Microsoft last week released the beta of its Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for what the Redmondians call the Dynamic Data Center. Basically, it is a guide of best practices on how to best implement their idea of 'the perfect data center' on technical and decision making levels. It offers a 5… Continue

One of the more effective ways to attack an opponent is by setting up a website aimed squarely at them, bathing it in a sauce of seriousness and masking the bitter taste of underhandedness with a pretense of promoting 'open debate'. Many politicians (especially American presidential hopefulls) have tripped over tactics like these used by their opponents.

IBM has been on the receiving end of something like this recently. The action is centered in India, where a… Continue

Novell buyout: coming storm in the IT world?

Rumours are going around that Novell is on the buying shortlist of the giants of IT. An investment firm has come forward, uncovering a war which might have large implications for the data center world

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Most data centers world wide use the rather simple PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) as a measurement of efficiency. As I wrote a while back, there are many standards by which 'efficiency' is measured, and PUE by The Green Grid is prime among them.

But not everyone is satisfied with this metric. In Australia,… Continue