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    About Kevin Normandeau

    Kevin Normandeau, is a veteran of the technology publishing industry having worked at a variety of technology sites including PC World; AOL Computing; Network World; Geek.com and International Data Group (IDG). Kevin lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. When he is not in front of the computer (which is most of the time) he likes to get out to ski, hike and mountain bike.

    Here are my most recent posts

  • Circuit Breaker Guidelines for Data Centers

    November 21st, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    This whitepaper entitled, “Low Voltage Circuit Breaker Guidelines for Data Centers” from Schneider Electric’s Square D Power Systems Engineering group surmises that “circuit breaker reliability is the key to data center reliability.” The paper emphasizes that consulting engineers and end users need to grasp design maintenance basics and that this baseline knowledge will ensure max reliability. Read More

  • The Recovery Challenge for IT Executives

    November 9th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    IT executives are constantly challenged and in the gray area of determining the best Recovery strategy the questions become even grayer. Planning for the unknown is always a matter of speculation but in this whitepaper “Top Recovery Problems Facing IT Executives” by Sungard, three universal issues are offered for speculation to the reader. Read More

  • How the Cloud can Enhance Application Recovery

    November 8th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    This whitepaper, in the continuing series from SunGard, addresses the subject of cloud based application recovery. It is a look at the best practices that the data center professional should consider and why IT application recovery in the cloud makes sense. Read More

  • Backup: Tape vs. Online

    November 3rd, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    The tape vs. online backup debate is the theme of this whitepaper from Sungard. In their continuing series examining data center strategies the authors bring a straight forward explanation of this argument as well as providing insight for the forward thinking IT professional. In a practical way they make an extremely important point. “ While [...] Read More

  • The Common Sense of Online Backup

    November 1st, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    Are you considering a new solution for backup? A hard examination of what that will take may be daunting. In this Sungard whitepaper “Five Simple Steps for Transforming Your Application Backup with Online Recovery Services” learn how to approach the issue both methodically and economically. Read More

  • Minimize Downtime with Proper Management

    October 27th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    In “Strategies for Minimizing Downtime by Managing Change,” Sungard makes a case that the best disaster recovery plans are often well conceived but poorly nurtured. The reason is a lack of resources. This whitepaper uses statistical data from a Forrester research study to prove the point that only a small percentage of organizations adhere to the proper standard of annual testing and continual updates of their disaster recovery strategy. Read More

  • DCIM Defined and Justified

    October 18th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    In an Introduction to Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM), Raritan has written both an explanation of and a case for DCIM. This whitepaper quotes industry leading periodicals and research firms such as Gartner, IDC and Computerworld on how the data center is evolving and explains how this development justifies the need for advanced monitoring tools. Read More

  • Airflow and the Life of your Data Center

    October 11th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    In an upcoming webinar, Future Facilities presents a panel of experts that will develop the understanding behind airflow management and the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to extend data center investment. Read More

  • Growth in Usage of Data Center Service Providers

    October 10th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

    It doesn’t seem that long ago there was a sort of phobia behind outsourcing your data center to service provider. Many IT users believed you needed to be close to your servers. That perception has changed, even more rapidly than predicted by research firms that follow the data center market. Data Center Knowledge readers report strong [...] Read More

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