With a surge in food scandals and health scares worldwide, food and beverage manufacturers are now required more than ever to monitor and track all areas of production around the clock. Nick Turnbull, Vice President of International Sales at Marathon, wrote this article discussing UK regulatory requirements in the food and beverage manufacturing industry.

Nick’s article poses the question: Technology - the solution or the problem? The current trend among manufacturers is to deploy a virtualized environment. While virtualizing consolidates servers creating greener IT, lower capital and operating expenses and greater flexibility to meet regulator’s requirements, there are also some unintended consequences that could be brought about. I encourage you to read the full article to learn how manufacturers are using fail safe technology to prevent application downtime.

What do you think – is technology the solution or the problem?