The inaugural issue of BI Trends & Strategies offers sound advice to help you in ensuring your organization is on track to keep up with the rapidly changing landscape of BI and analytics. In this issue, readers will learn about a big data definition and the impact it will have on BI and data warehousing, agile development methodology and more. 

More organisations are moving towards cloud computing and server virtualisation technologies to meet ever-increasing performance demands. Yet virtualisation can take a significant toll on the data centre physical infrastructure (DCPI), including power and cooling capabilities. This resource discusses the particular effects of virtualisation. 

In this paper, you'll learn why high-efficiency AC will likely emerge as the dominant choice for data center power distribution. Topics covered include a review of the characteristics of AC & DC distribution, A mathematical model of the efficiency of two different AC distribution systems, and Why many of the DC benefits are unfounded. 

Standardization and its close relative, modularity, create wide-ranging benefits in NCPI that streamline and simplify every process from initial planning to daily operation. 

Research indicates that data center power usage accounts for up to 2.2% of the total electricity used by the United States. This executive brief provides detailed insight into the current state of data center power consumption and reveals simple steps you can take to reduce spending in this area. 

Modularity is an established technique for organizing and simplifying a complex system. In data centers, modular design has already taken root in new fault-tolerant architectures for servers and storage systems. The mission of this paper is to illustrate how modularity delivers a profound reliability benefit: fault tolerance 

Today’s IT pros are being challenged to convert their data centers from costly infrastructures into producers of business value. This resource explores how data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software tools can simplify operational processes, cut costs, and speed up information delivery. 

<p>This expert e-book provides strategies to reliably measure the energy efficiency of your data center. Learn how your organization can apply metrics in a consistent way allowing for improved power consumption.</p> 

The efficiency ratings of a data centre can vary substantially depending on what methodologies are applied. Access this exclusive resource to discover the importance of measuring data centre efficiency and learn about the issues companies face when establishing the PUE of an infrastructure. 

This expert handbook explains how to set up a data center cooling monitoring system, looks at how increasing server inlet temperatures can optimize cooling efficiency and outlines methods for building hot-aisle/cold-aisle containment systems. 

This talk covers, through a series of examples, how data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) software tools can simplify operational processes, cut costs, and speed up information delivery. 

The efficiency ratings of a data centre can vary substantially depending on what methodologies are used. This paper  discusses the importance of measuring data centre efficiency and explores the issues companies face when establishing the PUE of an infrastructure. 

This expert e-book explores how effective communication between IT and facilities can improve your organization's bottom line and maximize data center efficiency.