response, we sought out the industry’s most respected provider of data center risk assessment services to become an integral part of our risk management solution.
“By adding Uptime Institute’s management and operations stamp of approval assessment service to our own operational offerings, we can make available unparalleled risk mitigation services to our customers,” Doolan added.
Key indicators considered during the Uptime Institute assessment include the review of operational processes in place, expected behaviors and the risk mitigation methods that need to be in place to ensure efficient and effective data centre operations.