20 years, Uptime Institute has been offering independent, technology neutral advisory services, and Certification for data centres at both the executive and technical level. Best known for thought leadership and data centre standards Created the globally used Tier classification standard to evaluate the resilience of data centre infrastructure. Tier I, II, III and IV. Created Global Network of Data Centre owner/operators. Uptime Institute does not design, construct, commission or operate data centres or supply Facilities or IT equipment. Unbiased and vendor neutral.