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Five Things CIOs Must Do for Effective Data Center Capacity Planning

Explore Home Page (Feb 27 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

Data Center Infrastructure Management -- or DCIM -- is on everyone’s minds these days, and for good reason. According to Forrester Research, DCIM is expected to grow to 60 percent market penetration by 2014, up from just one percent market penetration in 2010. While I’m often skeptical about industry prognostications, the major trends out there that will fuel DCIM adoption are undeniable: Data center consolidation is accelerating; Enterprises are moving to virtualization and private cloud computing; Businesses are increasingly reliant on their critical IT systems; Data Center capacity limitations are impacting service delivery growth; Increased power consumption and cost is a major problem.

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Comment Mentions:   Gartner Research   Forrester Research   Gartner

Green Data Center: Myth vs. Reality

Explore Home Page (Jan 6 2012) Construction , Servers

This article is the second in a three-part series exploring current myths in the data center. Part one explored DCIM myths. Part three will explore the myths surrounding convergence in the data center. What’s a Green Data Center – and how do you measure how ‘green’ it really is? Ask 10 IT executives and you’ll undoubtedly get 10 different answers. ‘Green IT’ is defined in many different ways, from the source of energy to how efficiently it is consumed. But as I compare notes with customers, partners, and pundits around the world – including some of the most innovative thinkers in data center design and management today – two truths are abundantly clear: 1. Managing and reducing energy costs continues to be mandate number one. Energy is averaging 12 percent of a data center’s overall operating costs and those energy costs are increasing by more than 20 percent a year ... (Read Full Article)

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Data Center Infrastructure Management: Myth vs. Reality

Explore Home Page (Oct 20 2011) Monitoring

CTRData Center Infrastructure Management: Myth vs. RealityCTRPart two will explore the myths of the green data center and part three, the myths surrounding convergence in the data center. A lot of IT executives have been asking me questions about Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM), questions such as: ...and more » (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Gartner   David Cappuccio

Converged Data Centers: Best Practices for Testing

Explore Home Page (Jul 21 2011) Cloud Computing

Data Centers by Tara Van Unen High-speed Internet was a luxury 10 to 15 years ago, but has evolved into a primary method of communication and research. Web presence, social networking sites and high-definition media services grew exponentially, while businesses and enterprises continued to expand existing large databases with one or more duplicate backup sites. More recently, a rapid adoption ... (Read Full Article)

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Six Easy Steps to Green IT Infrastructure

Explore Home Page (Nov 23 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

There are more reasons to go green than just social incentive; making your IT infrastructure more environmentally friendly can also reduce costs significantly. For example, consider the following factors: Greening your infrastructure reduces power and cooling costs because green technology, which is more efficient than older hardware platforms, requires less energy. Greening through the consolidation of servers and sites leads to more efficient management of data centers, which translates into cost savings for you. Green IT is composed of several technologies that all have the goal of reducing power consumption and overall data center footprint, consolidating locations and resources, and improving efficiency of operations. (Read Full Article)

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Cost Control and Green Initiatives

Explore Home Page (Sep 8 2010) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing , Servers , Storage

As organizations look for ways to reduce costs while doing what’s best for the environment, many are recognizing that tape is the greenest storage technology—and the most cost-effective. Because of this, and because of a decade’s worth of continuous advancements in tape technology, tape is once again becoming a data center favorite and is emerging as a key component of all truly green data centers. All definitions of green IT include some aspect of reducing power usage. The Green Data Project web site sums up the importance of green IT: “Given the compelling evidence of a causal relationship between carbon effluents produced by burning petroleum and coal based fuels and global climate change, reducing the carbon footprint of data center operations is becoming a modern battle cry.” As it stands, the IT industry has an enormous carbon footprint—2% of the world’s carbon emissions1 —thanks to ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   IBM   SGI

Corporate IT Goes Green

Explore Home Page (Nov 19 2009) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Servers

These are challenging times for IT organizations everywhere. After all, never before has IT had so many mission-critical applications to support, such stringent service level agreements (SLAs) to meet, or more complex infrastructures to manage. Given these circumstances, it would be understandable if IT organizations opted to put green IT projects and initiatives on the backburner. But they’re not. In fact, as Symantec’s 2009 Green IT report shows, rather than viewing themselves as casual participants in green efforts, IT organizations are actually leading the charge to a greener future. According to the survey of more than 1,000 large enterprises in 15 countries, nine out of 10 IT organizations see their role in minimizing their company’s environmental footprint as very or extremely significant. Furthermore, 83 percent of respondents are now responsible or cross-charged for the electricity consumed in the data center—bringing visibility and accountability to bear ... (Read Full Article)

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