TechXacT Data Center Training Course

October 20, 2009

If you are looking for a high rewarding career in the field of  Data Center  then taking one of the Techxact  Data Center certification exams will surely help you in reaching towards your dream job. Data Center  certifications get you the most coveted jobs in all the top notch organizations as Data Center  professionals are [...]

Disaster Recovery plan

October 20, 2009

Disaster recovery is by its very nature the recovery from a disaster.  Disasters come in many forms, so when making your decision and looking at your disaster recovery plan you should consider some of the following disasters; Office theft (complete theft of all IT equipment) Fire Flood Bomb Damage  (Directly or indirectly) Staff illness (Pandemic) [...]

Google patents mobile data center concept

October 20, 2009

Well, Google originally filed for a patent in 2003 and finally secured a patent for the mobile data centers . It isn’t surprising that forward thinking Google came up with the idea, if that is tuly the case. Blogger Leila Thomas said, “I think this proves that Google was thinking ahead four years ago. They [...]

IBM building ‘green’ data center at Syracuse

October 20, 2009

Not long ago the infrastructure pieces needed to construct a data center were pretty straightforward–Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units, power conditioning equipment, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), and electrical and plumbing to tie it all together. It wasn’t unimportant. But it was largely a well-understood extension to the HVAC infrastructure of a typical commercial building. [...]

When is the Data Center Ready for Energy Management?

October 20, 2009

Without giving too much away there are a few key points I thought worthy of highlighting: 1)  There are already as many as 9 distinct approaches to energy management in data centers 2)  Traditional organizational structures are being challenged 3)  The business case is already very attractive On this last point, there is a lot [...]