Category: Tech Series

Cloud computing is a top-of-mind initiative for organizations in all industries. The promise of scalable, on-demand infrastructure, consumption-based pricing that reduces capex demands, and faster time-to-market for new solutions constitutes an intoxicating potion for requirements-challenged, cash-strapped IT executives. However, for many IT executives, the migration to the cloud is not a simple decision for one… Continue reading The New Normal in Data Center Infrastructure Strategy

In a Nov 2012 survey by IDG Research Services1, CIOs got yet another wakeup call regarding the price for being non-responsive to increasingly demanding line-of-business owners in the enterprise. In the study, the majority of respondents indicated that line-of-business teams control over 20% of the IT budget. Further, 20% of respondents indicated that these teams… Continue reading The Importance of Being Agile

The rising reliance on real-time, data-informed decision making in the enterprise, is placing new demands on the CIO to increase capacity and quality of service to knowledge workers throughout the enterprise. The CIO challenge in many organizations, however, is how to deliver that increased capability, capacity and quality of service while dealing with rising pressure… Continue reading Alternative Financing Strategies for Data Center Expansion

While winter temperatures make it a little easier to distract yourself from the costs of data center cooling, the realities are that for many companies, data center cooling remains a topic of high importance. At BRUNS-PAK, we have long championed design options that can make significant difference in your data center HVAC costs, including: Airside… Continue reading Why CFD for Energy Efficiency?

How Cloud Computing is Driving Mobile Data Growth and a Next Generation of Data Center Strategies. At the 2010 Techonomy Conference in Lake Tahoe, Eric Schmidt quoted a figure that most data professionals can relate to: Every two days, there is as much ‘data’ produced globally as was produced from the dawn of civilization up… Continue reading Mobile Computing and Driving Cloud Applications

Sometimes the unimaginable happens. A fire can threaten to destroy a data center. To protect the valuable equipment and information housed in the facility, it is critical to install a fire suppression system adequate to the size, type and operational responsibilities of the complex. By definition, a fire suppression system is a combination of fire… Continue reading Fire Detection and Suppression Technology