THE PROFESSIONAL APPROACH TO COMPUTER ROOM CLEANING

 

For those who might ask why there is a need for a professional cleaning service specific to high tech spaces the following is offered.

ENGINEERING PRESENCE

The presence of a registered professional engineer during all phases of an operation as intrusive as cleaning a computer room is essential to reduce risk. Dozens of questions on every job arise where computer room design experience is required. When events like power failures and alarms occur this presence becomes critical. Simple decisions like where to plug in a vacuum, how many floor tile may be safely lifted, etc. can be vitally important.

MAGNETIC MEDIA 

The very name says what it is . . Magnetic. The fine dust passes thru conventional vacuum cleaner bags and then floats as an aerosol until attracted to the magnetic media. The risks associated with the dust stirred up by mops, brooms and single stage vacuums are not tolerable in high tech spaces storing magnetic media. Unfortunately the trend to smaller and more compact circuitry makes the dust contamination in a room even more dangerous. 

VACUUM STARTING 

When any electric motor is started it sets up a magnetic field in order to run. This magnetic flux change can alter data on magnetic media. Our crews are all trained to start and stop our vacuums away from magnetic media.

HEPA VACUUMS 

An ordinary vacuum cleaner is just fine for your home and mine because the fate of our companies doesn't depend upon the continuous operation of the simple machines in our homes. By using these specialized vacuums that emit virtually no particles, the particulate count around your machines even during extensive cleaning operations will not be increased. Indeed over time with HEPA vacuuming careful cleanings will meaningfully reduce the ambient particulate count in your computer room.

CHEMICAL CONTROL 

Most conventional cleaning solvents have a harmful effect on hard disks, magnetic media or electronics.
Selecting the right cleaning solution is a job that requires professional experience. The preparation, handling and storage 
of most cleaning solvents is not to be delegated to the part time janitor. In many cases the best solution is water and elbow grease.

FLOOR TILE CARE 

Access floor tiles are easily damaged by careless handling. Our technicians NEVER stomp a floor tile into place. All have been trained to treat your tiles with respect and to replace them carefully. Perforated tile have a specific purpose and place. Conventional custodians have no such training. 

HEAD CRASHES 

We don't want to say that if you use our services you will eliminate this expensive failure . . but . . it is true that reduced particulate counts in the room will reduce the probability of this agonizing event. Just one avoided head crash will pay for years of excellent cleaning.

KNOWING WHAT NOT TO CLEAN 

One of the most important decisions we make on your floor is deciding what areas not to clean. Poor wiring connections, tape drive works, communication banks, inaccessible floor areas often get the NO decision. We are not shy about it. We carefully report each omission. HOW USEFUL WOULD A REGULARLY UPDATED CAD DRAWING BE FOR YOUR ROOM MANAGEMENT? 

JANITORS 

Even the best janitorial services are uneasy in the computer room. They gingerly approach the cleaning tasks and well they should. This is an alien environment where a mistake can cause havoc. The result is often a superficial job using conventional equipment that redistributes a lot of the dirt. Try us one time and see that these good people will be as relieved to be rid of the computer room as we are glad to manage it.

DISASTER PREVENTION 

The buzz words of the industry today are inspiring companies, who MUST have their computers up, to spend large sums securing them. Then at night they are opened up to personnel who have the highest turnover in the system and who, unfortunately, have more reasons than most to become disgruntled. We don't wish to disparage the 95% of the custodial crews that are excellent folk but there is that 5% who represent a risk that we can help you avoid.

MINIMUM INTERFACE IN THE ROOM 

Several of our clients had regular custodial staff damp mopping their room 2 to 3 times per week in an effort to keep it clean. Our biweekly program with HEPA vacuums has been found to be more effective in maintaining the cleanliness of the room and also minimizes risk to your operations thru less frequent visits. 

HAVING TIME TO TAKE CARE 

Each of our people recognizes that we always have the time to be careful. We continually resist the temptation to be quick at the expense of being careful. Our service is too critical to be presented as small margins over low cost labor that is continually encouraged to do things more quickly. Often janitorial people have little or no training in the complexity of Data Center Systems. We have the knowledge and the time.