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Six Air Containment Solutions Will Help You to Save Energy in Your Existing Data Centers
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 »
posted: May 6, 2013
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Schneider Takes Home Alliance Awards – and Our Customers Win, Too
It’s no secret that Schneider Electric is a big fan of strategic alliances. Perhaps you’ve read previous blog posts on the topic by my colleague Tony Despirito, such as this… Read more »
posted: April 2, 2013
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Cruise Ship Lines Could Learn Lessons from Data Center Operators
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 »
posted: February 26, 2013
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How Energy Efficiency Efforts Can Spell Trouble When the Power Goes Out
A number of important trends are helping companies save lots of money on electric bills by making their data centers more efficient. While this is certainly a worthy and justified… Read more »
posted: February 12, 2013
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Build Better Data Centers Faster: Use a Reference Design
IT is becoming more critical all the time and trends such as the explosion of big data are only adding to the requirements that IT groups must meet. To keep… Read more »
posted: January 29, 2013
Joint Commission: 10 most cited Healthcare facility standards
April 11, 2013
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At my last HAAHE (Houston Area Association of Healthcare Engineers) meeting I watched a dynamic presentation by Susan B. Laughlin, FASHE, CHFM, CHSP who spoke about the most frequently cited… 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 »
Efficiency Gains in US Auto Sales continues Trend
April 10, 2013
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Fuel economy is more than a catchphrase. It means a reduction in resources consumed while consumers benefit from lower expenses when fueling up their vehicles, not to mention reduced air… Read more »
Two Shades of Grey – in the Data Center
April 9, 2013
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We live in a very colorful world. However, when you step into the electrical equipment room in most data centers, you usually find one dominant color: grey. To be more… Read more »
The central control room in 5 basic disciplines
April 8, 2013
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A central control room is the dream of any intensive operation: The desire to have in a single location, several remote operations and the ability to take business decisions. But… Read more »
Schneider Electric Paris Marathon Sees Record-breaking Run While Promoting Energy Awareness
April 8, 2013
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Ethiopian Tadese Boru took advantage of sunlit skies and cool temperatures conducive to a good long run to break the women’s record in yesterday’s Schneider Electric Paris Marathon, finishing in… Read more »
Cutting Confusion over Open System Software in the Data Center
April 5, 2013
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With the use of data center management software and DCIM on the rise, the requirement for applications to be Open System is increasing. However, there has been some confusion… Read more »
How fast is fast? Power monitoring and real-time response rates
April 4, 2013
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My first car was classic Mopar: a green ‘68 Dodge Dart GTS. I bought it from my uncle who owned a local mechanic shop and did a lot of custom… Read more »
Schneider Takes Home Alliance Awards – and Our Customers Win, Too
April 2, 2013
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It’s no secret that Schneider Electric is a big fan of strategic alliances. Perhaps you’ve read previous blog posts on the topic by my colleague Tony Despirito, such as 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 »
3 Ways that Under-floor Cabling Causes Data Center Energy Loss
June 26, 2012
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Raised floors are common in data centers, used to provide a space through which cool air is delivered to the data center. Unfortunately, the space under the raised floor is… Read more »
Making the Business Case for Energy Efficiency Projects
November 21, 2012
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Making your data center more energy efficient is no longer merely a nice goal to have in mind if you can get around to it – in practical and economic… Read more »
7 Applications for Containerized Data Center Facility Modules
February 23, 2012
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Here’s a sales pitch: standardized, pre-assembled and integrated data center facility power and cooling modules are at least 60% faster and 20 – 30% cheaper to deploy than traditional data… 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 »
Podcast: Implementing a Low-Cost Energy Management Process in Your Data Center
April 10, 2012
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“Many data centers use much more energy that they need to,” says Soeren Brogaard Jensen, VP Enterprise Software at Schneider Electric. But historically, data center managers have tended to be… Read more »
A Piece of the Efficiency Puzzle: Integrated DCIM and Virtualization Management
November 20, 2012
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If data center efficiency was ever off the map, it’s certainly back on it now. More than ever, companies across the board are being pushed to be “green” not just… Read more »
Data Center Capital Cost Calculator – A Tool to Help Align Your Data Center Business Requirements with Your Project Budget
June 28, 2012
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The data center capital cost calculator can be an invaluable tool to help ensure that a particular design will be in line with your project’s budget, whether it be a… Read more »
Pushing the Data Center Boundary Blog: DCIM – What is it?
October 3, 2011
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I’ve been reading and receiving a bunch of information on DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) software for the last few years. I’m not sure if other people have this same… Read more »
Pushing the Data Center Boundary Blog: Is Fresh Air really good for everyone?
September 12, 2011
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There’s been a lot of press over the last few years about “Google type” data centers that use 100% fresh air to perform cooling. In many cases, these designs bring… 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 »
Joint Commission: 10 most cited Healthcare facility standards
April 11, 2013
579 views
At my last HAAHE (Houston Area Association of Healthcare Engineers) meeting I watched a dynamic presentation by Susan B. Laughlin, FASHE, CHFM, CHSP who spoke about the most frequently cited… Read more »
4 Tips for Keeping Your IT Equipment Cool When the Power Goes Out
February 11, 2013
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In my last post, I shared some of the ways that data center energy efficiency efforts can cause temperatures to quickly rise in a data center following a power outage…. Read more »
How Alliances Will Help Us Build Smart Cities and Stave Off Doom
May 6, 2013
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I recently finished reading an insightful book called “The Third Industrial Revolution” by Jeremy Rifkin, an accomplished author and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, among various other titles… Read more »
Schneider Takes Home Alliance Awards – and Our Customers Win, Too
April 2, 2013
588 views
It’s no secret that Schneider Electric is a big fan of strategic alliances. Perhaps you’ve read previous blog posts on the topic by my colleague Tony Despirito, such as this… Read more »
Six Air Containment Solutions Will Help You to Save Energy in Your Existing Data Centers
May 6, 2013
481 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 »
Cisco House experience illustrates transformational opportunities for countries, cities and organizations today and in the future
September 18, 2012
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Cisco House celebrates the powers of transformation, with a focus on how transformation can enrich communities, individuals and businesses. Innovation, particularly via clever application of technologies and thought leadership in… Read more »
In Virtualized Data Centers, Capacity Management is a Must
September 7, 2011
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For all the benefits virtualization brings to a data center – reduced rack footprint and power consumption, greater efficiency and reliability, lower overall costs – enterprises frequently leave other benefits… Read more »
Data Center Operations, Baseball and Horse Racing
October 21, 2011
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By David Gentry Don’t know if you have had an opportunity to read George Allen’s new book, “What Washington Can Learn from the World of Sports,” but it’s worth the… Read more »
Where do metrics end and intelligent humans begin?
December 8, 2011
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I’m all for metrics, but at some point the need for an actual breathing human to interpret the metric is as important as the metric itself. PUE, WUE, ERE, DCcE… Read more »
