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Best practices for lowering power usage

What can you do to increase efficiency?

Best practices for lowering power usage

March 31, 2016.
How can a data center official work to increase power efficiency? 

Protecting data centers against summer blackouts

Summer heat has been known to cause blackouts.

Protecting data centers against summer blackouts

March 30, 2016.
With summer coming up, it's time to get ready for what heat can do to the data center. 

How power monitoring helps pay the bills

Penny pinching is more important in colocation centers than you might think.

How power monitoring helps pay the bills

March 8, 2016.
PDU-level monitoring can help keep clients and colocation managers honest when it comes to billing. 

Data center power problems can make you miss your favorite show

A lot of frustration can result from data center downtime.

Data center power problems can make you miss your favorite show

March 1, 2016.
Content providers will not be happy if a power problem in the data center costs them customers.

Verizon's data center downtime: A lesson in power management

Flight delays are only one possible outcome of data center downtime.

Verizon's data center downtime: A lesson in power management

February 9, 2016.
A recent outage in a Verizon-owned data center sheds light on the importance of meticulous power management.

How transfer switches back up data center equipment

Transfer switches are essential for backing up data center equipment.

How transfer switches back up data center equipment

January 26, 2016.
Transfer switches play a pivotal role in backing up data center equipment. 

Load balancing for the entire data center

Load balancing may seem like a grueling task, but it doesn't have to be with DCIM.

Load balancing for the entire data center

January 13, 2016.
Let's take a closer look at why load balancing throughout the entire data center is essential for operational efficiency.

Circuit overloads, unbalanced loading and the importance of power monitoring

Power monitoring can help data center managers be smart about electricity usage.

Circuit overloads, unbalanced loading and the importance of power monitoring

December 17, 2015.
Let's take a look at some of the signs that it might be time to rethink power monitoring in your data center.

Mix and match PDUs to increase energy efficiency

Mix and match PDUs to increase energy efficiency

November 16, 2015.

One way to help maximize energy efficiency in the data center is through PDU customization. 

Market growth may lead to more green data centers

Effective power monitoring is one of several green data center strategies.

Market growth may lead to more green data centers

November 11, 2015.
As the data center market grows, so too will the focus placed on sustainable DCIM. 

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