Cloud

Virtualization techniques and consolidation are just two of the strategies relied on by cloud providers.

ARTICLES

Design Collaboration for a Fully Integrated Data Center

Good things happen when the design team organizes around a plan
April 03, 2012
Design collaboration between the owner/operator and the electrical and mechanical engineers in the design and construction processes of two large Sabey Data Center Campuses—one in East Wenatchee, WA, and the other in Ashburn,VA—was key to the success of the projects.


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Data Center Reliability Starts With Site Selection

12 considerations in finalizing a site
February 13, 2012
Businesses today face a complex array of conditions, including ever-changing economic climates, technology trends, and other obstacles that thwart many less-than-solid companies.


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Moving into 2012

Cloud Computing Comes with a Carbon Lining
February 07, 2012
I would like to introduce myself and my first “Hot Aisle Insight” column here at Mission Critical. 


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Beyond PUE and onto HPC

Power and cooling efficiency is the order of the day
February 06, 2012
For the last five years, data center owners and operators across the globe have been very focused on improving the energy efficiency of our data center power and cooling systems and reducing PUE.


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Inspiring the Nintendo Generation to Take Over Mission Control

How science inspired a young boy
October 01, 2011
When I first heard the term mission control it was back in the early 1960s when I was a child captivated by the Apollo Space Program. The space program truly inspired me and is one of the reasons why I decided to go into engineering. Nothing at the time even came close to the scale and magnitude of NASA’s science/technology advances and discoveries. 


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5 Years Down The Road

Where the industry is heading
October 01, 2011
Are the issues of tomorrow’s data centers anything like they are today? A recent study by the Uptime Institute found that many of the expected challenges in 2016 are very similar to present issues, although some will be substantially different.


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DCIM Meeting The Need To Optimize The Data Center

August 28, 2011
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.
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Getting Connected and Staying Connected

July 01, 2011
Energy, information, and smart grid technology
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Data Centers: Where Clouds Connect

July 01, 2011
Far from being formless entities, clouds are grounded in familiar-looking facilities
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The Cloud Changes Everything

April 01, 2011

How cloud computing affects data center energy planning


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The Adventures of Kip and Gary

Diane Alber takes a humorous view of data center operations in her comic strip Kip and Gary. In the comic strip, Kip and Gary navigate problems familiar to data center professionals. You can see more at http://kipandgary.com/blog/

11/09/11 2:00 PM EST

Part 1: The Economics of Close-Coupled Cooling in the Data Center

Mission CriticalON-DEMAND: This presentation will detail the economics involved with each solution, CAPEX, OPEX, Total Cost of Ownership and payback to help make a complex challenge fundamentally easier to solve.

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