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The Future of IT: As-a-Service Models
In a not-too-distant past, discussions around IT implementations revolved around what hardware and software to deploy, and how much infrastructure was needed to support them. Today, the decision...
The Data Center Operations Staffing Problem: An Aging Workforce Meets Rapid Growth
The IT industry as a whole is facing a shortage of skilled workers and the data center segment is no exception. No quick fix is available to correct the problem,... Read more » The post The Data...
Smart Load Monitoring Helps University of Lille Reduce Energy Consumption
Located in northern France, the University of Lille is spread across six campuses and hosts more than 110,000 students. As one of several modernization initiatives, the university made the...
Software Tools Help Mission Critical Data Center Teams Maintain a Healthier Work/Life Balance
For most data center and network administrators, life has not been easy over the last several years. Work demands that stem from supporting 24/7 mission critical data center environments have... ...
China Unicom’s Growth Strategy Relies on Schneider Electric for Data Center Operations
Colocation providers and cloud service providers are both experiencing rapid market growth and are exploring all options to keep up with demand. Critical facility operation services are integral...
World Soccer Games Offer a Case Study in Intelligent Data Center Operations and Management
If you’ve been enjoying all the big soccer games (or football, depending on where you’re located) on television, you’ve likely got engineers at Akamai Technologies to thank, not to mention... ...
Remote Monitoring Lets You Manage Your Data Center at Your Fingertips
I’ve been using my mobile banking app for several years now and I have to say, it’s a time saver. Think about what you had to do 10 years ago... Read more » The post Remote Monitoring Lets You...
Launched! Video Series on Data Center Operations Best Practices
According to The Uptime Institute, 70 percent of data center downtime can be attributed to human error. As data center operations take on increasing levels of complexity, even experts who... Read...
Why Water Use is a Key Consideration When Cooling Your Data Center
For years in data center circles we’ve been talking about Power Usage Effectiveness, or PUE. Largely lost in the discussion, however, is another factor that has taken on increased importance... ...
Data Center Operations Optimized Like a Race Car Team
Over the course of visiting some of the more than 100 data centers Schneider Electric manages, I’m continually struck by this idea: running an effective data center operations team involves... ...
Dispelling the Myths About Outsourcing Data Center Operations and Maintenance
Outsourcing the operations and maintenance (O&M) function for critical facilities such as data centers is a common, cost-effective way to ensure their optimum performance. The benefits...
Empowering 21st Century Learning with EcoStruxure for Data Centers
Power outages, space constraints, need for deployment without disruption, and budget, drove Moreno Valley Unified School District to come up with an alternative to building a traditional data center.
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[Case Study] DCIM - Optimizing Airflow to Reduce Energy Costs and Carbon Emissions in a Data Center
WP 102 - Monitoring Physical Threats in the Data Center
This paper describes this class of threats in data centers, suggests approaches to deploying monitoring devices, and provides best practices in leveraging the collected data to reduce downtime.
WP 154 - Electrical Efficiency Measurement for Data Centers
This paper explains how data center efficiency can be measured, evaluated, and modeled, including a comparison of the benefits of periodic assessment vs. continuous monitoring.
WP 10 - Preventing Data Corruption in the Event of an Extended Power Outage
Power outages continue to be a major cause of PC and server downtime. Various software configurations are discussed, and best practices aimed at ensuring uptime are presented.
WP 2 - Top 10 Mistakes in Data Center Operations: Operating Efficient and Effective Data Centers
How can you avoid making major mistakes when operating and maintaining your data centers? This whitepaper explores the top ten mistakes in data center operations.
WP 250 – DCOI Compliance: A Guide to Improving PUE in U.S. Federal Data Centers
This paper analyzes the implication of these mandates and offers recommendations for how to improve energy efficiency in Federal data centers.
WP 158 - Guidance for Calculation of Efficiency (PUE) in Data Centers