Redesigning data centers to fuel business growth

Sponsor: IBM
Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner
Speakers: Rakesh Kumar, Steven Sams
Type: Video (35 minutes)

“…the equipment going in data centers requires substantially more energy than what those data centers were designed to house. Hence, many data centers around the world are now obsolete.” - - Rakeesh Kumar, Vice President of Green IT Initiatives from Featured Analyst Firm, Gartner Inc.

Energy use in data centers is doubling every five years, but almost 80% of data centers were built before the dot-com era and are technically obsolete. CIO’s are struggling to design a data center that can last 20 to 30 years in the midst of rapid change, and as energy costs claim a greater share of the operational budget, it’s clear that companies need a new approach that aligns capital and operating costs to provide flexibility, as capacity is needed.

You are an invited to an exclusive on-demand program “Redesigning data centers to fuel business growth” featuring an expert in the industry, Rakeesh Kumar, Vice President of Green IT Initiatives from Featured Analyst Firm, Gartner Inc. Mr. Kumar will be joined by Steven Sams, VP, Site and Facility Services, IBM and together they will examine the data center design and energy management challenges that companies face, and more importantly, the solutions to address them.

Green IT and Data Centers are driving four significant changes in the market and include first, significant increases in energy costs need to be overcome, second, data centers need to be more modular and scalable, third, CIO’s must examine overall IT efficiency and finally Green initiatives aren’t things that have 10-year payback periods - they actually have very short payback periods.

Tune in and learn about:

• What are the market trends around data center efficiency?
• Why are legacy, monolithic data center design principles no longer appropriate?
• Why do data centers need integrated software tools for energy management?
• What criteria should a client use to evaluate green claims from vendors?
• What should CIO’s do to address data center energy efficiency?
• Recommendations

Join your colleagues today for an informative and timely discussion on “Redesigning data centers to fuel business growth” and learn how to effectively analyze your IT operational efficiency and “Go Green”. Available now.

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About Rakesh Kumar

Professional Background: META Group, Inc., Senior Vice President, 6 years; Hewlett-Packard, Marketing Manager, 4 years; IBM, Director, 7 years.

Education: B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, University of London; M.B.A., Nottingham University.

Years of Experience: 9 years at Gartner; 21 years IT industry.

About Steven Sams
Steven Sams is vice president of Site and Facilities Services in IBM Global Technology Services. He is responsible for a worldwide organization that is dedicated to helping clients identify their requirements, current capabilities, and best options for data centers and other specialized facilities like green buildings and clean rooms. This includes building new facilities, and optimizing, relocating or consolidating existing facilities. The Site and Facilities Services organization that Steve oversees includes 600 specialists in over 40 countries that have built over 30 million square feet of customer raised floor. Steven has also been quoted and published in numerous publications most notably on the power and cooling issues facing companies today. He’s recently been quoted in BusinessWeek, Bloomberg and ComputerWorld and has been published in the Harvard Business Review and Financial Times. He holds a Bachelor of Science from McMaster University and a Master of Business Administration from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.