Facilities
Does DC Have a Chance in the Data Center?
As data centers take an ever larger bite of worldwide energy production, efficiency becomes an increasingly urgent topic. Much of the focus in recent years has been on areas like virtualization, improved cooling practices (like free cooling and bumping up ... Read More »
Industry Perspective: Uptime Institute Symposium
Industry Perspective is a regular Data Center Journal Q&A series that presents expert views on market trends, technologies and other issues relevant to data centers and IT. This week, Industry Perspective asks Matt Stansberry about the evolving landscape of enterprise computing and ... Read More »
Boston and Data Center Disaster Preparedness
Although the Boston Marathon bombing may be raising awareness of manmade disasters as a threat to data centers, a much different danger seems to have emerged from the situation. But is there anything companies can do to counter this new ... Read More »
Is Data Center Efficiency Worse Than You Think?
Regular reports of the latest high-efficiency data center could easily lead one to believe that data centers generally are becoming more efficient, even if overall power consumption is rising. If Facebook, Google or Yahoo can build a facility with a ... Read More »
New Categories for Data Center Best Practices (Part 3)
A Warm Front is Hitting Data Centers Parts One and Two of this series explained how new energy-management methodologies and approaches have changed best practices relating to disaster recovery and power capping. In this final installment, the focus shifts to ... Read More »
New Categories for Data Center Best Practices (Part 2)
Power Capping Puts IT Back in Control Part One of this series, “Energy Management Innovations Redefine DR Practices,” explained how data center technology advancements have changed disaster recovery practices. Those same advancements also enable introduction of proactive practices that can ... Read More »
Enhancing Security at the Personnel Level
As has been widely reported, cyber threats to the oil and gas industry continue to increase in number and sophistication. Main threats involve cyber espionage and the insecurity of networked control systems. Industry-specific collaboration is needed to develop the security ... Read More »
Can Alternative Energy Power Data Centers?
Apple recently announced it has achieved complete reliance on alternative (“renewable”) energy sources for all its data centers, setting a high mark for other companies to strive for. But can the push for alternative power reach this end more generally, ... Read More »
New Categories for Data Center Best Practices (Part 1)
Energy-Management Innovations Redefine Disaster Recovery Practices The economic recovery is underway, albeit at a slow pace, and many regions are also recovering from the impacts of major natural disasters. As we all try to get back to “normal,” it makes ... Read More »
Industry Perspective: The Just-in-Time Data Center
Industry Perspective is a regular Data Center Journal Q&A series that presents expert views on market trends, technologies and other issues relevant to data centers and IT. This week, Industry Perspective asks Kevin Brown about just-in-time strategies for data centers. ... Read More »
