WHITE PAPER - This paper provides an overview of the challenges faced in today’s data centers; addressing the issues surrounding data center power, cooling and efficiency, with an emphasis on how specific networking tools and strategies can help address these issues.
Posted: March 4, 2010 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Networking | Data Center Power Management | Green Data Center | Network Best Practices | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Networking | Power Consumption Monitoring

WHITE PAPER - With the rapid growth in computing power and storage capacity, typical data center power consumption and power density are both spiraling upward. Read this whitepaper to learn the potential benefits that can be derived from an increased focus on power consumption and power efficiency.
Posted: March 1, 2010 | Published: March 1, 2010


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Network Infrastructure | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Switches

WHITE PAPER - Server virtualization coupled with consolidation can help data center managers with efficiency and cost issues. Check out this paper to learn how your organization can achieve significant data center energy savings.
Posted: February 8, 2010 | Published: October 23, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Green Data Center | Green Storage | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides an overview of the challenges faced in today’s data centers; addressing the issues surrounding data center power, cooling and efficiency,with an emphasis on how specific networking tools and strategies can help address these issues.
Posted: January 29, 2010 | Published: January 29, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Networking | Green Data Center | Infrastructure Management | IT Infrastructure | Network Infrastructure | Power Consumption Monitoring

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses thermal management considerations associated with deploying a Vertical Exhaust System in the data center, and its impact on the data center physical infrastructure. An example scenario is presented to demonstrate the cost savings that may be achieved by deploying a VES in a typical data center environment.
Posted: January 28, 2010 | Published: January 28, 2010


Topics:  Business Management | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper demonstrates how air sealing grommets can be used to close raised floor cutout spaces and improve data center cooling efficiency. Solutions that achieve the highest level of sealing effectiveness support network uptime goals by contributing to maximum cooling efficiency and providing superior cable management.
Posted: January 28, 2010 | Published: January 28, 2010


Topics:  Air Handling Unit | Cable Modems | Cable Telephony Services | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Cooling | Data Centers | Routing | Routing Protocols

WHITE PAPER - A number of options are available to facilities professionals looking to improve cooling efficiency and reduce resources consumed by their data centers. Aisle containment to prevent the mixing of hot and cold air stands out as a method that can dramatically reduce energy costs, minimize hot spots and improve the carbon footprint of data centers.
Posted: January 21, 2010 | Published: January 21, 2010


Topics:  Computer Room Air Conditioning Units | Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Energy Efficiency | Hot Aisle Cold Aisle

WHITE PAPER - In Windows Server® 2008, Microsoft is introducing new features and technologies that will help to reduce the power consumption of server and client operating systems, minimize environmental byproducts, and increase server efficiency. This document describes some of these features and technologies.
Posted: December 17, 2009 | Published: June 25, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Cooling | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Operating Systems | Server Virtualization | Windows | Windows Server 2003 | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines a new approach to data center cooling known as "phase change" or "two-phase" low-pressure pumped refrigerant cooling. It details the advantages of this approach over traditional computer room air conditioning (CRAC) methods, and it identifies the specific benefits.
Posted: December 10, 2009 | Published: December 10, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Cooling | Data Centers | Program Management | Real Estate Applications Software | Service Process Optimization Software

WHITE PAPER - With the emergence of standards-based architectures, virtualization, and ubiquitous high-speed connectivity, cloud computing technology is primed to form the basis for a new, highly efficient enterprise IT infrastructure. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: November 30, 2009 | Published: September 23, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Management | Enterprise Computing | Enterprise Systems | IT Managers | SLA | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides the top 10 reasons for a server refresh, including power and cooling savings, consolidation and virtualization, and improved performance.
Posted: November 27, 2009 | Published: November 27, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Management | Data Center Networking | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper for a discussion of the many benefits of virtualization, how it has evolved, and how it intersects with data center optimization strategies.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the importance of managing energy consumption in data centers and provides an overview of the problems and issues associated with "greening" today's data centers.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: August 11, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Green Data Center | Green Storage | IT Asset Management | IT Service Management

WHITE PAPER - The quest for efficiency improvement raises questions regarding the optimal air temperature for data centers. The goal is to find the optimal temperature range where the combined IT and cooling load is minimized. Data presented is based upon actual sealed testing of different cooling systems when subjected to the simulated composite server...
Posted: July 13, 2009 | Published: July 9, 2009


Topics:  Computer Room Air Conditioning Units | Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Energy Efficiency | Hot Aisle Cold Aisle | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - Data center energy costs continue to take up a significant portion of IT budgets, and it seems that there is no end in sight. This paper addresses, in a unified and systemic way, many of the power consumption issues that IT has been grappling with in piecemeal fashion.
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Construction | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Green Data Center | IT Service Management | IT Spending | Network Appliances | Network Management Services | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation