451 Group

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451 Group is a New York City-based technology industry research firm. Through its Uptime Institute operating unit, the company provides research for data center operators. [1] In December 2019, 451 Group sold an operating division, 451 Research, to information and analytics company S&P Global.

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History

The 451 Group was founded in April 2000 with offices in London, New York and San Francisco. The founding team of four all came from UK IT publishers ComputerWire. Initial funding came from the London-based listed brokerage firm Durlacher. [2]

The company acquired Uptime Institute in 2009. [3] [4] Subsequent acquisitions included:

The 451 Research division was acquired by S&P Global Market Intelligence on December 6, 2019. [9]

Business

Uptime Institute is the operating division of the 451 Group. It is an American professional services organization best known for its "Tier Standard". [10] and the associated certification of data center compliance with the standard. [11] Founded in 1987 by Kenneth G. Brill, [12] the Uptime Institute was founded as an industry proponent to help owners and operators quantify and qualify their ability to provide a predictable level of performance from data centers, regardless of the status of external factors, such as power utilities.

451 Research was formerly part of 451 Group. Until being acquired by S&P Global in December 2019, it was an information technology industry analyst firm, headquartered in New York with offices in London, Boston, Washington DC, and San Francisco. At the time of the acquisition 451 Research claimed to have 250 employees, over 100 industry analysts and over 1000 clients. [13] It produced qualitative and quantitative research, across thirteen research channels, targeting service providers, technology vendors, enterprise IT leaders and financial professionals. [14]

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References

  1. "451 Group/The - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg Markets. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  2. Dot.coms sting Durlacher for £14m, in The Guardian, 1 March 2001
  3. "The Uptime Institute Sold to 451 Group". Data Center Knowledge. October 23, 2009.
  4. Company Overview of The 451 Group LLC at investing.businessweek.com
  5. "Leading Technology-Industry Analyst Company The 451 Group Acquires ChangeWave Research" (Press release). March 24, 2011.
  6. "Tech Touchstone acquired by US-based group".
  7. "451 Group buys Yankee Group from Alta Communications". Reuters. January 3, 2013.
  8. "ISSA Selects Wisegate, a 451 Research Community, as Peer Networking Platform for CISO's".
  9. "S&P Global Acquires 451 Research, LLC". Cision PR Newswire. December 6, 2019.
  10. Hwaiyu Geng (2014). Data Center Handbook. John Wiley & Sons. p. 243. ISBN   978-1118937587. [5] Uptime Institute professional Services. Data Center Site Infrastructure Tier Standard: ...
  11. "Green Data Centers Monthly Newsletter July 2010". The Tier Classification System, as established in Tier Standard: Topology, defines ... and Certifications are provided exclusively by Uptime Institute
  12. Kenneth G. Brill ’66 at redlands.edu
  13. "AR Insights - Introduction to 451 Research" (PDF).
  14. "451 Research".