Data centre managers plan to increase technology spend, says survey
26 August, 2010A recent survey of data centre managers in Australia identifies a focus on investing in ‘green’ infrastructure.
Data centre design standard released by BICSI
23 June, 2010BICSI has recently released a new data centre design and implementation standard.
Growing green
01 April, 2010Everywhere you look there is a tagline about ‘going green’. Al Gore brought the climate change issue to the masses in the film An Inconvenient Truth and then many of the world’s leading musicians did their bit to raise awareness in the series of Live Earth concerts.
Simple measures to reduce energy consumption in data centres
04 February, 2010 by Tim Takala, Technical Director, ADC KroneThe continued thirst for energy is a recurring story in news headlines every day - global warming forecasts rising temperatures, melting ice and population dislocations due to accumulation of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere from use of carbon-based energy. There are arguments for and against the dire predictions of global warming, yet one fact is undeniable - over the past 10-20 years, earth’s inhabitants are collectively consuming more energy at a faster rate than ever before.
Emerson and Sun announce global alliance for data centre solutions
06 August, 2009Emerson has partnered with Sun Microsystems to assist organisations increase the energy efficiency of their data centres.
Secure console server
09 July, 2009 byThe TSM series serial console servers provide secure remote access to RS232 console ports on servers, routers, switches, firewalls and other network elements. This allows system administrators to manage and troubleshoot network devices remotely.
Data centre infrastructure
08 July, 2009 byThe Lampertz Efficiency Room (LER) is Rittal’s latest generation of IT security room infrastructure, designed to enable organisations maximise the efficiency and security of their data centre operations.
Data centre monitor
08 July, 2009The EMD5000 environmental monitor device product range is a monitoring solution to provide IT and facilities managers with around-the-clock monitoring of environmental conditions within data centres at the rack level.
Computer room air conditioning
03 February, 2009The CRAC computer room air conditioning system is designed for installation and use in low- and medium-density data centre and computer processing environments.
Data centre monitor
02 February, 2009The EMD5000 environmental monitor device product range is a monitoring solution to provide IT and facilities managers with around-the-clock monitoring of environmental conditions within data centres at the rack level.
Data centre power management
01 January, 2009Opengear console servers are now configured to incorporate power management software enabling data centre power infrastructure (PDU, UPS and IPMI power devices) from major vendors (including Powerware, MGE, TrippLite, Baytech and APC) to be managed.
Data centre environment monitor
01 December, 2008Basic CMC is an entry-level system for monitoring IT infrastructure that combines a processing unit and I/O unit in a single enclosur
Addressing the ‘green’ challenge in data centres
12 May, 2008 by Paul StathisAustralian companies baulking at the cost of long-term solutions to build ‘green’ data centres should instead be looking for quick wins that would get them ahead of the curve in the short term.
Managing high power density in Sydney data centre
31 October, 2007Equinix, a global provider of network-neutral data centres, recently installed a new cooling system to cool high-density computer equipment at its Sydney Internet Business Exchange (IBX) centre
