Data center maintenance stories

Organizations adopt data center infrastructure management (DCIM) practices to improve efficiencies and save energy and management overheads.

Sustainability is a cause we all must get behind. By supporting and encouraging those in our value chains, we can create a greener future.

DCIM isn’t just about keeping documentation up to date all the time; it’s also about monitoring what the documentation represents.

Moving services to the cloud is becoming the deployment choice for many organisations as digital transformation continues, according to a recent Gartner report.

Singapore's Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore are developing new cooling solutions for tropical data centers.

Global data center market set to grow by 14% in 2021 due to increased demand and remote working, according to CBRE and ABB reports.

Data centers can achieve energy savings of 20 to 60% by using variable speed drives, but they can also cause energy losses due to harmonics.

Panduit states that its move to the ETIM data model is supported in data centers, enterprise, and industrial product groups.

Data center management solutions enable facilities and IT professionals to intelligently reduce energy consumption.

dcTrack is able to perform battery runtime calculations based on detailed battery specifications and the present plant load.

ManageEngine's VP Rajesh Ganesan says legacy VPNs lack the necessary security for today's remote working needs, promoting their advanced remote solutions.

From Norwegian fjords to converted World War II shelters, data centres are finding homes in unique locations to keep up with skyrocketing global data demands.

A recent report by Forbes Insights and Vertiv reveals only 29% of data centers meet current needs, prompting a call for major investments and updates.

The move comes as the digital transformation towards 400G is becoming more necessary given its ability to revolutionise industry operations.

TasmaNet sells its DC3 data centre in Hobart to DXN, transitioning to a wholesale provider while continuing to manage the facility and offer cloud services.

The hottest days of the year and the meltdowns that go with them can have catastrophic effects for those managing data centers.

In terms of competency, the main issue is that most companies have expertise that lies in areas other than managing data centers.

Data centre managers often struggle to get a clear picture of their facility’s capacity, energy usage or availability.