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World's First iPhone App for the Data Center Industry!

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Phone application to connect the data center industry. This appears to be the first dedicated iPhone App for the data center industry and brings further exposure to iPhone users worldwide of the content you, our members, add to the network.

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Added by DCPNet Admin on May 24, 2010 at 9:09 — 2 Comments

Uptime INstitue Symposium 2010

Having just returned from the Uptime event in NYC I have to admit I saw so very interesting advances in monitoring software. In fact it appears that the monitoring software is merging with asset management software to create and extremely versatile tool set for the data center and facility managers. By merging the two software applications the ability to perform capacity planning in a real time mode is now available. In addition to the capaicity planning I saw some great examples of… Continue

Added by Michael Balles on May 24, 2010 at 6:25 — 1 Comment

Uptime Institute Data Center Symposium in New York was amazing!

http://blog.modius.com/modiusblog/bid/36339/Uptime-Institute-Data-Center-Symposium-in-New-York-was-amazing

Just got back from the Uptime Institute's latest data Center conference held in New York City. In a…

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Added by Robert Schmidt on May 22, 2010 at 2:12 — No Comments

The Ever Lasting IT-Facilities-Management Conflict

In the world of data centers, the IT department, the facilities department and general management seem to be constantly at odds with one another. Each one has different goals, and different ways of doing things. This article on data center journal is the most recent one exploring this theme. The article links back to many… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on May 21, 2010 at 18:30 — No Comments

The Future of the Data Center is not Green, but another Colour

Would this been posted to Data Center Knowledge about one-and-a-half month ago, I would have ignored it. But as it is not 1 April, this is way to good to pass up: HP have done a study about utilising cow manure as a source for power. The paper can be found here, and here is a video where Chandrakant Patel from HP… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on May 20, 2010 at 23:26 — No Comments

The Westmere and GPU's make a Push

This year was bound to be a year of server refreshes, and in short succession HP and IBM have done just that. Respectively the HP ProLiant ranges and IBM System x have had an overhaul to take their servers forward another two years or so.

In both cases, the most important upgrade is the processor. The start of this year saw the release of the new Westmere architecture by Intel, and the big three can't afford to let the processor slip by. Its six cores (although four cores are still an… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on May 19, 2010 at 21:49 — No Comments

Multi-tenancy explained

Sreedhar Kajeepeta, CTO of Computer Sciences Corp., has written an column for Computerworld explaining the concept of multi-tenancy.

That concept really isn't all that much. It just constitutes the core of the whole cloud computing model.

While I can reproduce the article briefly in my own words, I don't think that's necessary. It is a quick read, comprehensible and it offers some examples. You can read it… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on May 18, 2010 at 23:28 — No Comments

Has SAS70/SSAE16 audit become a requirement to increase your co-location business?

Added by keith harrell on May 17, 2010 at 6:14 — No Comments

Sentient Machines in the Data Center?

I'm pretty sure sentience implies self-awareness, which is not quite what this is about, but still. Data center systems that can anticipate their own…

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Added by Ken Jamaca on May 13, 2010 at 21:30 — No Comments

Modius to Demonstrate New Technology Alliance Program (TAP) With Suite of Data Center Environmental Intelligence Resource Management Tools at Uptime Institute Symposium 2010

Read full Press Release here: http://www.modius.com/TAP_May12… Continue

Added by Robert Schmidt on May 13, 2010 at 0:48 — No Comments

Modius @ Uptime - Integrate the Data Center Ecosystem by Federating Power & Environmental Intelligence

Come see us at booth# 419 - Uptime Institute Symposium 2010 - Data Center Efficiency & Green Enterprise IT

http://www.modius.com/Event_Symposium2010

Our CEO Craig Compiano has a speaking engagement and panel discussion:

"Data Center Management Tools… Continue

Added by Robert Schmidt on May 11, 2010 at 1:37 — No Comments

The 4 most common approaches to monitoring device power consumption

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Added by Robert Schmidt on May 3, 2010 at 20:29 — No Comments

Power Strips and Power Management: The ‘Switch’ to Monitoring

http://blog.modius.com/2010/04/05/power-strips-and-power-management-the-switch-to-monitoring/…

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Added by Robert Schmidt on April 10, 2010 at 5:08 — No Comments

Economizers – Outside air saves $$$

http://blog.modius.com/2010/04/05/105/…

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Added by Robert Schmidt on April 9, 2010 at 23:48 — No Comments

Think about it: virtualization increases power use

Back to all seriousness. Part of working in the data center world is the handling of the constant stream of trends, possible trends and even newer trends. I posted a 'trends' post earlier this week, and now I found another one, this time on… Continue

Added by DCPNet Admin on April 2, 2010 at 21:16 — 1 Comment

Data Center Monitoring With Modius

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/03/22/data-center-monitoring-with-modius/…

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Added by Robert Schmidt on March 23, 2010 at 17:27 — No Comments

DCM Question for March 16th 2010

“Data center managers look for every opportunity to increase business ROI. With the majority of an IT data center budget spent maintaining an inefficient and aging installed-base”. What's your opinion?

Added by Michael A. Schmidt on March 16, 2010 at 23:33 — No Comments

RACKWISE ANNOUNCES REVOLUTIONARY NEW PRODUCT AT AFCOM DATA CENTER WORLD

RACKWISE Data Center Manager 3.5 Provides Major Advancements to the Data Center Management and Intelligence Marketplace

NASHVILLE, TN - MARCH 9, 2010 Rackwise, the internationally recognized leader in Data Center Management and Intelligence solutions, announces RACKWISE Data Center Manager (DCM) version 3.5, the next progression of its award winning data…

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Added by Michael A. Schmidt on March 10, 2010 at 18:00 — No Comments

Complimentary tickets for the Melbourne Data Centre Conference

Hello All!

Strategic Facilities Magazine will launch its new…

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Added by Marine Noel on February 17, 2010 at 7:14 — No Comments

Energy Efficiency in Data Centers - The Small Stuff

Oftentimes, when faced with the daunting task of eating an elephant, we don’t know where to begin. As a result, the elephant continues on uneaten, and eventually tramples us.

With Data Centers, there is a tendency to believe that once purchases are made and equipment is in place, there is very little we can do to control or limit the energy consumption of our particular site. “It is what it is” might be the profundity expressed when eying the electric bill, and off goes the payment…

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Added by Darrell Reynolds on February 16, 2010 at 22:00 — No Comments