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Industry Trends: Part 2 - Business Efficiencies, Regulation, and Security Risk Management

Data Center Post
2011-2-17

A couple weeks ago we started our three part series (see part 1) taking a deeper look at some of the trends we feel will shape the data center industry today and throughout 2011. In our last post we discussed the importance of improving business efficiencies within the data center so it seems only fitting that we turn the tables and focus on energy efficient monitoring and impending regulation. more

Industry Trends: Part 1 - Business Efficiencies, Regulation, and Security Risk Management

Data Center Post
2011-2-2

A new year tends to bring about reflections on the previous twelve months as well as anticipation for what lies ahead in the coming year. In this three part series on Data Center POST, we are going to take a deeper look at some of the trends we feel will shape the data center industry today and throughout 2011: business efficiencies, regulation, and security risk management. more

Top Five Trends for Green Data Centers in 2011

Triple Pundit
2011-1-18

Last year, Triple Pundit took an in-depth look at how companies are greening their data centers.Now, it’s time for us to revisit that issue and ask, “What’s new?” more

Trends In Power Management

Processor
2010-12-17

The new year is fast approaching, and with it comes new concerns and questions about trends and technologies to look for in data centers, especially in the area of power management. Here’s a look at what industry experts say are the power management issues that we’ll be talking about in 2011. more

Cloud Computing is Good for the Environment. Really?

Read Write Cloud
2010-11-5

Greenpeace raised the heat several months ago when the organization lambasted data center operators for contributing to global warming. The organization has recently intensified criticism by targeting Facebook in campaigns to force the company to move away from using coal-based utilities. more

Opera Playing at Thor

The Data Center Journal
2010-11-3

Opera Software was established in 1994, and today, it is best known for its Opera Web browser. Opera is a Norway-based company and has provided products and solutions for clients like Macintosh, Sony, and Nintendo. more

Facebook Under Pressure to Be Greener

The New York Times
2010-11-3

Facebook, the giant social networking site, is under fire from Greenpeace International, the environmental campaigner, over its construction of a data center in Prineville, Oregon, that will be powered by PacifiCorp, a company that gets 58 percent of its energy from burning coal. more