Cutting Data Center Power Costs with Predictive Models by Robert Neave, April 14, 2009

Given the current economic climate, cutting costs and saving money is on everyone's mind. The IT industry is not immune to these concerns, and many data center managers are looking for ways to improve the efficiency of their infrastructure and get the most for their money.

The Rise & Fall of Raised Flooring by Chris A. MacKinnon, March 27, 2009, Vol.31 Issue 11

Today, many data centers use raised floors to carry cables, electrical wiring, and cooling equipment. However, more data centers are being built without them. Why is the industry turning away from this concept? And, is this a trend or a fad? Here, we’ll discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using raised floors in the data center and tell you why some data centers are seeking other design concepts.

Bring Standardization To The Data Center By Sixto Ortiz Jr., February 13, 2009, Vol.31 Issue 7

The process of designing and building a brand new data center is much like building cathedrals once was during the Middle Ages: Developers, as medieval architects and laborers once did, often start with a “white board” approach and essentially reinvent the wheel each time a new data center development and construction project is undertaken. While it doesn’t take decades to get a brand new data center constructed, the fact remains that data center builders often ignore best practices that could make projects more successful, reduce costs, and avoid common pitfalls.

nlyte Software Solution Supports 'Green IT Initiatives' and Achieves Real-Time Cost Savings in Data Center Operations

LONDON & SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Global Data Center Management (GDCM), a leading provider of data center management solutions, is announcing the latest version of its flagship data center management solution, nlyte(R). nlyte 5.0 offers demonstrable ROI by empowering data center professionals to improve service delivery, reduce costs, eliminate risks associated with the high rate of change within the data center, and enhance inter-departmental communication.

Global Data Center Management has introduced version 5.0 of its data center management solution, nlyte.

According to the company, the nlyte 5.0 offers demonstrable ROI by empowering data center professionals to improve service delivery, reduce costs, eliminate risks associated with the high rate of change within the data center, and enhance inter-departmental communication.

nlyte Software Solution Supports 'Green IT Initiatives' and Achieves Real-Time Cost Savings in Data Center Operations

Global Data Center Management (GDCM), a leading provider of data center management solutions, is announcing the latest version of its flagship data center management solution, nlyte®. nlyte 5.0 offers demonstrable ROI by empowering data center professionals to improve service delivery, reduce costs, eliminate risks associated with the high rate of change within the data center, and enhance inter-departmental communication.

London UK - November 11 2008 – Global Data Centre Management (GDCM) today announces a strategic partnership agreement with blue-infinity (b-i). b-i, a technology infrastructure, service management and communications specialist, will supply GDCM's nlyte® solution in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and France.

When it comes to data centers, there’s an abundance of accuracy in the adage that says if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. Lee Moreton and Robert Neave know that drill. Prior to founding Global DataCenter Management, or GDCM, in 2003, Moreton and Neave were data center managers for UBS Investment Bank (Perot Systems Europe). While in the process of evaluating solutions for UBS, the pair found that many of the available tools were inadequate or lacked the functionality necessary to properly manage the facilities and systems in a data center. Moreton and Neave set to work on designing nlyte, a data center management solution.

With new hardware constructs such as blade computing combined with virtualisation driving greater densities in datacentres and stressing capabilities for the provision of power and cooling in existing facilities, there has been a lot of discussion around the building of new datacentres. This is all well and good during the good times, when such investment can be justified on the basis of the support it could provide to the business in gaining extra revenue.

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London UK - November 11 2008 – Global Data Centre Management (GDCM) today announces a strategic partnership agreement with blue-infinity (b-i). b-i, a technology infrastructure, service management and communications specialist, will supply GDCM's nlyte® solution in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and France.

Global Data Center Management (GDCM), provider of data centre management solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with APW President Systems, provider of data centre infrastructure, to distribute its nlyte solution across India. It will be solely responsible for engaging new customers in the region, managing local implementation and providing ongoing support.

Data center software specialist, Global DataCenter Management (GDCM), has signed a UK reseller agreement with Storm Technologies - a specialist computer reseller. The agreement, which is immediately effective, enables Storm Technologies to sell GDCM’s flagship product, nlyte.

Global Data Center Management (GDCM) has tied-up with data center infrastructure provider - APW President System, to bring its new data center management tool - nlyte to India. President has also added a new product from its longtime associate - Unite Technologies. Called CL-Amp, the product is a purpose-built monitoring solution to monitor power usage and energy efficiency in legacy data centers.

Global DataCenter Management (GDCM), provider of data centre management solutions has announced a strategic partnership with APW President Systems, a provider of data centre infrastructure, to distribute its nlyte solution across India. The data centre infrastructure provider will be solely responsible for engaging new customers in the region, managing local implementation and providing ongoing support.

Delays and cost overruns are common for IT projects, forcing them off course or ending them entirely. So, how can data center leaders launch projects that are destined for success?

