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Turning DCIM’s Big Data into Actionable Insight
January 10th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
GARY BUNYAN
iTRACS

DCIM’s Big Data is data about any asset, application, process, or workflow that impacts the performance of the physical ecosystem and its ability to serve the ever-changing needs of the business, writes Gary Bunyan of iTRACS Corporation. Read More
Top Five Data Center Issues: DCIM To the Rescue
January 8th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
SEV ONYSHKEVYCH
Field View Solutions

Making sense of information about the data center from power, cooling, rack space and CPU availability, as well as UPS devices, PDUs, chillers, HVACs, generators, branch circuits, is the role Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) tools. Sev Onyshkevych of Field View Solutions writes about the common challenges in data center management and how DCIM can be used to address them. Read More
Disaster Recovery Is Not Business Continuity
January 4th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives

One sure way to get through the chaos of losing data and facilities is to know the difference between recovery and continuity, writes Jarrett Potts of STORServer. Read More
Water Consciousness Continues in the Data Center
January 3rd, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
RON VOKOUN
Gray Construction

As water conservation in the data center becomes more important, there are cooling technologies that are proven to reduce the consumption of water, as well as ways to seek alternative sources of water for data center cooling, writes Ron Voukun of Gray Construction. Read More
Exascalar Results from November 2012: Part 1
January 2nd, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
WINSTON SAUNDERS
Intel

Exascalar defines supercomputing leadership through a combination of Top500 (performance) and Green500 (efficiency) data to understand both evolution and revolution in supercomputing architecture and scale. Winston Saunders of Intel looks at the latest information on efficiency and performance in the top supercomputers in the world. Read More
Trends for 2013: Growth of Virtual Private Suites
December 31st, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
MIKE MAUGHAN
C7 Data Centers

A virtual private suite is a physically and logically private cloud, whose hardware is owned and managed by the cloud provider, and leased to a single customer. This is a trend that has been developing in 2012 and expected to grow in 2013, writes Mike Maughan of FuseApp and C7 Data Centers. Read More
2013 Predictions for Networks
December 28th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
ATCHISON FRAZER
Gnodal

2013 brings with it more innovations in the networking world. As demands for faster and bigger connections continue apace, the technology will be evolving to meet that demand. Atchison Frazer of Gnodal predicts the outlook for networking in 2013. Read More
2013 Predictions: Cloud Impacts on Staffing
December 27th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
ALAN PRIESTLEY
Intel

A few recent developments have indicated that the cloud may indeed be living up to the hopes of those who expect it to generate a wave of new jobs, writes Alan Priestley of Intel. Read More
2013: The Year IT Becomes Invisible
December 26th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
SCOTT CRENSHAW
Acronis

Virtualization and cloud have been through the hype cycle, and, moving forward, we’re finally going to see the full potential for more scalable, reliable and cost-efficient IT services. But, with Big Data and Bring-Your-Own-Device complicating things, IT has a serious task ahead to keep things running smoothly and to keep users from circumventing its control, writes Scott Crenshaw of Acronis, in this look at the trends for the new year. Read More