Data Centers are a critical player in how we live our lives. Our current environment—of increased online learning, working from home, and virtually connecting with friends and family—has only highlighted their key role. In fact, the demand for ecommerce and virtual connectivity during this global...
Read More5G is here and growing fast! Leviton Network Solutions, in a well-attended webinar last week, made recommendations for "preparing your Data Center infrastructure for the coming waves of 5G adoption." Leviton expects 1 billion 5G subscriptions by the end of 2023. With its faster speeds,...
Read MoreToday, we released our Fall Newsletter with a special focus on some of the natural disasters that threaten the seamless operation of Data Centers throughout California and the Pacific Northwest. You can read about the ways we’re helping customers ensure their backup power is ready...
Read MoreYesterday, DSI announced its commitment to ensuring the Data Center ecosystem with uptime and power readiness. With the record number of wildfires throughout the State of California and the Pacific Northwest, DSI is once again renewing its commitment to data uptime through our Power Check-Up...
Read MoreBecause Data Centers rely on a continuous uninterrupted electrical power supply to function, the current heat emergency in California presents a significant risk for Data Center owners and managers. With temperatures in some parts of the state expected to reach, and stay at, triple digits...
Read MoreData Centers are complex facilities, with significant amounts of equipment—including servers, cables, power supplies, and cooling systems. To successfully manage and operate a Data Center requires a keen understanding of what's happening in the room, beyond the data storage and management services you're providing. You...
Read MoreThe City of Chico Police Department, with 140 full-time employees and 100 police volunteers responsible for protecting the town of almost 100,000, needed to upgrade their existing Data Center to continue to protect critical dispatch and life safety response operations. They needed to ensure that...
Read MoreCooling accounts for almost half of the energy needs in a Data Center. In addition, many Data Centers are increasingly focused on high density computing to deal with increased workloads from modern applications like Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things and Bitcoin Mining. This increased...
Read MoreEarlier this week, we released our July newsletter. The newsletter summarizes what DSI has been up to over the last few months and offers tips you can implement at your own facilities. While the spread of COVID-19 has changed the way we work, it has...
Read MorePower is the lifeblood of a Data Center—to operate and maintain the critical data and applications housed in the facility. Yet where the power enters the Data Center is a single point of failure. Anything that threatens that steady flow of electricity, planned or unplanned,...
Read MoreJoey Apostle is a Project Manager for DSI. He started in the construction industry in 1999. Joey has overseen some of our largest and most complex design and installation projects. He works on new and expanding data centers and data storage facilities. He has participated in several large data center projects and co-generation plants throughout southern California and Arizona. He takes pride in understanding the clients’ needs and desires for all aspects of any project being discussed. Building successful project teams and exceeding client expectations has been a consistent model for all projects in which Joey has participated.
Joseph Kokrak is a Project Manager for DSI. He began his career as a Lead Electrician at DSI. He is now a key Project Manager who oversees new and expansion data center initiatives from design through close-out documentation.
Marty Fisher is Sales/Project Manager with over 15 years IT experience. Responsible for growing business, managing partner/vendor relationships and overseeing new and existing projects.
As Service Manager for Data Specialties Inc., Juan Vega oversees all of DSI’s preventative maintenance services. In addition to assessing current and prospective customers’ needs, Juan manages proposals, contracts and service providers to ensure that data centers and other critical facilities are receiving the maintenance and attention they require. He also manages our client contracts and relationships, and oversees the internal staffing for the reliable 24/7 response capability for which DSI has become known.