{"id":1329,"date":"2009-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/it-budget-cuts-may-cause-data-center-disruptions\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T08:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:11:47","slug":"it-budget-cuts-may-cause-data-center-disruptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/it-budget-cuts-may-cause-data-center-disruptions\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Budget Cuts May Cause Data Center Disruptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Odds_of_data_center_disruptions_increase_as_budgets_get_cut\"><\/span>Odds of data center disruptions increase as budgets get cut<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>AFCOM (The Association for Computer Operations Management) found that nearly half of the data center managers they surveyed expected cutbacks and believed that disruptions were possible because of the cost-cutting and reduced investments in security, reports <em>ComputerWorld<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Data center managers are worried that the recession will have a big impact on their operations. They are also concerned that the costs of power and cooling will put pressure on their data centers and make it difficult for them to keep pace. Data center managers are concerned that layoffs and buyouts of experienced workers will cut the data center skills and hinder operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercecio.com\/story\/recession-may-cause-data-center-disruptions\/2009-03-11\" target=\"%quot;_blank%quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recession may cause data center disruptions<\/a><br \/>\nFierceCIO covers AFCOM<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/action\/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;articleId=9129379&amp;intsrc=hm_list\" target=\"%quot;_blank%quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Budget cuts may be bigger threat to IT reliability than Y2k ever was<\/a><br \/>\nComputerWorld: Odds of service disruptions increase as budget cutting grows, says AFCOM; finding talent is also a problem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odds of data center disruptions increase as budgets get cut AFCOM (The Association for Computer Operations Management) found that nearly half of the data center managers they surveyed expected cutbacks and believed that disruptions were possible because of the cost-cutting and reduced investments in security, reports ComputerWorld. Data center managers are worried that the recession will have a big impact on their operations. They are also concerned that the costs of power and cooling will put pressure on their data centers and make it difficult for them to keep pace. Data center managers are concerned that layoffs and buyouts of experienced workers will cut the data center skills and hinder operations. See Also Recession may cause data center disruptions FierceCIO covers AFCOM Budget cuts may be bigger threat to IT reliability than Y2k ever was ComputerWorld: Odds of service disruptions increase as budget cutting grows, says AFCOM; finding talent is also a problem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"other_category":[],"class_list":["post-1329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IT Budget Cuts May Cause Data Center Disruptions | OTAVA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore how IT budget cuts may cause data center disruptions and what steps you can take 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