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08 Feb 2012 Data center experts push back on ASHRAE economizer requirements
An addendum to the ASHRAE 90.1-2010 energy standard could ease energy efficiency requirements on anyone building or significantly expanding data centers in the U.S.
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01 Feb 2012 Cloud management software: What’s in it for IT? (SearchServerVirtualization.com)
Highly virtualized IT shops wonder whether cloud management software can help them get to the next level of automation and efficiency.
Scale-out computing gets new low-power option
Web-scale IT shops get the option of a low-power Xeon-based offering that looks to outperform Atom-based products in more ways than one.
Windows systems administrators eye cheaper system management tools
A new, lower-cost alternative to Microsoft systems management tools from SolarWinds offers patch management and remote management.
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31 Jan 2012 Experts say data centers to shrink as hosting, cloud services boom
IT pros discuss the pros and cons of maintaining a private data centers vs. outsourcing to managed data center hosting and cloud services.
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24 Jan 2012 Energy Star for Servers finally means something
No longer limited to one- and two-socket boxes, the Energy Star for Servers label now applies to real enterprise-class hardware.
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20 Jan 2012 Uptime Institute GEIT award deadline pushed to Feb. 15
Requests for more time to accommodate corporate review leads to extension.
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Data center manager wants better view into energy use SearchDataCenter.com | 09 Sep 2011
Emerging energy management tools, like those from Power Assure, may be what one data center manager needs to wrangle precious power resources.