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Lowering PUEs to save energy

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Infrastructure + Hardware

According to data centre consortium Uptime Institute, a typical data centre has an average PUE (power usage effectiveness) of 2.5. This means that for every 2.5W in at the utility meter, only 1W is delivered to the load. Yet the institute estimates that most facilities can achieve a 1.6 PUE using the most efficient equipment and best practice technologies. Here, Adam Spolnik, Director at ICS Cool Energy, looks at how businesses can achieve these lower levels of PUE to reduce energy costs.

Published in Cloud + MS Data Analytics DC Facilities + Colo Infrastructure Infrastructure + Hardware Software

Webinfinity has launched a 'ground-breaking' new software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for businesses, which provides employees, partners and customers with a customised content experience through a single user interface, across all enterprise applications.

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Infrastructure + Asset Management Infrastructure + Hardware

2015 predictions from Kevin St Cyr, senior vice president, Enterprise Solutions, CommScope.

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By Willy Rietveld, TE Connectivity. (W.Rietveld@TE.com)

Invu’s predictions for 2015

These predictions for 2015 are from Stuart Evans, Chief Technology Officer, at Invu.

SAS survey signals big data disconnect; only 12 per cent on board

Despite industry hype, most organisations have yet to develop and implement a big data strategy....

Trade Association for Data Centres in the UK announces new Executive and Advisory Board Structure

The DCA is delighted to announce the formation of a New Executive Board to provide both strategic...

NaviSite survey reveals enterprise IT executives’ biggest trends and challenges

Managing Cloud, restricted budgets, data explosion top list.

Proact to launch in Germany

Proact will be active in Germany as of 1 October this year. The launch will initially take place as...

Wie Nordrhein-Westfalen die vierte industrielle Revolution verwirklicht

Nach dem IT- Gipfel der Bundesregierung 2012 Essen veranstaltet Nordrhein-Westfalen wieder den...

What does big data mean for the data centre?

By Edward Jones, CEO - PMB Holdings.

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