So here we are at the end of another year — by the time you read this you may have already completed your 2014 plans and budget requests (as well as your fallback budgets and plans).

Data center managers are concerned about going green because doing so potentially saves a lot of money.

Many corporations and other large operations that previously would only consider owning and operating their own data centers are now considering moving at least parts of their enterprise into collocation sites.

Over the last year, our road trip has evaluated the six steps in creating an effective TCO model to build or lease a new data center.

To paraphrase Oscar Mayer, “Everybody doesn’t like something, but nobody likes RFPs.”

Emerson Network Power has launched the Trellis™ Platform Express Edition, which offers the benefits of data center infrastructure management (DCIM) in a streamlined and simplified delivery model.

Raritan has announced the availability of its new DCIM software with new capabilities to make it easier to monitor and manage data centers.

Future Facilities North America has launched a significant update to its predictive modeling suite, 6SigmaDC.

ABB has announced the general availability of ABB Decathlon® for DCIM - Education Edition.

Many data centers, including most built before 2001, are at risk of outstripping their power and cooling capacities.