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Is power protection costing you more than it should?

A simple change in your power system can pay for itself many times over — and return thousands of dollars to your IT budget.

Multi-mode UPSs from different manufacturers vary considerably in how they work, the level of protection they can offer, and their true efficiency under real-world load levels. This white paper looks at five questions you need to ask before selecting a high-efficiency, multi-mode UPS for your data center.

Unleashing Stranded Power and Cooling from New and Existing Data Centers

An affordable, five-step approach to addressing power and cooling shortages

This white paper examines the underlying roots of today’s power and cooling crisis in data centers and outlines five steps that businesses can take to support intensifying IT requirements economically.

1. Establish business goals and objectives
2. Perform a power and cooling audit
3. Establish a monitoring and metering strategy
4. Update your UPS equipment
5. Implement an efficient passive cooling system

Powering Through the Economy

Five strategies for protecting the environment and boosting your bottom line

The cost of electricity is already outpacing the cost of hardware. According to The Green Grid, a non-profit organization focused on data centers globally, $1 million worth of servers purchased in 2009 will consume $1.2 million of electricity over a three-year lifespan. Moreover, servers in aggregate account for approximately two percent of US electricity usage. It’s no surprise, then, that for many organizations electrical power now constitutes the largest component of total cost of ownership.
However, any organization can get past this predicament by tapping into a different kind of power—the power of returns on smart, strategic investments. This white paper explores five specific steps you can take to power your way through these difficult times.

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