Last month I wrote about the importance of data center site selection, which was top of mind in the wake of October’s Hurricane Sandy. Since then we’ve been hit with… Read more »
The environmental impact of running software
May 13, 2013
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The Greenhouse Gas Protocol is creating an accounting and reporting standard for the emission of greenhouse gasses from running software. This may be the first step down the long path… Read more »
Bringing Clarity to Modular Data Center Architectures
May 10, 2013
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Anyone who pays even scant attention to data center issues has no doubt been hearing the term “modular” with increasingly greater frequency, and with good reason. As we’ve covered previously,… Read more »
Virtualization Energy Cost Calculator – Interactive tool to illustrate the energy impact of virtualization projects
May 7, 2013
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It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about one of our TradeOff Tools. But as promised, I want to continue to give some insight into what’s behind our TradeOff Tools,… Read more »
Six Air Containment Solutions Will Help You to Save Energy in Your Existing Data Centers
May 6, 2013
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For an existing traditional data center, hot air and cold air mixing can lead to more than 25% waste of the cooling capacity. As a result, the cooling system is… Read more »
Cloud Computing: A solution for ‘too much IT’
May 6, 2013
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Is your organization finding it a challenge to keep up to date with the best available IT hardware and software? If yes, you’re not alone. The tremendous rate at which… Read more »
Getting comfortable with elevated data center temperatures
May 6, 2013
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Running data centers at elevated air temperatures cuts energy costs by reducing energy for cooling, but only recently has the industry started to get comfortable with the practice of running… Read more »
Don’t miss the Gorilla in your Data Center
May 2, 2013
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Don’t let your focus make you overlook simple ways of improving the energy efficiency of your data center. A study shows that when focusing on a specific task, the human… Read more »
The Green Grid’s Data Center Maturity Model Can Delivery Big Energy Savings
April 30, 2013
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Something rather remarkable has happened over the course of the last year at The Green Grid (TGG) that anyone who owns and operates a data center ought to know about…. Read more »
Data Center Lifecycle Principles: Part 2 of 2 – Continuous Improvement
April 26, 2013
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As examined in my last post, a key principle in the lifecycle approach to data centers is to design facilities with change in mind. However, once a data center is… Read more »
Great Hoaxes: Bigfoot, UFO’s, and DC vs. AC efficiency studies
January 30, 2012
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It’s remarkable that we continue to see what I consider pseudo-scientific ‘studies’ claiming that DC distribution is significantly more efficient than AC distribution in data centers. These ‘studies’ make the… Read more »
Make Energy Part of Your IT Strategy Document
May 2, 2012
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Chief information officers (CIOs) and other information technology (IT) leaders make strategy plans, just like other business leaders. As a former CIO, I can tell you that the strength of… Read more »
Calculators for Data Center Facilities & IT Planners, Designers, and Stakeholders
April 27, 2012
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Too often, data center project decisions are made based on gut feels or having been burned in the past. We find that often times, customers spend too much time detailing… Read more »
Eliminate 30% of your Infrastructure costs by Right-sizing
May 2, 2012
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There is an enormous problem that occurs when planning out a data center based on anticipated needs. Yes, it is important to think about what will be needed 10 to… Read more »
The Voice of the Next Generation CIO
May 10, 2012
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I recently had the pleasure of speaking at the CIO Summit Event, “Driving an Agenda for Business Success”, organised in the Middle East by IDC. For me, one of the… Read more »
Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy
November 29, 2012
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The devastation that we saw in areas such as Manhattan after hurricane Sandy naturally prompts lots of discussion about what went wrong and whether data center downtime directly caused by… Read more »
Declaring War on $10 billion of Data Center Waste
November 12, 2012
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I’ll be at DatacenterDynamics London during this week to officially launch our Data Center Genome project. If you haven’t seen my blog post “Your Planet Needs You! Help Cut Waste… Read more »
Building an SMB Core Network Node; Integration Trumps Best-of-breed for London, UK ISP
November 20, 2012
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I recently visited Spitfire Network Services Ltd, a London-based business providing telecom services and ISP solutions to small and medium sized customers. The company has its own extensive telecoms network… Read more »
Harmonizing Global Metrics for Data Center Energy Efficiency
November 26, 2012
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A pivotal tool of modern business and government is the advanced data center. You want the data center to be advanced, to have capabilities to deliver all the tools of… Read more »
Data Center Key Performance Indicators – A Look At PUE and Other Numbers to Evaluate Performance
March 2, 2012
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Metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) for data centers used to be inward looking. In the not so distant past, KPIs tended to be “about the box,” measuring factors like… Read more »
Great Hoaxes: Bigfoot, UFO’s, and DC vs. AC efficiency studies
January 30, 2012
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It’s remarkable that we continue to see what I consider pseudo-scientific ‘studies’ claiming that DC distribution is significantly more efficient than AC distribution in data centers. These ‘studies’ make the… Read more »
Cloud Data Centers and the art of Feng Shui
March 28, 2012
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For over 3000 years, Feng Shui has been bringing balance and harmony to physical space. In China, millions of people live their lives according to the natural forces and principles… Read more »
Getting comfortable with elevated data center temperatures
May 6, 2013
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Running data centers at elevated air temperatures cuts energy costs by reducing energy for cooling, but only recently has the industry started to get comfortable with the practice of running… Read more »
Why is Cloud computing so hard to define anyways?
May 7, 2012
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Sure, cloud computing is here and it sure is the next big IT wave, but what is it really and how do you know if you’re using it? I just… Read more »
Protecting the Edge is Crucial in a Cloud Environment
October 10, 2012
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As companies continue to adopt more cloud and virtualization technologies, they would do well to pay special attention to the devices that are now essentially the lifeline to their IT… Read more »
8 Common Mistakes in Building an Operational Sustainability Model
September 27, 2012
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I often see companies putting huge amounts of money into new data centers, bringing in design experts, architects and the like. They create buildings that look great and certainly have… Read more »
4 Ways to Reduce Energy Consumption in Any Data Center
February 1, 2013
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If your data center energy bill is a bit higher than you’d like, you are certainly not alone. By their nature, data centers consume a lot of energy and there’s… Read more »
Cruise Ship Lines Could Learn Lessons from Data Center Operators
February 26, 2013
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A few days ago a colleague emailed me a photo taken on the ill-fated Carnival Triumph cruise ship, the one that was stranded in the Gulf of Mexico for about… Read more »
Funding the Unfunded: Energy Savings Performance Contracts for Federal Data Center Consolidation
April 18, 2013
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2013 marks the third year of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) and inches agencies closer to its shared 2015 deadline with the coinciding Presidential Memorandum; disposing of unneeded… Read more »
Calculators for Data Center Facilities & IT Planners, Designers, and Stakeholders
April 27, 2012
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Too often, data center project decisions are made based on gut feels or having been burned in the past. We find that often times, customers spend too much time detailing… Read more »
