On Thursday the Green Grid released consolidated recommendations for measuring and reporting the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric in dedicated data center facilities. “Driving industry alignment of PUE through consistent measurement and reporting processes represents a significant step in improving…
Reliability is becoming the most important commodity in the data center. Most of your customers would agree that reliable access to your computer systems is more important that application features. IT staff are good at supporting applications. They are usually…
A few hours ago, Indianapolis City-County Councilor Benjamin Hunter (@HunterForIndy) posted these two entries on Twitter: Public Safety Director Straub just officially announced the new city Homeland Security & Emerg Ops Ctr will be going to Eastgate in my dist.…
Cloud computing doesn’t really mean storing your data in a cloud: it means your stuff’s been stuck on a server in an enormous temperature-controlled room somewhere. That doesn’t mean it has to be in a boring building, though: it could…
Data center strategies with no data center power redundancy? First came data centers with no chillers. But is the industry ready for a data center with no UPS and no generators? That seems like a radical concept. But Yahoo is…
