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 »
Six Air Containment Solutions Will Help You to Save Energy in Your Existing Data Centers
May 6, 2013
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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 »
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 »
What’s new for Co-location Service Providers in StruxureWare for Data Centers?
April 17, 2013
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Schneider Electric recently used DatacenterDynamics Converged 2012 in London as the launch platform for StruxureWare Data Center Operation for Co-location – a new flavor of the company’s DCIM software which addresses… Read more »
Automated testing takes your backup generators ‘to the wall’
April 11, 2013
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Hit the switch and test all your connected systems Professional trainers know that the best way to teach a new skill, particularly an important skill, is to make it as… Read more »
Guidelines Open the Door to More Free Data Center Cooling
March 28, 2013
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No matter where you are on the planet, chances are you can be taking advantage of more “free” cooling than you currently are – in many cases, it’s all the… Read more »
Data Center Lifecycle Principles: Part 1 of 2 – Design for Change
March 27, 2013
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Recently, we’ve begun to hear more about a lifecycle approach to data centers. For years, the approach to data centers tended to be design- and technology-centric; what’s the best design… Read more »
Get to know our new Data Center Service Provider Team
March 12, 2013
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Cloud, managed hosting, co-location, and multi-tenant data centers face some unique business challenges. Their data centers don’t just support or enable their businesses – their data centers ARE their businesses…. Read more »
WEBCAST: Data Center Design: Imparting Lessons Learned
March 12, 2013
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VIEW WEBCAST HERE (It is FREE and requires no registration) On day one for a new data center, everything typically works fine and looks great. There is plenty of room,… 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 »
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 »
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 »
The 3 Common Pitfalls of Data Center Infrastructure Management
July 18, 2012
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Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions are immensely valuable when it comes to operating a data center. With the right system in place you can see major cuts in operating… Read more »
5 Data Center Resolutions for 2012
December 22, 2011
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It’s a slam-dunk for any blogger to take advantage of the holiday season to write posts on holiday gifts and resolutions. Far be it from me to pass up this… Read more »
4 Quick Tips for Optimizing Management of Remote Sites
September 12, 2012
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If you’re an IT administrator or manager of some sort, it’s increasingly likely that you’re responsible for more than one site. In many cases, it may be more like 5,… Read more »
A surprisingly low cost approach to data center energy management
February 7, 2012
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The 19th Century Irish mathematical physicist and engineer Lord Kelvin famously said: “If you cannot measure it, you can not improve it.” However, it is a basic principle of measurements… Read more »
Your Planet Needs You! Help Cut Waste Caused By Over-Sizing Data Centers
September 20, 2012
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I need your help please! I’m looking to enlist the help of anyone who has an interest in data centers in a campaign to cut waste caused by over-sizing or… Read more »
Getting comfortable with elevated data center temperatures
May 6, 2013
510 views
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 »
Leaving Las Vegas, IBM, and Rock Stars: how they all mesh together…
March 6, 2013
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Last night, I watched Train perform in a private concert at the IBM Partnerworld event in Las Vegas. I didn’t hate it. What happened to music with an edge? Give… 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 »
Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy
November 29, 2012
7,989 views
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 »
Six Air Containment Solutions Will Help You to Save Energy in Your Existing Data Centers
May 6, 2013
450 views
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 »
Careful Planning Is Required for Effective Fire Suppression in the Data Center
February 18, 2013
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An effective fire suppression plan for the data center should be at the top of any facility manager’s priority list. In the event of such a calamity, the first priority… Read more »
What’s New in 2012? Predicting Greater Use DCIM and Increased Adoption of Cloud Computing
December 19, 2011
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Who knows? Mission Critical will try to sort it all out I’ve never taken predictions very seriously, and so I have traditionally refrained from forecasting the events of the coming… Read more »
The Data Center Services Lifecycle: Go Beyond Design/Build
July 3, 2012
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When you consider the point in the lifecycle of a data center when people most typically think of the need for consulting services, it’s during the upfront phases—right at the… Read more »
Harmonizing Global Metrics for Data Center Energy Efficiency
November 26, 2012
6,265 views
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 »
5 Ways to Streamline Your Data Center Operations
October 21, 2011
2,444 views
Your data center operations are one of the most vital parts of your company; you need to make sure they are in competent hands. You want to eliminate risk,… Read more »
