Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
by Bill Blausey, SVP and CIO of Eaton Corp. In Part II of this two part series, Eaton’s SVP and CIO Bill Blausey reviews eight technologies, services, and department-level changes you can employ today to green your IT department. 1. Implementing virtualization Though many organizations use virtualization primarily to simplify hardware management, enhance business continuity…
7. Outsourcing Cloud computing or collocation data center providers offer a new way to help reduce your carbon footprint. These types of facilities are typically well underway to becoming some of the most efficient spaces in the industry, as they have stiff competition that forces them to continually reduce operating costs. If your current data…
When Peter Wallace became CIO of the City of Chesapeake, Va., in 2007, he discovered the city’s datacenter produced so much heat that it reduced the lifespan of the equipment it housed. Wallace had two options to dissipate heat and accommodate future growth: expand the data center or virtualize. After careful consideration, Wallace turned to…
At its second annual Technical Forum, The Green Grid today announced the launch of new programs, tools and metrics and reporting guidelines designed to help data center managers worldwide improve the efficiency of their facilities and operations. The event featured a keynote by Rob Bernard, Chief Sustainability Strategist at Microsoft. Founded in 2007, The Green…
The Uptime Institute reports that 1U servers are consuming around $700/year worth of power and this cost is increasing at a time when budgets are either static or being cut. If left unchecked, power consumption will be funded at the expense of more important initiatives. In addition to cost concerns, some data centers managers are…