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Build or Buy? 6 Key Factors to Help You Decide
December 15th, 2011 : Michael Potts
The "build or buy" decision about data enter expansion will affect a company and its bottom line for decades and should therefore be weighed very carefully. This White Paper from CyrusOne thoroughly examines six key factors to consider in evaluating this decision. Read More
Energy Efficient Free Cooling for Data Centers
December 13th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau
Smart Approaches to Energy-Efficient Free-Cooling for Data Centers is a white paper that explains what Data Center professionals need to know about utilizing outdoor air as a tool to optimize energy savings and climate control within the data center facility. Read More
Properly Developing Business Continuity
December 12th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau
Today’s headlines are unsettling with natural disaster stories from floods to earthquakes and even if this seems unlikely to your business, there is a real possibility of something like a fire. The key to avoiding being shut down is to have a business continuity strategy that protects the critical systems of your business. Read More
Planning for Disaster Recovery
December 8th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau
In “Five Reasons Why Disaster Recovery Plans Fail,” Sungard looks at factors that can derail DR planning efforts. To have a plan and not treat it as a living and integral part of the IT strategy is foolish. Read More
DCIM: Giving Business a Competitive Advantage
December 7th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau
The data center has emerged as a strategic tool in the overall corporate objective. This whitepaper examines the various justifications for a DCIM solution and how it helps to optimize systems that generate revenue, provide customer service and assist organizational assets. Read More
Monitoring Power and Optimizing Operations
December 6th, 2011 : fcoelho
In “Power System Event Reconstruction Technologies for Modern Data Centers,” Schneider Electric make the case that an electrical incident may not lead to an outage but possibly to an operating condition with serious economic and performance issues. Read More
Streamlining Colocation
December 5th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau
Colocation is a common IT model that has enhanced data center proficiency. With the technological advances of the cloud, the enterprise has benefitted from this model but what happens when substantial infrastructure growth is on the horizon. The answer is provided in this whitepaper “Consolidating Data Center Support: Choosing one global provider for multiple markets and applications.” Read More
Storage, Virtualization and Enhancing the Cloud
November 30th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau
The subject matter experts at Dell present “The cloud awaits: Storage for the growing virtualized infrastructure.” This technical whitepaper explains the benefits behind the integration of Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SANs and VMware® vSphere™ virtualization software. Read More
Data Center Energy Efficiency Strategies
November 29th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau
A major concern for the IT professional administering the cost and efficiency of the data center is energy consumption. This information rich whitepaper, Tackling Today’s Data Center Energy Efficiency Challenges – A Software-Oriented Approach, is a detailed explanation of dealing with the energy questions by the subject matter experts at Schneider Electric and in particular their Square D Engineering Services team. Read More