While no one thing gets an IT project off the ground, keeps it on course, and brings it to maturity before it runs out of fuel, implementing the proper mix of steps, such as getting everyone onboard, addressing common issues before the project starts, and protecting against project-spoiling pitfalls, can bring a project closer to completion.

Information and conference series producer of design, construction and operation of 24/7 mission critical IT facilities, DatacenterDynamics, has issued a call for entries for its Datacentre Awards 2008 event.

June 2008 - Balderton hires second partner in three weeks

UK venture capital firm Balderton Capital has boosted its partner headcount for the second time in three weeks with Bernard Liautaud, the co-founder and former chairman of software company Business Objects.

International Growth Bolstered by Multi-Million Dollar Investment From Balderton Capital

Leading Data Centre Management Company, GDCM, has secured a multi-million dollar investment from Balderton Capital, the leading international venture capital firm. The investment will be used to accelerate the company's international growth. Bernard Liautaud, previously chairman and chief strategy officer at Business Objects, and Tim Bunting, Partners at Balderton Capital will join the firm as non-executive directors.

UK data center specialist GDCM, which has expanded into the US market in recent months, announced the release of nlyte Express software. The new product is designed for data centers managed by a small team that needs the ability to centrally manage and model equipment changes. nlyte Express provides full data center visualization, physical infrastructure capacity management, space and cooling availability, power circuit supply and redundancy analysis.

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With the release of nlyte Express(TM), GDCM is now offering an enterprise software solution for mid-sized data centres which wish to reduce the cost of data centre operations through intelligent planning, modeling and more efficient operations.

Data centres are set to come under unprecedented scrutiny, as governmental and non-governmental bodies seek to contain and reduce the IT industry’s prodigious appetite for electrical power. A strong catalyst has been last year’s report to US Congress by the US Environmental Protection Agency. This revealed that in 2006, North American data centres consumed about 60bn kilowatt-hours, roughly 1.5 per cent of the country’s total consumption of electricity. The report went on to say that existing technologies and strategies could cut typical server energy use by 25 per cent and that new technologies could reduce the burden even further.

Research by Global DataCenter Management (GDCM) has concluded that after years of uncontrolled growth, many datacentres face a crisis as they run into space and power constraints.

The survey of 301 senior IT influencers and decision makers, conducted by Quocirca, found that even though remedies to the problems exist, current typical business practices concerning datacentres do not encourage the prioritisation of power reduction within one of the most power hungry areas of a business. It also warned that lack of awareness of the key datacentre issues may result in firms not being able to deploy the IT resources required to support business growth.

Global DataCenter Management (GDCM) today announces the release of nlyte Workflow(TM) v2.1. The new release is immediately available for GDCM's global data center commercial customers, as an upgrade to its nlyte workflow solution v1.1

Data center personnel are facing enormous problems managing IT changes, overheating, power costs and usage levels, as well as maintaining the information necessary to predict the physical impact of implementations, consolidations and the retirement of IT assets. nlyte solves complex problems related to managing physical capacity, delaying capital expenses and reducing operational cost related to power, cooling, space and human capital.

A significant number of data centre managers are unaware of what assets they have to manage in relation to their consumption, a Quocirca survey has found. Over half (55 per cent) of data centre managers are not aware of their monthly power bill costs, according to a new survey released today. And more than a third (35 per cent) of companies that have a carbon footprint reduction policy do not pass it onto IT as a formal objective, according the research published by Global DataCenter Management (GDCM) and carried out by analyst firm, Quocirca.

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Today's datacentres are in a state of chaos according to new research from analyst firm Quocirca.

According to a survey of senior IT professionals revealed that 28 percent could not say how many servers they were running; 30 per cent had no idea how many devices were connected to their networks. Nearly one in five (19 per cent) of those surveyed could identify which room equipment was located – but not its whereabouts in the room.

There needs to be greater incentives for tech departments to become greener by reducing their overall energy consumption and carbon footprint, according to Dennis Szubert, principle analyst at Quocirca.

Szubert feels datacentre managers would take more responsibility if they were given more information about what their hardware consumes. Speaking to ZDNet.co.uk's sister site, silicon.com, Szubert said: "There's a lack of information — [IT managers] don't know how much power they're using and there's a lack of incentive for them to save power." He added: "The carbon footprint of IT is the same as the airline industry. And yet the way IT is managed doesn't really help in cutting the power consumption."

According to research announced today by Global DataCenter Management (GDCM) and Quocirca, organisations in Europe and the US are failing to meet green objectives due to an apparent break-down in communications between the corporate board and IT management level.

Of those organisations surveyed, more than a third (35 per cent) of companies that have a carbon footprint reduction policy do not pass it onto IT as a formal objective. In fact, 55 per cent of data centre managers are not even aware of their monthly power bill costs despite having the ability to make these savings at a data centre level. With the data centre as one of the most power hungry area of a business, unless organisations accurately manage their power consumption at this level, they cannot claim to be truly green.