We dream of automated cloud data centers, but how do we get there from here?

India’s ICICI Bank started from fundamentals to build an intelligent data center infrastructure, reducing its energy bill and delivering better services

Thailand has a plan to make government data centers more efficient. How’s it coming along? 

The strong demand seen by Uptime Institute is a testament to the beehive of data center and cloud-related activity in Asia Pacific

In the last seven years, LinkedIn has taken charge of its data center destiny. Head of IT Sonu Nayyar tells us how

Accreditation doesn’t make the data center, but it can certainly play a part helping the sales team shift the racks

The concept presents interesting challenges related to power, cooling and compliance - all of these were discussed in detail at DCD Zettastructure

Virtual reality simulation could become an indispensable tool in the data center industry. We immerse ourselves in the new wave

Tall data centers could be the answer to a shortage of land. But they also have to be efficient in a tropical environment

Colombia’s Grupo Éxito needed to implement DCIM to get its infrastructure under control. It took the process step by step, says Celia Villarrubia

José María Figueres, former president of Costa Rica, wants the Central American nation to lead the world’s green infrastructure 

Facebook organized an OCP Technology Day, and Menno Kortekaas was there to make detailed notes

The software-defined data center movement ignores the critical environment, and that’s definitely not SDDC

A recent report explored data center risk. A second one looked at power usage. We analyze both

A PhD student of social anthropology at the University of Cambridge shares some of the findings from his fieldwork in data centers

OpenStack is impressive but there are still usability blocks that hold it back from wider adoption

Open source management tool battles spreadsheets and documents

Data center professionals have no problems finding work. But having the right qualifications could open the door to better opportunities

With the DCIM market set for growth, we profile some of the main players

Everyone is talking about the Internet of Things. Data centers are already using it

Global warming is threatening the planet, and data center engineers need to do their bit to help

Don Beaty from DLB Associates outlines the challenges of long-term planning for data center engineers

Open source is “pervasive” according to the latest Black Duck survey

After years of germination, user plans suggest data center infrastructure management is emerging

After years of tall tales, it looks like data center infrastructure management (DCIM) is finally becoming a real thing

Hawkins Hua takes a close look at SDDC

How to deliver business value with big data