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Buy, Build or Both? Evaluating Your New Data Center

by Mike Rinaldi on 10/24/12 10:42 AM

What is your preference?

Colocation facilities have long promised organizations the opportunity to buy data center capacity as OpEx, without investing CapEx in a new physical infrastructure. But integrated infrastructure solutions now offer a third option, by enabling organizations to buy efficient, intelligent infrastructures without paying for a lengthy and expensive physical build.

Join Emerson Network Power to discover key financial and technology considerations that will help guide your decision to invest in hosted, traditional or integrated infrastructure solutions. Participants will also see how Smart Solutions from Emerson Network Power offer OpEx savings of 27 percent and CapEx savings of 10 percent or more over a traditional design approach, while providing a level of ownership and control unmatched by outsourced services.

Presenters: Stephen Blakemore, Solutions Sales Manager and John Bearg, Director

October 24, 2012
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern

Topics: Emerson Network Power, data center infrastructure, reduce cost, data center design, private cloud, data center infrastructure management, robust data center, energy, cloud strategy

Emerson’s Modular, Scalable Row-Based UPS Receives ENERGY STAR Certification

by Mike Rinaldi on 10/19/12 3:21 PM

Columbus, Ohio [October 18, 2012] Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR) and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today announced that the North American version of the modular, row-based Liebert APM^T uninterruptible power supply (UPS) has received ENERGY STAR certification. The Liebert APM UPS is available globally.

A transformer-free, on-line UPS with best-in-class efficiency, the Liebert APM enables capacity on demand with the addition of internal FlexPower core assemblies. The assemblies allow the system to expand for capacity or redundancy in 15 kW increments up to 45 or 90kW within a single cabinet.

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Topics: Emerson Network Power, Data Center, Green IT, data center design, kW per rack, data center infrastructure management, robust data center, Green Technology, energy, Energy Star

LEED Silver Data Center

by Mike Rinaldi on 9/7/12 11:42 AM

NTT: Taking the LEED lead in Hong Kong

NTT Communications now operates Hong Kongs first LEED:EBOM certified data center. Taylor Man, NTT Com Asias Executive Vice President for New Business, explains why the standard is becoming so important for the countrys data center industry.

The focus on Corporate social responsibility (CSR) by governments, regulators and increasingly customers is driving sustainability in the data center sector. And market volatility, focus on expenditures and rising operational costs has further led to demands for process efficiency, the streamlining of operations and lower energy usage.

While operating right at the heart of bustling at the heart of bustling Hong Kong, NTT Communications started to look for ways of being more green. We found the answer with LEED:EBOM, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standard issued by the Green Building Council for Existing buildings, Operations and Maintenance).

NTT became the first data center in Hong Kong to receive LEED Silver certification EBOM for its Hong Kong Data Centre after proving large energy savings due to efficiency measures. The data center is in a seven-floor building, which covers 212,000 sq ft that was launched in 2009. It provides high-availability services and has been built to handle mission critical environments, with a Tier III infrastructure.

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Topics: Emerson Network Power, data center infrastructure, Data Center, PUE, robust data center, Containment, electrical distribution, Green Technology, energy, critical air conditioning

Do You Prefer Hot Aisle or Cold Aisle Containment?

by Mike Rinaldi on 8/7/12 3:13 PM

Separating the hot and cold air in a data center is one of the keys to improving energy efficiency. Containment systems don't have to be fancy or expensive. Containment systems have been in use at least since 2004, but there's an ongoing debate about whether it is best to contain the hot aisle or cold aisle.

Do you use containment in your data center? If so, do you contain the hot aisle or cold aisle?"

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Topics: Emerson Network Power, Data Center, Green IT, data center design, kW per rack, PUE, robust data center, Containment, DVL, pod, data center outages, energy, critical air conditioning

Buy, Build or Both? Evaluating Your New Data Center

Emerson’s Modular, Scalable Row-Based UPS Receives ENERGY STAR Certification

LEED Silver Data Center

NTT: Taking the LEED lead in Hong Kong

Do You Prefer Hot Aisle or Cold Aisle Containment?

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