The resume. Thud. The very utterance of the word brings dread to the job seeker. What kind of masochist likes working on his resume?
Hiring authorities have the pleasure of writing … ugh … job descriptions! Second only to writing a resume in terms of dreadfulness, at least the need in the organization helps to define the task.
Is putting end-users first a business philosophy
or a design philosophy, or both? Saying that end-users come first is easy, but
system designers and equipment suppliers find that putting end-users first can
be hard to do.
Data center managers are under the gun. Companies realize that to compete in the global marketplace, they need a strong data center to back them up. This puts the role of the data center manager front and center, as he holds the key to increasing infrastructure performance, cutting operational costs, and maximizing data center and power efficiencies.
Will our growing reliance on all varieties of
digital information coupled with the recent extraordinary natural disasters,
deliberate assaults on IT infrastructure, and the increased obsolescence of the
electric grid lead to the perfect storm on steroids?
A 2006 AFCOM membership survey revealed that one
out of every four data centers will experience a business disruption serious
enough to affect the company’s ability to continue business-as-usual.
“Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.” This anonymous quote seems to describe the mission-critical industry and this column perfectly. Our industry is constantly reinventing itself, and today we find ourselves on the verge of arguably the largest change yet, moving to the cloud.
Much has been said about the energy efficiency
of higher three-phase alternating current (ac) voltages as well as direct
current (dc) solutions for data centers.