Companies are now looking at energy savings as well as how much a data center costs a company. You don't have to look that far into the future to realize savings.
The EPA is involved and has announced Energy Star Data Center numbers. It will require a severe level of analysis to get your data center Energy Star-compliant.
Gartner Research VP David Cappuccio talks about how DCIM is changing the way we look at the data center. It is not just storage, not just servers. It is the IT and the facility it is in.
Gartner Research VP David Cappuccio notes that the DCIM marketplace revolves around the answer to complex questions: How do I figure out what I am actually doing, how I am doing it and how much I am using?
Jonathon Koomey's latest contribution to energy efficiency in data centers is a white paper that tracks electric use in data centers from 2005-2010. The white paper also includes Koomey's analysis
With OMB keenly focused on reducing the number of data centers in the Federal government, consolidation is on every agency's menu. Juniper Networks surveyed Federal IT professionals in June 2011
Napatech generated a whitepaper examining the growth of networking appliances and monitoring devices in the data center. Since cost, space and power are major issues for data centers, reducing the
The Liquid Blade significantly improves cooling efficiency and server reliability while reducing energy costs, maintenance expense, and facility spending. In fact, the construction cost of a 3.2 megawatt data processing
CDW-G’s first Cloud Computing Tracking Poll surveyed 1,200 IT professionals in U.S. organizations to determine: Where organizations are with cloud adoption What benefits are driving adoption What challenges still hinder