1993 headquarters 20 w. 37th st new york ny 10018 united states area served north america south america europe middle east asia pacific south africa founder s kenneth g. brill 1 key people martin v. mccarthy ceo w. pitt turner iv p.e. executive director julian kudritzki coo lee kirby cto services tier certification management and operations m & o digital infrastructure services professional training & development website http uptimeinstitute.com available in english uptime institute is an unbiased advisory organization focused on improving the performance efficiency and reliability of business critical infrastructure through innovation collaboration and independent certifications . it is best known for its widely adopted 2 tier certifications 3 of data centers . contents 1 history 2 business 3 tier certifications 4 operational sustainability certification 5 the brill awards 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit founded in 1993 by kenneth g. brill the uptime institute was acquired by the 451 group . 4 since then the uptime institute has been an independent division of the 451 group 5 which is headquartered in new york with offices in locations including san francisco washington dc london boston seattle denver s o paulo dubai and singapore . the 451 group also owns 451 research a technology industry syndicated research and data firm . business edit uptime institute serves all stakeholders responsible for it service availability through industry leading standards education peer to peer networking consulting and award programs delivered to enterprise organizations and third party operators manufacturers and providers . uptime institute is recognized globally for the creation and administration of the tier standards & certifications for data center design construction and operations along with its management & operations m & o stamp of approval forcss methodology and efficient it stamp of approval . uptime institute the global data center authority a division of the 451 group has office locations in the u.s. mexico costa rica brazil u.k. spain u.a.e. russia taiwan singapore and malaysia . visit www.uptimeinstitute.com for more information . 6 tier certifications edit the uptime institute s data center tier concepts have grown from a publication in the late 1990s of the tier classifications define site infrastructure performance white paper 7 to a standard guiding design and investment for data centers globally . 8 the data center tier standards are a standardized methodology used to determine availability in a facility . it offers companies a way to measure return on investment roi and performance . 9 there are two forms of tier certifications tier certification of design documents tier certification of constructed facility the tier certification refers only to the physical topology of the data centers infrastructure that directly affects the computer room operation . 10 the certifications are awarded in four levels tier iv fault tolerant site infrastructure tier iii concurrently maintainable site infrastructure tier ii redundant capacity components site infrastructure redundant tier i basic site infrastructure non redundant the full tier standard topology is available on the uptime institute website 11 the uptime institute s tier certification does not pertain to the telecommunications industry association s standard tia 942 . 12 uptime institute and tia agree on clear separation between their respective benchmarking systems to avoid industry confusion and drive accountability . 13 another classification models is the availability environment classification aec of the harvard research group which ranges from aec 0 to aec 5 . operational sustainability certification edit in addition to the aforementioned tier certification uptime institute also awards operational sustainability certification 14 which aims at management operations and maintenance of the site rather than its design topology . the operational sustainability establishes the behaviours and risks beyond the tier classification system i ii iii iv that impact long term data center performance . it builds a bridge between the site management behaviours and the tier functionality of the site infrastructure . the three major elements of operational sustainability certification are management and operations e.g. staffing presence staffing qualification maintenance programs building characteristics e.g. additional ups site location e.g. flooding transportation corridors operational sustainability certification is issued in three levels gold full uptime potential of the installed infrastructure realized or exceeded silver opportunities for improvement in order to achieve the full potential of the installed infrastructure bronze significant opportunities for improvement in order to achieve the full potential of the installed infrastructure the operational sustainability certification becomes suffix to tier certification thus leading to e.g. tier iii gold . 15 the brill awards edit in september 2013 the uptime institute announced the creation of the brill awards named in honor of the late founder of the uptime institute ken brill . the awards are described as having been created to recognize efficiency in the broadest sense of the word efficiency of capital deployment technology design operations and overall management . 16 17 the awards recognize it efficiency in five categories across four global regions north america emea latin america and apac . judges will consider the merits of projects in each of the five categories . at their discretion as many as 20 worldwide brill award winners will be selected . the categories are data center design 18 operational data center upgrade 19 data center facilities management 20 it systems efficiency 21 product solutions 22 see also edit high availability downtime uptime references edit kenneth g. brill 66 at redlands.edu data center tiers at glohse.com tier certification at uptimeinstitute.com company overview of the 451 group llc at investing.businessweek.com the 451 group our company at 451research . com https uptimeinstitute.com about ui news press tier classifications define site infrastructure performance by w. pitt turner iv p.e. et al. uptime institute tier standard owners advisory committee at oac.uptimeinstitute.com uptime data center tier standards at techtarget.com the uptime institute tier classification system comparison with tia 942 at uptimeinstitute.com http uptimeinstitute.com publications tia 942 tia 942 telecommunications infrastructure standard for data centers at ihs.com http uptimeinstitute.com component content article 8 certifications 203 tiersvstia2014 tier standard operational sustainability at uptimeinstitute.com uptime institute tier classification at dc jakarta.com home the brill awards for efficient it retrieved feb 20th 2014 datacenterknowledge.com uptime institute announces brill awards for efficient it september 30th 2013 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