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Which Language Do You Speak, Facilities Talk or IT Dialect?

Which Language Do You Speak, Facilities Talk or IT Dialect?

By on May 17, 2012 in Bandwidth, Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center, Green Technology, Hardware, Information Technology

In all the conferences related to data centers that I’ve attended so far, there is a session or two that discusses the integration of facilities and IT to manage a data center more effectively. So far, there does not seem to be an effective solution that might apply uniformly to the average data center. There [...]

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Data Center update for the week of 4/16/12

By on April 16, 2012 in Editorial

Over the last 40 years, business’ growth and technological advancement have goaded each other towards further advancement. With every new business requirement, technology has stepped up to provide an apt solution. Large amounts of money invested in new hardware and software has resulted in an information technology (IT) infrastructure that gave a company a competitive [...]

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Our Panel’s Conclusion on DCIM Tools

Our Panel’s Conclusion on DCIM Tools

By on February 7, 2012 in Community Manager, Data Center, Data Management, Database, Green Technology, Information Technology, IT Decision-making

Those who do not follow my blog may be confused without some background. Teladata is a consulting firm focusing on data center technologies. They saw a huge gap between IT and facilities that is making data center operation less efficient. That is well illustrated in my previous blog. I had the opportunity to moderate a [...]

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IT and Facilities, Why Don’t You Guys Get Along?

IT and Facilities, Why Don’t You Guys Get Along?

By on February 6, 2012 in Cloud Computing, Data Center, Editorial, Information Technology

This is a subject brought up many times in gatherings like Teladata’s Technology Convergence Conference, held yesterday. As part of the opening, Maricel Cerruti of Teladata shared her network’s top five quotes about the disconnect between IT and facilities. Maricel Cerruti of Teladata They are pretty funny and I want to introduce them to you. [...]

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Energy Efficiency at Data Centers, Vantage Way

By on January 10, 2012 in Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center, Editorial, Green Technology, Hardware, Information Technology, Software, Telecommunication

The first of my 2012 interviews is with Greg Ness, Marketing Vice President, Vantage Data Centers. Until I saw him, I did not realize that I often used to read his blog. He also writes on data center and IT infrastructure here. Greg Ness in the lobby of V3 Vantage Data Center. Actually, this is [...]

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Japan Data Center Council Meeting in Osaka

Japan Data Center Council Meeting in Osaka

By on December 6, 2011 in Community Manager, Data Center, Green Technology, Information Technology

Japan Data Center Council (JDCC) is an organization consisting of data center operators, IT and facilities equipment providers, and other data center service providers. They usually hold meetings, seminars, and workshops in Tokyo, but towards the end of the year they hold a workshop in Osaka. I gave a talk there on new trends in [...]

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SVLG’s Fourth Data Center Energy Efficiency Conference

SVLG’s Fourth Data Center Energy Efficiency Conference

By on November 21, 2011 in Community Manager, Data Center, Green Technology, Hardware, Information Technology, Networking, Software, Telecommunication, Virtualization

The fourth annual SVLG Data Center Energy Efficiency Conference was held Nov. 18 at IBM Almaden Research Labs in San Jose, CA. SVLG stands for Silicon Valley Leadership Group, whose vision (from its website) is to: Ensure the economic health and a high quality of life in Silicon Valley for our entire community by advocating [...]

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DCIM: Intel Way

DCIM: Intel Way

By on November 18, 2011 in Community Manager, Data Center, Editorial, Green Technology, Hardware, Information Technology

At the recent Future Facilities (FF) 6SigmaDC conference, Chuck Rego, chief architect at Intel, delivered a keynote speech. Intel manages their data center with their homegrown DCIM tools and others, including the one from FF. Stranded capacity is capacity that IT cannot use because of a data center’s configurations and layouts. When we design a [...]

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How Does ICT Relate to Energy?

How Does ICT Relate to Energy?

By on November 7, 2011 in Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center, Green Technology, Information Technology, Mobile and Wireless, Networking, On-Demand, Telecommunication, Virtualization

I started blogging with a keyword, data center energy efficiency, a few years ago, and over time I expanded the covered areas by adding several keywords, although the main theme remained the intersection of IT and energy. Those keywords include: Green IT Data center energy efficiency Energy efficiency Cloud computing Mobile computing Monitoring Sensors Big [...]

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Fujitsu Does Cloud Computing

Fujitsu Does Cloud Computing

By on September 20, 2011 in Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center, Identity, Information Technology, Mobile and Wireless, Networking, Software, Storage, Virtualization

I once worked for a major Japanese high tech company in the US and have a good understanding of how Japanese companies tend to work in this country. With a few exceptions, they seem only to gather information to feed to their Tokyo headquarters. Fujitsu has been one of the exceptions. They get involved in [...]

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