The challenge in using green energy alternatives such as wind or solar power in data centers is power density. Data centers consume a lot of power with respect to their physical footprint, so they need very large solar arrays or large wind turbine farms to generate the necessary power for the facility. Consequently, the amount [...]
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Wind Power for Data Centers
December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Data Center, Data Center MEP, Green Data Center, Green IT
Tags:Data Center·Green Data Center·Green Data Centers·Green IT·Wind Turbines
Shell Building Property as Data Centers: When to Just Walk Away
November 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Continuity Planning, Data Center, Data Centers
Many firms have gone looking for core/shell property with the intent of renovating these structures for use as a data center. These projects are very capital intensive, and in many cases the benefits of having the existing structure are almost nil when viewed in the context of the broader project plan and budget. However, many [...]
Tags:Data Center·Data Center Planning·Data Center Site Selection
GoDaddy Adding Business Incorporation Services
November 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business
Internet domain hoster and registrar, GoDaddy, has recently added business incorporation services to its palette of value added services. It’s reasonable to assume that individuals shopping for low cost domain hosting are launching small businesses. If you’ve shopped for a domain name lately, you know how difficult it is to find a domain close to [...]
Tags:GoDaddy·Hosting Providers·Hosting Services·Shared Hosting
Smart Grid Jolting IPv6?
November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Convergence, Data Center, Internet, Power, Wireless
The Smart Grid concept is getting a boost from the Obama administration in the form of (with matching of private sector funds) approximately $8B capital investment over the next three years. The United States Department of Energy is making a number of Smart Grid publications widely available, and the funding attracted by Smart Grid is [...]
Tags:IPv4·IPv6·Public Utilities·Smart Grid
The War of the Currents
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Power, Technology, Uncategorized
Posted by Bob Landstrom: CISSP, CGEIT
This week I was in New York City attending a meeting with the Executive Communication Group. One night I decided to go for a walk, and as I was walking I reflected upon the fact that right there, in the streets of Manhattan where I walked, there was once a [...]
Tags:AC Power·DC Power·ECG·George Westinghouse·Thomas Edison·War of the Currents
Jim Cramer? C’mon Man!
October 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Continuity Planning, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Uncategorized
Well, now I know why I’ve never come out on top whenever I buy one of Jim Cramer’s recomendations.
In a recent (10/22/2009) Mad Money piece on CNBC, Jim Cramer used the Equinix acquisition of Switch and Data to make the point that data centers are obsolete. In his diatribe about why anyone with Equinix stock [...]
Tags:Data Center·Equinix·Jim Cramer·Mad Money·Switch and Data
Where should we build that data center?
October 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business, Business Continuity Planning, Data Center, Green Data Center, Green IT, IS Security, IT Governance
When launching a new data center build project, where the data center will be located is a fundamental issue. There are many factors in deciding where the data center will be, but all of these factors can arguably be consolidated into two issues- Risk and Cost.
We mention risk in terms of Risk Management. [...]
Tags:Colocation Providers·Data Center·Data Center Efficiency·Data Center Site Selection·Security·Waxman-Markey
2010’s Top Ten Priorities of CIOs
September 30th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Business, General, IS Security, IT Governance, IT Roadmaps
Posted by: Bob Landstrom
The latest issue of CIO Insight has results from their annuals survey of top ten priorities of CIOs. The online presentation can be found here. Looking over this year’s top ten list left me with a few notable observations.
Tags:IT trends·IT/Business Alignment·Role of the CIO·Security and Privacy·Strategic Planning
Uptime Institute Data Center Tier Classifications: Time for a Refresh?
June 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Data Center, Data Center MEP, Disaster Recovery Planning
Posted by Bob Landstrom
Enterprises have embraced the data center tier classification system developed by the Uptime Institute for evaluating their own data center facilities and those of potential colocation and hosting providers.
The subject of facility availability has matured over recent years. The mind set has matured from recognition that existing IT facilities were a problem [...]
Tags:Data Center·Data Center Tier Levels·Uptime Institute
Container Data Centers: “Waiting for Godot” meets “The Price is Right”
April 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business, Container Data Centers, Data Center
Regular readers of this blog will know that we are strong advocates of container data centers as a step toward modular data center design and as a facility component for extremely dense data processing. Earlier posts talked about 2008 as a breakout year for containers (it wasn’t) and containers used as facility components in cargo [...]
Tags:Container Data Centers·Containers·Data Center·Data Center Containers
