May/June 2020 | Mission Critical Magazine

The May/June issue of Mission Critical explores cooling options and energy-efficient solutions, backup power, and software-defined data centers. It also features a The Optimal Edge special section.

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Advantages of Data Center Management in the Cloud

Gain a holistic view of all IT and communications-related devices and components through documentation

Oliver Lindner

June 10, 2020

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As hybrid digital infrastructures consisting of on-premises and cloud-based systems become more and more common within companies, complexity significantly increases.

It’s Time to Add Software-Defined Power to the Software-Defined Data Center

The ability to better provision and utilize power in the data center saves money and the planet

Dean Nelson

June 9, 2020

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By all accounts, data center automation must continue to mature over the next decade to match other advances.

Save Time and Money With Electrical Equipment Acceptance Testing

Ensure devices are free from defects and operating as designed

Eric Nation

June 8, 2020

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A thorough check of electrical power systems and components before startup can uncover and correct problems that otherwise would lead to larger, costly issues in the future.

Beating the heat in the data center industry

Data Centers Beat the Heat with Liquid Cooling

Reliability meets performance

Todd Lambert

June 5, 2020

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New technologies and increasing demands are generating a considerable amount of heat as information technology equipment (ITE) power density soars past 5 kW, contributing to tremendous challenges for data centers.

IT Solutions to Prepare Your Facility to Respond to Any Situation

Seven takeaways from COVID-19

Roger Sands

April 27, 2020

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As a result of COVID-19, we have to broaden our definition of disaster preparedness to include events that might not impact the physical world or our facilities but that still leave us operating in a changed environment — one that requires rapid responses and flexibility.

Maintaining Data Center Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Shifting from surviving to thriving

Scott Young

April 21, 2020

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As organizations in all sectors have rapidly emptied their offices and sent their employees home to comply with ever more expansive shelter-in-place and quarantine mandates, replicating the full breadth of services remotely has been IT’s singular priority.

Advantages of Data Center Management in the Cloud

Gain a holistic view of all IT and communications-related devices and components through documentation

Oliver Lindner

May 6, 2020

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As hybrid digital infrastructures consisting of on-premises and cloud-based systems become more and more common within companies, complexity significantly increases. A professional DCIM tool should be able to manage not only the data center itself, but also hybrid digital infrastructures in all their complexity.

The COVID-19 Whisper

A change in script

Paul E. Schlattman

April 7, 2020

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COVID-19 whispered to us in advance that it was coming, but we failed to prepare.

Build a Culture of Prevention to Avoid Disaster

Invest in resources today to solve data center problems of the future

Terry L. Rodgers CPE, CPMP

May 20, 2020

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As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, we find ourselves impacted in ways we have not previously considered. Dealing with new challenges has pushed everyone out of their comfort zones and forced us to reconsider what is actually essential.

Achieve Sustainability through Data Center Efficiency Standards and Metrics

As demands increase, measurement methods are updated

Julius Neudorfer

May 21, 2020

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While stay-at-home orders have clearly highlighted just how much our society depends on our digital infrastructure, it’s important not to let the critically of the industry overshadow the effect it has on the environment.

Two-Phase Liquid Immersion Cooling Enables the Future of Technology

As computing demands increase, PUE is expected to decrease

John-David Enright

May 5, 2020

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Traditional air-cooled data centers will continue to work for many of the legacy applications. However, there are better solutions that enable space reduction, increased efficiency, cost reduction, and sustainable operations, all while providing the ability to compute at higher densities.

Writing on the Edge

It's Time to Hop on the Digital Transformation Bandwagon

Don’t wait for opportunity to knock — just open the door

Amy Al-Katib

June 3, 2020

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Considering the state of the world right now, I think it’s the perfect time to envision the way we want our futures to look once COVID-19 is safely behind us.

MC Skills Exchange

Data Center Operators Can Share Knowledge on a Global Scale

Why have a skills gap when we don’t have to?

Dennis Cronin

June 4, 2020

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In the data center world of constant change, where does good, honest, and transparent data center operational knowledge come from?

Data Centers Among Most Essential Services

Unconventional Wisdom

Data Centers Are Among the Most Essential Services

A glimpse into a post-COVID world

Chris Crosby

June 4, 2020

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Although data centers are the foundation upon which the internet rests, COVID-19 has demonstrated the reliance on them isn’t limited to the needs of each provider’s customers but rather collectively, in terms of the applications they provide and the end users they support

Real (Estate) Talk

Disaster Recovery Services Will Continue to Evolve as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Organizations must ramp up their remote working capabilities

Sean Brady

May 4, 2020

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When staying home is the best solution to saving lives, business leaders and investors must ramp up efforts to make working from home more collaborative and safer from a technology perspective.

Switch — Transition Networks Inc.

February 19, 2020

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The high-density 48-Port Managed Gigabit PoE+ Switch by Transition Networks offers 176 Gbps switching capacity.

UPS — ABB

May 11, 2020

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The MegaFlex UPS solution from ABB is targeting the IEC and UL market, with power ranges of up to 1.5 and 1.6 MW, respectively.

Virtual Gateways from Intel

July 31, 2014

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To help IT managers use a single console to remotely diagnose and troubleshoot IT devices, regardless of vendor, Intel has launched the Intel® Datacenter Manager Virtual KVM Gateway, a standalone console version of the cross-platform keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) application.

Communications Adapter — Rittal North America

May 15, 2020

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A special adapter is now available that retrofits comprehensive communications capabilities to ensure customers can integrate existing Blue e cooling units into condition monitoring and IoT systems.

Heat Transfer Solutions — Evapco

May 13, 2020

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Evapco’s newly-enhanced eco-Air Series of dry and adiabatic products provide great flexibility in a wide range of capacities, footprints, motor types, and controls.