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 »
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 »
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 »
Data Center | Guest Opinion | Mike Frank Wednesday, October 19, 2011
According to a 2010 Gartner survey, some of the top challenges for large enterprises are data growth and scalability. Thirty percent of those surveyed had plans to build a new data center by the end of 2011 and more than half planned to expand capacity in their existing data center. Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Data Center | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Thursday, June 2, 2011
Fortunately for most, IT organizations don’t go about building a new data center every day, which is a good thing because not many have the core competency required to do so. Continue Reading »
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 »
