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Data center managers are being told to find a way to get more life out of the existing infrastructure.
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blog.schneider-electric.com/datacenter/ highlights best practices around data center power, cooling, security, and management. Keith Murray, responsible for IT Business Strategy in the Schneider Electric Asia Pacific region, recently authored a blog entitled “The Data Center Services Lifecycle: Go Beyond Design/Build” that was recognized as one of our top performing blogs.
Below are excerpts from his recent blog:
“We all know that data centers need to adjust and improve over time. However, in many parts of the world, especially emerging economies, the emphasis has been on rapidly building out new capacity.
Keith Murray blogs about lifecycle services
“This rapid build-out mode went on for so long that there just hasn’t been the same level of focus on operational efficiency seen in data centers in more mature markets. Now, however, data center managers are being told to find a way to get more life out of the existing infrastructure they have in operation. To accomplish that, enterprises need help in the form of a lifecycle of data center services.
“Today, we see two stages in the services lifecycle rising in importance: the assess phase and the operate and optimize (operate) phase.
How services help achieve performance, cost goals “This dynamic is driving the need for consulting services. These services not only involve walkthroughs and study of the infrastructure
and IT assets on hand, but quite often, also involve detailed analysis and projections using data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software and data gathering and analysis tools and processes.
“It’s worth noting that the type of services expertise needed to run this type of assessment is quite different from the type of expertise needed in critical facility design. The breadth of consulting skills needed to optimize data center infrastructure and operations over time is wide. To maximize chances of success, data center professionals need to carefully consider the few services companies that can span all stages of the lifecycle.”
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