Power needs are rising rapidly as electricity costs skyrocket. Could your data center be in trouble?
How to measure power Two formulas for measuring data-center power consumption
Chill out
Five tips for curbing power use in the data center
Where to get advice
How four groups are tackling the power problem
Power’s future
Three technologies that could help lower IT power consumption
Cool school
How Bryant University used blade servers and in-row cooling to drop energy costs by 20%
Data center efficiencies in action
• Bowne cuts footprint by 60%
• Digital Reality wins with dollars-per-kilowatt focus
• Unisys drops power consumption by 24%
Power glossary
12 must-know cooling and powering terms for conversations with facilities managers
Stats gallery
Facts and figures for putting the data-center power problem into perspective
• Energy-efficiency self-assessment tool
Improving energy management begins with an understanding of your operational effectiveness. Start now.
• Efficiency checklist
Don’t forget these basics when studying how to improve energy efficiency in your data center
The energy audit
Why do you need one? What will you learn? Data center specialists Phil Horstmann and Vince DiMemmo, with Ascent, explain the ins and outs of this best practice. Listen now.
Where the service-oriented architecture meets the adaptive data center
The latest storage must-haves, from e-discovery to virtualization
Virtualization: exploring one of this decade’s hottest technologies
Futureproof weapons and strategies for accomplishing your next security mission
Speed-enhancing tips and technologies for knocking out WAN performance problems
The best products and practices for building the next-gen IT infrastructure
• 10 virtualization companies to watch • 10 best products for next-gen network infrastructures • Six advanced-technology open source projects • Open-source security tools fit the enterprise bill • Four tips for building better wireless networks
