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The market for UPS solutions is currently dominated by a few viable big players; however, each of these large vendors owns multiple brands, most of which stand alone as their own entity. This Vendor Landscape focuses on vendors that provide...

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Organizations that use efficiency metrics to monitor, measure, and manage data center efficiency are more successful in lower operating expenses in the data center over time. Use this storyboard to develop a strategy, choose metrics, set...

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Organizations that use efficiency metrics to monitor, measure, and manage data center efficiency are more successful in lower operating expenses in the data center over time.

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Understanding the enterprises critical environment is the first step to right-sizing standby power equipment. Gather current and future requirements for all critical data center components to optimize the standby power solution and reduce downtime.

Today, we face a greater challenge: preventing past and current human activities from bringing so much climate change upon our species that we suffer beyond imagination. While fools spend money to make sure no action is taken, so they can make a...

Last week's Special Letter by Randy Foutch led to requests by many members to see the actual solution set, put forward by the CTO Advisory Board, regarding how to avoid catastrophic climate change. You said you wanted the answers, so, this week,...

A little jostling for market share is always a good thing, and the occasional sector blowup or segment technology revolution keeps everyone on their toes and healthy. But what happens when a global duopoly in the most strategic technology sector...

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Estimating the data center's cooling load requirements can be a difficult task. Total heat output from all devices and other variables must be taken into account. Calculate current and future cooling requirements for the data center to ensure...

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Estimating data center power requirements can be a daunting task, especially when the data center's power supply is not monitored as a separate unit. Calculate current and future power requirements for the data center renovation project to...

Sentilla, one of several vendors in a growing category of off-the-shelf data center energy measurement solutions, recently announced the release of Sentilla Energy Manager 3.0. This release introduces several features and enables energy...

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42% of IT leaders have been tasked with completing a data center build-out in 2010. Often, the organization lacks previous experience building a data center.

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Including both current and future facility requirements helps to align costs and capacity with enterprise needs. Calculate power, cooling, and standby power requirements to ensure an accurate budget and avoid cost overruns in the data center.

(14-Jan-10) Demands for IT capacity are unrelenting and often unpredictable, making it difficult for CIOs in mid-market businesses to keep up with the pace of change. Growth from mergers, acquisitions and geographic expansion have resulted in...

Building or refreshing the data center is a large, time consuming, and expensive project that requires both in-house estimations and third party consultation. The requirements gathering process is one of the most important steps for the project....

(9-Oct-09) People in general may have an innate fear of the dark, but for IT managers, this impulse can reach sheer frenzy in a matter of minutes. Very few enterprises are comfortable with the idea of sitting in the dark with all operations...

1-Oct-09 School districts that have big computing needs but small budgets are turning to a more affordable solution: thin clients. Take Union School District in San Jose, Calif., which turned to thin clients to upgrade a computer lab full of...

(28-Aug-09) A novice buyer might expect that nothing could be easier than sourcing new IT equipment. It's like buying a new car-just purchase it, turn it on, and everything works fine. Of course, the reality of data centers is that few things...

Flywheel technology is emerging in the market as a strong alternative to UPS battery-based ride-through systems in the data center. Active Power presents a leading product in the flywheel UPS system market that can decrease downtime, operating...

(Network World) - Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chipmaker AMD Inc. rounded out its Istanbul portfolio with the release on Monday of two six-core processors, for power-constrained and power-hungry data centre environments. "We are continuing the...

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Estimating the standby power required to support the data center in case of an outage is an important part of data center design and planning. Many factors contribute to the estimate, including the organization's tolerance for risk. Use...

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Estimating the standby power required to support the server room in case of an outage is an important part of server room design and planning. Many factors contribute to the estimate, including the organization's tolerance for risk. Use best...

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When building or refreshing the server room, estimating the amount of standby power required is an important part of server room planning and design. In order to account for the organization's risk tolerance, the required amount of standby power...

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Estimating the required electrical service to power the data center is essential in data center planning and design. Estimating critical loads, cooling, and UPS requirements calls for an understanding of current and future business needs. Follow...

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Info-Tech sees increased interest in energy measurement solutions for data centers and end-user infrastructure. However, such solutions are unlikely to make attractive projects unless IT can roughly quantify the true cost of electricity as...

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Estimating server room cooling load requirements can be a difficult task. Total heat output from all devices and other variables must be taken into account. Calculate current and future cooling requirements for the server room to ensure the...

Vendors will promote the energy efficiency and associated cost savings of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). However, Info-Tech finds that energy savings are substantial only in large scale VDI plus thin client deployments. Use this note to...

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Estimating the electrical service required to power the server room is essential in server room planning and design. Calculating critical loads and cooling and UPS requirements calls for an understanding of current and future business needs....

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Estimating server room power requirements can be a daunting task, especially when the server room's power supply is not monitored as a separate unit. Calculate current and future power requirements for the server room to ensure support and...

IT shops building or refreshing the data center should seek external expertise or face incurring additional costs due to miscalculated power, cooling, and UPS requirements. Ensure project costs do not spiral out of control by engaging...

Collecting data on end-user device energy use can be relatively painless, especially if IT already has built-in tools at its disposal. Learn why an understanding of the true operational costs of energy is now important to many businesses, and...