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Shortage in power supply

We maybe take electrical power supply to the data center for granted but the power transmission networks can be a bottle neck (a.k.a. Critical Areas for Transmission Congestion). But apart from studies in the U.S. are their other studies available for other parts of the world?…

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Added by Rien Dijkstra on February 5, 2010 at 9:14 — No Comments

Introducing Our New Editor - Michiel van Blommestein

Hi Members,

Firstly a warm welcome to all new members who have recently joined. With the network growing and more people joining weekly we thought now would be a good time to add a more professional feel to the network. So I'd like to introduce you all to our new content editor Michiel van Blommestein.

Michiel is a journalist based in Europe with a special focus on technology and a keen… Continue

Added by DCPNet Admin on January 31, 2010 at 15:30 — No Comments

Tutorial - How to Create A Slide Show of your Photos that you can embed in your blog post or website

Hi all,

Here's a tip I thought I'd share with you about how you might improve any blog post by adding your photos as a slideshow directly into your article.

You can easily create an album of your photos (drawings) and include the 'embed' code in your blog post. If you need to do this in future just follow these steps:

1. Go to photos (http://www.datacenterprofessionals.net/photo)

2. Go to… Continue

Added by DCPNet Admin on January 28, 2010 at 15:30 — No Comments

modular data center economizers

hi guys,

take a look and let me know what you think.
my presentation has the drawings

Added by arthur larsen on January 26, 2010 at 21:30 — 1 Comment

Space Weather. Too weird a topic?

I have a hobby. I like astronomy. I have a little telescope that I use to check comets, moons and planets. I am also a data center professional, movie fan and amateur writer. Recently, those seemingly disparate interests converged into a kind of “out there” idea.

You may have heard of the new movie “2012”; where the world comes to an end? I was thinking about that movie, solar astronomy and data centers the other day and was able to connect the dots. I wrote an article on the subject and… Continue

Added by Eric Gallant on November 3, 2009 at 21:13 — 2 Comments

Sabey Addresses Tukwila Flood Concerns

Public officials in Tukwila, Wash. are preparing for potentially serious flooding in the Seattle suburb, but the owner of a major data center complex in town says its facilities are outside the threatened area. Sabey Corp., which operates the Intergate.East Technology Campus, says the development will remain “high and dry” in any flooding related to problems with the Howard Hanson dam...

For more information, please visit… Continue

Added by Shawn Sullivan on September 28, 2009 at 23:17 — No Comments

New Feature - Member Map

We've added a member map to the site. Thought it could be useful to see (at a glance) where everyone is. It may end up being more fun to use than the

Advanced Search feature.

Note that the map does not take your location details from your profile info by default - instead its up to you whether you choose to add yourself to the map or not. But its easy to add your location and some text about yourself. The …

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Added by DCPNet Admin on September 11, 2009 at 16:30 — 2 Comments

Connect with leading I.T. Power Management experts in a series of live webcasts

Connect with leading I.T. Power Management experts in a series of live

webcasts

WHEN: 11:00am onwards, 18th August, 2009.

Leading industry experts will answer your questions at the BrightTALK I.T. Power Management summit via a series of live webcasts to share the latest innovations and best practices for reducing company- wide energy usage and costs. Companies will learn how to dramatically reduce energy costs and carbon footprints.

Register to attend live… Continue

Added by DCPNet Admin on August 14, 2009 at 1:50 — No Comments

physical security and remote monitoring for data centers is important

Physical Security in Data Center is important. Monitoring Server rooms is important for the security of Data.

Do visit www.cradle.com/downloads.html to find out more about enVigil.

Also you can see the limited live demo at - http://demo.cradlewatch.com/preview.html

Professional grade equipment where the video data… Continue

Added by Ramesh Yadav on July 28, 2009 at 18:42 — No Comments