Sponsor: Raritan
Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner
Speakers: David J. Cappuccio, Herman Chan
Type: Video (13 minutes)
Today, data centers and IT labs face limited operational capacity; energy, cooling and space resource constraints; and increasing energy costs. What is needed is a set of solutions designed to mitigate these issues to pave the way for next-wave data centers and IT labs.
What do we mean by "next-wave"? Over the last few years there has been a lot of focus on overall data center efficiencies such as The Green Grid's power usage effectiveness (PUE), new methods for cooling such as air-side economizers and liquid cooled racks, and geographic options so new data centers can take advantage of plentiful power and natural cooling. All these measures are important but their primary focus is on the data center - how much power is consumed by support functions vs. IT computing power, where the data center is located, etc.
"Next-wave" data centers and IT labs also turn their attention to monitoring their IT equipment racks in ways, and at a level of detail, they have not done so before. In this webcast, Gartner analyst Dave Cappuccio and Raritan Power SBU director Herman Chan address a broad definition of data center infrastructure management (DCIM) at the rack and how deploying next-wave solutions can lead to optimal capacity planning, increased uptime, improved efficiency and productivity and decreased costs.
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About RDavid J. Cappuccio, Managing VP, Chief of Research, Gartner
David J. Cappuccio is a managing vice president and chief of research for the Infrastructure teams with Gartner, responsible for research in data center design, construction and cost models, data center futures, servers, power/cooling, green IT, virtualization and data center consolidation strategies. Mr. Cappuccio's experience extends more than 41 years in the technology arena, including financial services, IT operations, market research and management consulting. Starting in 1992, he spent 10 years at Gartner in various research and executive roles, including group vice president and general manager of Gartner's worldwide Research organization.
In 2001, Mr. Cappuccio was chief research officer of Next Economy Partners, a research and advisory firm he co-founded to augment venture capital firms' ability to assist emerging technology companies with marketing, revenue generation and strategic alliance development. Most recently, he was chief operating officer and SVP for Delahaye Medialink Worldwide, a leading public relations benchmarking and media research firm. Mr. Cappuccio returned to Gartner in 2004.
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About Herman Chan, Director of Power and Management Solutions Business Unit, Raritan
Herman Chan is Raritan's Director of Power and Management Solutions Business Unit. Based in Somerset, N.J., he focuses on building data center infrastructure management solutions and engages with customers to solve problems associated with data center energy management, uptime and efficiency. Herman has nearly 20 years of experience product development and management for network and data center infrastructure management solutions. He has previously held management positions with Fountain Technologies and Panasonic. Herman holds a degree in Economics from
