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Cost - The only real yardstick!



If you want to demonstrate the 'Value' of IT to the business there is only one metric that they need or more importantly, will understand....

Where do we go from here?



So we've nailed PUE. What's next? Productivity? Useful work? CUPS, CADE, DPPE? We're right now at the very corner of a turning point in our industry...we're about to be held accountable!

Green Grid Tech Forum



This years Green Grid tech forum in San Jose was quite the turn up compared to last year. It's clear that folks have been working hard.

Innovation in the Data Centre 2009



2009 saw a raft of innovative data centres open and ideas shared with the industry, who says an old dog can't change?

US Carbon Cap & Trade



So will our American cousins take the bold step forward into carbon cap and trade? It's been this year's hot topic at the Data Center Dynamics events I've spoken at.

What's in a number? PUE/DCIE



How much can a single number tell you about how efficient a data centre is? While many argue about the value and benefit of PUE/DCIE, we've developed a tool that takes this simple metric and makes it much more meaningful.

GreenIT Mission to Japan



In a recent trip to Tokyo, I visited many leading organisations in Japan to see what they were doing about energy efficiency in the data centre. The trip was sponsored by the British Embassy in Tokyo.

Time's up for PUE/DCIE?



Has PUE reached the end of its useful life or is there a way we can breathe new life into this metric that our industry has embraced with such enthusiasm?

Water in my data centre



Is water a necessary evil in the data centre? Are we right to fear having water in the data centre?

Cloud - What else is needed?



No self-respecting IT blog would be complete nowadays without some mention of cloud computing, so for what it is worth here's my view.

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  • If you want to demonstrate the 'Value' of IT to the business there is only one metric that they need or more importantly, will understand....

News and events

  • Zahl will discuss the processes and best known methods employed by worlds most cost effective, eco-efficient class data centers, as well as highlighting industry efforts to deliver improved predictive capabilities.
  • Romonet MD to keynote at DataCenterDynamics in Hong Kong, introducing his recent work on cost optimisation capabilities and data centre metrics.