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Taking a Bird’s Eye View of Energy
May 11th, 2011 : Industry Perspectives
SIMON TERRY
Unite Technologies

As data centers come under increased pressure to become more energy efficient, historic data collection on pure power consumption in the Facilities areas is simply not going far and deep enough. Read More
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Facility Operations RFPs
May 5th, 2011 : Industry Perspectives
STEVE MANOS
Lee Technologies

Facilities operations Request for Proposals (RFPs) are documents that help vet vendor contracts that can be critical to your bottom line. This column and its related PDF offer thoughts on what's important in developing these documents. The author and Data Center Knowledge welcome your comments on what to include in a RFP. Read More
Improving Energy Efficiency in Data Centers
April 28th, 2011 : Industry Perspectives

With the high costs of power, energy efficiency has rapidly become a critical consideration when evaluating data centers. It is, perhaps, second only to performance when deciding upon data center facility and information technology (IT) network design. Read More
Disaster Recovery Plans: Practice Makes Perfect
April 26th, 2011 : Industry Perspectives
RICHARD DOLEWSKI
WTS

Once you’ve developed and implemented a Disaster Recovery Plan, your job is just beginning; you must test it — not just once, but regularly — to reflect the changing dynamics of your computing environment. Read More
What Does IPv6 Mean to Your Network?
April 12th, 2011 : Industry Perspectives
PETER NEWTON
NETGEAR

IPv6 is the next generation of routing and offers many improvements over IPv4, including a virtually unlimited number of addresses. Unfortunately, there exists a huge installed base of networking equipment that is not capable of communicating via the IPv6 protocol. Read More
Consolidation Projects Require WAN Governance
April 7th, 2011 : Industry Perspectives
DAVID WHITE
Ipanema

As a result of acquisitions, multi-national enterprises often have a plethora of different IT systems. Data center and server consolidation simplifies complex infrastructures and reduces IT costs. Read More
Requirements for Building Today’s Data Centers
April 5th, 2011 : Industry Perspectives
JEFF ROSE
Vantage Data Centers

In order for a data center investment to last the 10 to 15 years for which they are designed, the designs need to either be specifically tailored to a business’ current and future needs or they need to have the inherent flexibility to adapt as their needs change. Read More
Tips for Purchasing Cloud Computing Services
March 31st, 2011 : Industry Perspectives
SHIRIN ELKOSHAIRI
ColoAdvisor

The cloud computing space is bursting with many providers and many choices. What are the factors to evaluate when selecting a cloud computing provider? Read More
Security for Public and Private Clouds
March 29th, 2011 : Industry Perspectives
LUCAS ROH
Hostway

While no solution is 100 percent secure, one can take measures when moving to the cloud to address possible security risks and prevent data loss or other issues. Read More