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Data Center Engineering

From Gray to Great! Rejuvenating Your Aging Data Center
Steve Harris, Director, Data Center Planning and Design
Data Center Journal 05.01.2008
Recent industry estimates have placed the average age of a data center in the United States at eighteen years old. That's right, built in the early 1990s, when the first George Bush was president, the mainframe was still king and the server/ laptop phenomenon had yet to catch fire. The reality is that many data centers in operation today are based on the design standards and innovations of the late 1980s. In other words, aside from increasing interest in “green” data centers, most organizations are concerned about their “graying” data centers.

The Dollars and Sense of Virtual Data Centers
James E. Geis, Director, Integrated Solutions Development
Steven Harris, Director, Data Center Planning
Information Week 07.19.2007
To manage server sprawl, exponential data growth, power consumption, and nearly unmanageable infrastructures, many IT organizations are turning to data-center virtualization and blade-server technologies. But careful consideration is needed.

How Old Is Too Old? A Look at Today's Data Center
Steven Harris, Director, Data Center Planning
Continuity Insights 05.30.2007
Steven Harris, director of data center planning and design, discusses the importance of bringing aging data center facilities up to date. Harris provides specifics on how the standards and demands for power, cooling, floor space, maintenance, and redundancy have evolved during the 18-year lifespan of the average data center.

Every Three Months or 3000 Miles
Steven Harris, Director, Data Center Planning and Design
Data Center Management 07.01.2005
Oil and lube, tire rotations, new wiper blades, washes and waxes … we all know the rules of thumb related to good automobile maintenance. But how many data center owners and operators know and follow the rules of thumb (read: best practices) related to the proper maintenance of our data center “engines”—i.e. the building-systems-infrastructure machinery?

The Data Center Defense Dossier
Steven Harris, Director, Data Center Planning and Design
Next-Gen Data Center Forum 02.01.2005
When determining what data center practices best fit each organization’s current and future needs, location and physical security are two critical areas that must be considered in light of, and sometimes weighed against, overall business requirements.
Data Center Migration

Like Clockwork-- Optmizing Data Center Migration With ITIL
Fred Latala, Director, Data Center Relocation Services
Mike Tainter, Director, IT Service Management
Data Center Journal 05.21.2009
In any data center migration, the best possible cutover is a seamless non-event that prevents costly unplanned downtime. With businesses today in constant motion, a data center migration is a major challenge—an exercise in process maturity, project management and business continuity.

Best Practices in Data Center Relocation
Fred Latala, Director, Data Center Relocation Services
The Data Center Journal 06.20.2006
The benefits of carefully planned and executed data center relocation go well beyond what meets the eye of the user or customer. Successful data center relocation can completely transform the overall operating environment – its processes, procedures, documentation and personnel – in a way that has significant, lasting benefits for an organization’s disaster recovery readiness as well as day-to-day operational efficiencies.

Monday Morning, Business as Usual: Best Practices in Data Center Relocation
Fred Latala, Director, Data Center
Data Storage Connection  12.09.2005
A data center relocation affects every corner of the business. Successfully executed, it can not only validate disaster recovery plans, but also have a long-term positive impact upon day-to-day operating efficiencies and disciplines.

Data Center Consolidation: Risks and Rewards
Fred Latala, Director, Data Center Services
AFCOM’s The Communique newsletter 12.01.2005
If planned and executed carefully, a data center consolidation can provide enormous, long-term financial and strategic benefits. A successful consolidation can completely transform the efficiencies, performance, and manageability of an environment in a way that has long-lasting results for an organization’s day-to day IT operations and the business objectives they support.