Articles by Julius Neudorfer

The ODCA Allies Itself with The Green Grid

Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

I hear the sound of tectonic plates shifting in the computing world. In the last few weeks, we have seen some interesting alliances being formed. Continue Reading »

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HP Launches Project Moonshot

Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

While NASA won’t be launching anymore rockets for a while, HP seems to be stepping in with a Project Moonshot of its own. In a nod to the history of NASA’s original space race to the moon, it has even named the first "launch" platform "Redstone," like the original rocket that America’s first astronaut, Alan Shepard, rode into space. Continue Reading »

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Open Compute Project Gains Momentum

Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer
Thursday, November 3, 2011

From the racks to the roof, the Open Compute Project (OCP) is trying to break the mold to improve and redesign everything we take for granted as "industry standard" in the data center world. Continue Reading »

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Reinventing DCIM

Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) was a category that was “invented” only a few years ago. It has suddenly become a hot product as data centers struggle to keep up with ever-changing IT equipment, rising densities and increasing energy costs. Continue Reading »

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Open Compute Plus Open Data Center = A Better Cloud?

Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

There was an interesting “mind meld” announced at the Intel Developer Forum 2011 conference a few weeks ago. During the event, held in conjunction with the Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA), Frank Frankovsky, director of technical operations at Facebook, came onto the stage and announced that Facebook’s Open Compute Project would be collaborating with the ODCA to accelerate the development and adoption of cloud computing standards. Continue Reading »

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The Future of Data Center Cooling: Water or Air?

Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer
Monday, September 19, 2011

The data center industry is moving toward divergent "cooling" technologies simultaneously. Continue Reading »

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Is the Rising Data Center Energy Crisis Over?

Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer
Wednesday, August 3, 2011

A report just released has indicated that the rise of energy usage in the data center from 2005 to 2010 was not as high as expected. Continue Reading »

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12 Summer Data Center Cooling Tips

Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Those lazy, hazy days of summer are upon us and many small and midsize firms will see their data centers' cooling systems pushed to their limits, and even far beyond. So you may want to consider putting sunburn lotion on your servers or you can use some of these cooling tips to keep them from overheating. Continue Reading »

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The World's Most Efficient Data Center?

Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer
Friday, June 10, 2011

The World’s Most Efficient Data Center was just announced in Las Vegas, the betting capital of the world, at the HP Discover 2011 conference. In the ongoing PUE wars, HP is betting that it has won the challenge, with its EcoPOD. Continue Reading »

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Power Usage Effectiveness — The Sequel

Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Like any popular movie, there is usually a sequel. It looks like the rise in popularity of the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric follows that same path. Continue Reading »

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