Issue 6, Oct/Nov 2009
FOCUS CONTENTS
CONTENTS Issue 6, Oct/Nov 2009
NEWS EDITORIAL US
UK & EUROPE
EMERGING MARKETS & ASIA
TECHNOLOGY
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INDUSTRY & FINANCE 11 WHAT’S ON THE WEB 12 ANALYSIS VIRTUALISATION
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Chris Gebelin, hotel and Casino giant MGM’s CTO reveals how to handle your CFO when it comes to budgeting for virtualisation
SERVER POWER USE 18
A detailed white paper on trends in server power use from some of the industry’s most recognised experts including Jon Koomey and Christian Belady
CONTAINERS 20
Meet the Podfather. The market for containerised data centers is expanding in unexpected ways
FEATURES MICROSOFT, DUBLIN 22
By opening a chillerless data center in Dublin, Microsoft is looking to use free air almost all year round. Microsoft’s general manager for data centers takes us for walk through the facility
MET OFFICE 25
Though its supercomputer uses a lot of power, in carbon terms the UK Met Offi ce’s data center does a lot more good than harm
EMERSON, ST. LOUIS 28
The recently opened Emerson data center in Missouri is going for LEED gold certifi cation. Jack Pouchet of Emerson talks about the project and Fox Architects gives some advice on best practice for applying for the accolade
Q&A CALIFORNIA STATE DATA CENTER
The two men in charge of California’s data center
consolidation strategy detail their approach
THE US EPA 31
Energy rating for data centers is coming. Aleksandra Sullivan of the EPA gives us an update on the latest developments
GROWING TOMATOES USING DATA CENTER HEAT
Dutch developer Parthenon 22 43 55 32 30
believes it has a way to use excess heat from a data center to warm commercial greenhouses
DATACENTERDYNAMICS CONFERENCES
What to expect from DCD conferences for the remainder of 2009
AWARDS 38
The Datacentre Leaders’ Awards 2009 are open for entries. All the categories, how to enter and some of last year’s winnners
STORAGE 43
Cutting the power draw of Storage. As the amount of storage kit in the data centre continues to grow, what are the options for energy effi ciency?
UPDATE SKILLS
Get qualifi ed with the latest training from
DatacenterDynamics and CNET INDICES
IT + FM integration – is the momentum fading?
PLANNING 49
Using a simulator to plan your data center will drive effi ciency
GREEN DATA CENTERS 51
The latest research from Rackspace shows the continuing greening of the data center
47 44 34 POWER
Fixing the price of power is a preferred option for many operators
SECURITY
What to do when your virtual machines come under attack?
BUILD
The US Army Corps of Engineers are building out. In the UK a TV studio has been converted
CLOUD 61
The US Government’s CIO describes his plan to stop building data centers and move to the cloud
MEASUREMENT 65
Dr. Roger Schmidt of IBM describes how to measure your data center for effi ciency
IT ARCHITECTURE
A security industry disruption INDICES CONFIDENCE INDEX Things are looking up
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