NEW YORK, October 22, 2009 - The 451 Group, a leading independent IT research and analyst organization, today announced the acquisition of The Uptime Institute, a Santa Fe, NM-based think tank and professional services organization. Uptime is best known as the developer of the Tier Classification System, widely accepted as the de facto industry standard for providing a consistent means to compare typically unique, customized data center facilities from the perspective of expected site infrastructure availability, or uptime. more »

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