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Top 10 Mistakes in Data Centre Operations: Operating Efficient and Effective Data Centers

By APC | 12/4/2012

For years, the data centre industry has accepted that human operational error, not poor data centre design or engineering, is the number one cause of data centre downtime. Now is the time for companies to evaluate their data centre operations programs. They must be able to clearly articulate operational requirements and design an operations program based on the risk profile of the data centre. However, the road to creating an industry-best operations program will not be easy, especially for those companies whose core expertise is not in business critical facilities. Read on.

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Data Center Physical Infrastructure: Optimising Business Value

By APC | 12/4/2012

To stay competitive in today’s rapidly changing business world, companies must update the way they view the value of their investment in data center physical infrastructure (DCPI). No longer are simply availability and upfront cost sufficient to make adequate business decisions. Agility, or business flexibility, and low total cost of ownership have become equally important to companies that will succeed in a changing global marketplace.

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Practical Options for Deploying IT Equipment in Small Server Rooms and Branch Offices

By APC | 3/7/2012

Small server rooms and branch offices are typically unorganised, unsecure, hot, unmonitored, and space constrained. This paper discusses making realistic improvements to power, cooling, racks, physical security, monitoring, and lighting. The focus of this paper is on small server rooms and branch offices with up to 10kW of IT load.

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Strategy Guide | Is Your Data Centre Up-To-Date, Secure and Energy Efficient?

By IDG Communications | 30/11/2010

This guide explains how to keep your data centre up to date and looks at the questions you should ask yourself before building a new data centre.

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Server and Storage Optimization Techniques

By Oracle | 27/10/2010

By meeting the requirements to deploy new applications and support a larger number of internal and external customers, IT organizations are facing a space, power, and cooling crunch. Read on.

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