Notes from the Consultant’s Jungle

By- Bob Landström

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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. [...]

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The Resilient Dynamic Data Center

June 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Business Continuity Planning, Data Center, Data Center MEP, Disaster Recovery Planning, Green Data Center, Green IT

I attended the 2009 IT Roadmap Conference in Atlanta,
Georgia this week and sat in on the presentation by
Johna Till Johnson of Nemertes Research, entitled
“Building a Resilient Dynamic Data Center.” The presentation
was a summary of hundreds of hours of discussions
with data center operators and enterprises with [...]

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Container Data Centers: A Step Along the Green Path

September 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Container Data Centers, Data Center, Green Data Center, Green IT

As a bit of background and at the risk of stating the obvious, let’s quickly review some basics about energy efficiency and the Data Center.  It has been estimated that on average, electricity costs account for over 40% of data center operational expenses.  In 2006, American data centers consumed more electricity than all the televisions [...]

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Data Center Energy Efficiency: Free Webinar

August 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Convergence, Data Center, Data Center MEP, Green Data Center, Green IT, IS Security, Mergers and Acquisitions

We’ve discussed the topic of data center energy management in numerous posts, and we’ve talked about a Green Data Center Maturity Model.  If the topic of energy efficiency in the data center is of interest to you (and it should be) I’d like to recommend an excellent resource for you.
Cisco is conducting a webinar next [...]

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“Can I raise the tier level of my Data Center?”

August 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Data Center, Data Center MEP, Green Data Center, IS Security, IT Assessments, IT Roadmaps

So many discussions with prospective Clients begin with the subject of data center tier ratings.  Many companies are struggling with data center facilities that no longer adequately serve their Business, and are seeking a path toward better scalability, availability, security, and lower cost of ownership.
In the mid-market segment, while there are exceptions to the [...]

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Paint Your Moose Green

July 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Data Center, Green Data Center, Green IT

In these times of economic stagnation, IT leaders’ attention turns to cost savings.  Indeed in times like these, the CFO is likely exerting strong authority and demanding budget concessions from departments across the enterprise.
Many companies are aggressively consolidating data centers as one way to address this demand.  There are a number of significant cost savings [...]

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Code of Conduct for Data Centers

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Data Center, IS Security, IT Roadmaps, Internet, Web 2.0

Over the past year, the European Commission has been sponsoring the development of a Data Center Code of Conduct to address the increasing energy consumption, environmental, economic and supply security concerns of the data center community.  If you’d like to read it for yourself, it can be found here.
This is an interesting endeavor, especially with [...]

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