OpEx: Minimizing operational expenditure
Strategies for reducing operational expenditure whilst maximizing operational resiliency and efficiency
Opinions - Workforce & Skills
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Sponsored Telehealth demands in the age of Covid-19
Medicine has reinvented itself in the last year. And that raises serious questions
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Breaking through the IT industry’s glass ceiling
Diverse companies perform better, so what are we waiting for?
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Sponsored Ensuring critical facility operations success
Very few critical facility owners have effectively addressed the reality that human error causes more downtime impact than facilities systems failures
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Sponsored Defeating data center downtime: the careful balance of being safe, resilient and efficient
It's possible to save energy and still be safe and reliable
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Top data center and tech predictions for 2021
Ron Vokoun is back, with predictions for this year....
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Why isn’t data center curriculum taught at more colleges?
The data center industry should address the talent shortage proactively by developing curriculum for community colleges and trade schools
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Sponsored The pandemic: new nightmares for the data center
Covid-19 exposed many weaknesses in data center provision. How effectively have we really responded?
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Innovating in a pandemic: Covid-19 has changed our approach to best practice
Working remotely, and dealing with customers who can't visit. Surprisingly, all this can bring your staff closer together
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Time to reconsider DCIM
A true DCIM system needs to seamlessly integrate all elements of the data center into a single toolset
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How governments can avoid IT disasters
A better approach to development might cut the list of embarassing failures
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A matter of discipline, self-mastery and tenacity
Looking to armed forces veterans as one avenue to solve the data center industry talent shortage
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Covid-19 has increased pressure on IT teams
We all started to work from home - and now some of us may be going back into the office. That's complicated things for the IT teams
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Data center management in the cloud
Just five years ago, it was unthinkable for business-critical data to be transferred and stored in the cloud. Today, however...
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The vital role of the data center in a disruptive global economy
Digital infrastructure is doing fine, thank you
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Ever consider what your data center isn't telling you?
You can get more data out of a facility than your single pane of glass can digest
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AI Ops: Much more than a buzzword
Teams must manage more complex environments, higher risks, larger volumes of data, and with fewer resources
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How can tech prepare for Brexit?
Despite doubts about the UK government's approach, the tech industry is positive about its prospects
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The roles of mentoring and advocacy in overcoming an aging workforce
Mentoring on its own just prepares women and minorities for an unattainable career path
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How can you upgrade, retrofit or expand a live data center?
It’s important to take a holistic and integrated view from design to commissioning to operations.
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The (unseen) importance of post-construction cleaning
What are the biggest considerations for technical cleaning teams looking to keep up with demand?
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PUE is just one metric - not a goal in itself!
Further sustainability gains may be lost through a narrow focus on PUE
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Want to retain women in tech? Let them lead
Women have come a long way in tech. Now the conversation is changing
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Data center skills: Future-proofing the workforce
Finding staff, developing them, and keeping them. That's quite a challenge
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Managing the Edge: Critical success factors
Edge facilities are remote. You need to be able to track what is going on there