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Gazing into The Crystal Ball: The Future of the CIO
July 12th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
DEEPAK PELLURU
Infosys

The CIO role will certainly transform from yesterday’s role of being the chief decision maker to that of an enabler, technology evangelist, innovator, integrator, orchestrator, policy maker and finally the strategy formulator for the firm, writes Deepak Pelluru of Infosys. Read More
Development Diary: A Public Gathering Place?
July 11th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
CHRIS CURTIS
Compass

Development requirements are frequently very open to interpretation, writes Chris Curtis of Compass Data Centers in Day 4 of his developer's diary. Like so many other things in life, the answers to certain questions can only be derived through actual experience and he shares his experience of the meaning of "public gathering place" and "storm water detention pond" in this installment. Read More
Exascalar 2012: HPC Performance Meets Efficiency
July 10th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives

The June 2012 Top500 supercomputer list and now the Green500 list have been published, so it’s about time to update the latest Exascalar analysis, which is a methodology to synthesize the information in both the Top500 Performance ranking and the Green500 Efficiency ranking of supercomputers. Winston Saunders of Intel provides insight into what the analysis means. Read More
The Changing Role of the CIO – Part 1
July 5th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
RAVI KUMAR S
Infosys

“Is the CIO role really needed today’?" This is one of the questions occupying Fortune 500 companies. On deeper reflection, one will realize that the question is not totally unfounded today, writes Ravi Kumar S, of Infosys. He explores the current state of IT management and its future. Read More
It’s Hurricane Season: Is Your Disaster Recovery Plan Ready?
July 3rd, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
RICHARD DOLEWSKI
Velocity Tech

It’s that time again. Hurricane season is upon us, which should always trigger a very important question in the world of IT: “Does our current Disaster Recovery (DR) plan demonstrate confidence to our business that we can recover if needed?” Richard Dolewski, of Velocity Tech, writes on important considerations to be made while creating and testing your plan. Read More
Data Center Development Diary: Meet The Planners
July 2nd, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
CHRIS CURTIS
Compass

Planning commission meetings are generally a cure for insomina, but Chris Curtis of Compass Datacenters hangs in at the local planning commission to further his project. Day 3 proves educational as he learns about the commission's requirements for "vegetative screening" and a "public gathering" place on the data center site. Read More
Health Care: What HIPAA Means for Data Centers
June 29th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
MIKE KLEIN
Online Tech

Since data centers typically store, transmit or process electronic protected health information (ePHI), they must comply with the HITECH standards and citations to meet HIPAA compliance, writes Mike Klein of Online Tech. His column outlines the considerations for data centers in complying with the health care regulations. Read More
Energy Efficiency in Today’s Data Center
June 28th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
RON VOKOUN
Gray Construction

Energy efficiency is where sustainability pays for itself because the return on investment (ROI) for efficiency is measured in weeks or months and not years, writes Ron Vokoun, Gray Construction. Also, using less energy as a whole means less renewable energy will be required to power your data center. Read More
Debunking Data Center Power Myths
June 26th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
JEFF KLAUS
Intel

A data center manager recently raised a seemingly simple question in an online discussion thread: “How do I calculate per rack power consumption in my data center?” The forthcoming advice highlighted that there are as many answers to this question as there are vendors providing data center solutions, writes Jeff Klaus of Intel. Read More