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 »
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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
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 »
Data Center Highlights From The Green Grid Forum 2013
March 11, 2013
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I spent a couple of days last week in Santa Clara, Calif. at The Green Grid Forum 2013, the annual get-together where Green Grid members share their best on the… 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 »
BMS and DCIM Integration: Not Just for the Enterprise Market Anymore
March 4, 2013
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The growing trend toward higher density through virtualization and cloud computing requires facilities and IT to be constantly aligned. This means that a comprehensive management solution is essential to the… Read more »
Explosion of Technology in Healthcare Requires Cooperation Between IT and Facilities
March 1, 2013
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With the big HIMSS 13 event going on in New Orleans this week, I’ve got healthcare on my mind. HIMSS is focused on healthcare in IT and there’s certainly lots… Read more »
The hidden cost of cooling redundancy
March 1, 2013
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The hidden cost of cooling redundancy – and how Data Center Infrastructure Management software helps you identify it. I recently spent some time in a small data center with a… Read more »
Limit Your Risk of Data Center Fire Damage With Sound Prevention, Detection and Suppression
February 27, 2013
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You’ll see a fair amount of coverage on this blog and elsewhere about natural disasters that can disrupt power and generally wreak havoc on a data center. But we don’t… 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 »
Sensors for Measuring Chilled Water Production and Use (Useful Data Center tools and formulas)
February 20, 2013
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It’s said that “good things come in threes”, like a DJ’s turntables and a microphone, or those three unit-less constants called the “proportional”, “integral” and “derivative” that dominate the operational… Read more »
How to save over 70% in annual data center cooling energy costs
March 1, 2012
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In certain climates, cooling systems can save over 70% in annual energy costs by operating in economizer mode, corresponding to a reduction of over 15% in annualized power usage effectiveness… Read more »
Designing Data Centers with the Equipment Maintenance Program in Mind
October 29, 2012
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We work in a mission-critical world where reliability is not just a commodity, but an absolute necessity. However, a system’s reliability declines exponentially as equipment ages. The only way to… Read more »
Could DCIM signal “Merry Christmas” for Colo Data Center Operators?
November 1, 2012
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I’d like to share a modern parable about unexpected consequences. My story concerns the humble text message, which is the most widely used mobile data service today. Portio Research estimates… Read more »
Get Paid for Saving Energy with Demand Response
November 28, 2012
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Storms such as the recent Hurricane Sandy tend to get your attention focused on how much we rely on electricity – and the problems we suffer when it’s not available…. Read more »
New Green Grid study identifies "aggressive growth" of regulatory pressures on EMEA data centers
August 8, 2012
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Speaking about the volume of legislation and regulation coming into effect in EMEA, John Tuccillo, Chairman and President of the Green Grid spoke about a new report which the organization… Read more »
Cisco Live London: New Integrated Solutions between Cisco EnergyWise and Schneider Electric EcoStruXure
February 1, 2012
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There was an interesting and pervasive buzz about the first day of Cisco Live EMEA in London yesterday and no, it wasn’t due to a noisy air conditioning system! It… Read more »
Is a Containerized/Modular Data Center in Your Future?
June 1, 2012
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Imagine your growing company suddenly needs some significant new data processing capability. And you’re being tapped to produce—out of thin air—a powerful new data center that has all the capacity,… 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 »
Data Center Science Series: Containerized Modules by Neil Rasmussen
January 22, 2013
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Short Answers to 6 Questions About Modular, Containerized Data Centers I recently recorded a series of videos for the marketing team here at Schneider Electric, including one that addresses… Read more »
Cisco House : A Realistic Technology View of a Bright Future
December 6, 2012
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I’ve always been a lover of Science Fiction. As a youngster reading books and these days mostly watching movies and the occasional TV series, it’s always been fascinating to me… Read more »
4 Ways Strategic Partnerships Add Value to IT Projects
January 31, 2012
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I’m a big fan of strategic alliances, and not just because I’m responsible for Schneider Electric’s alliances with key partners including IBM, Cisco and Microsoft. The reason is simple: with… 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 »
CiscoLive! US 2012 Comes to an End
June 15, 2012
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CiscoLive! US came to a close Thursday, the first beautifully sunny day this week amidst milder temperatures. The ending keynote featured the overwhelmingly attendee demanded Mythbusters. The inspiring talk from… Read more »
No More Excuses for Failing to Monitor Remote Wiring Closets and Server Rooms
September 5, 2012
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Remote wiring closets and server rooms can be the bane of an IT pro’s existence. When something goes wrong but the usual network and server management systems can’t point to… Read more »
Designing Data Centers with the Equipment Maintenance Program in Mind
October 29, 2012
3,394 views
We work in a mission-critical world where reliability is not just a commodity, but an absolute necessity. However, a system’s reliability declines exponentially as equipment ages. The only way to… Read more »
Don’t Leave Your Data Center Stranded Out in the Cold
December 19, 2012
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For most companies, data center capacity comes at a premium, so it’s important to be able to wring every bit of it out of the space and infrastructure you have… Read more »
Dimension Data and the Co-Location Opportunity with Data Center Software
April 26, 2013
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Founded 28 years ago in 1983 in South Africa, Dimension Data today operates in 51 countries in five regions – Middle East & Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia… Read more »
5 Contributors to Data Center Energy Inefficiency
September 6, 2011
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A typical data center is a huge consumer of electricity. But less than half of the electricity actually is used by IT equipment. The majority of a data center’s energy… Read more »
Examining Your Cooling Options: Room, Row and Rack
September 23, 2011
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In many data centers, traditional room-based cooling systems are reaching the limit of their capabilities. With IT equipment now pushing peak power density to 20 kW per rack or more,… Read more »
Turn to the Cloud to Realize Energy Savings
November 16, 2011
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Most customers know they can reduce their energy cost by taking advantage of utility incentives to use less power during peak demand periods and by avoiding power factor charges and… Read more »
