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Everyone put on your spacesuits, we’re about to take a journey into the Final Frontier. Alright, maybe not outer-space per-say, but we are going to explore NASA’s new data center at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA, like many modern enterprises, is taking measured steps towards consolidating its data center infrastructure to preserve energy and improve uptime. In fact, the new data center at the Kennedy Space Center replaces five legacy centers that were ultimately draining power and utilizing unnecessary space.

The modern data center places increasing pressure on 'humble' PDU and power management technologies to help deliver more value, in terms of issues such as capacity planning and reporting, higher density environments, and increased uptime. The latest solutions in the Server Technology portfolio are designed to address these, and other, data center optimization objectives.

All aboard! It’s time to hop in your figurative time machines and blast your data center forward to the year 2024. At least, that’s what industry experts are suggesting. In fact, a recent article from TechTarget suggests that data center uptime will be a top economical priority during the 2020s as Internet-connected devices and data continue to be leveraged and consumed on a macro scale.

Every year, millions of people rely on their television providers to broadcast the telecast of the World Series. So what happens when the broadcasting network’s power fails and viewers are left staring at blank television screens? Well, this very situation occurred during game one of the 2015 World Series when the New York Mets took on the Kansas City Royals. An untimely power shortage disrupted the live telecast during the middle of the fourth inning leaving viewers hanging off the edges of their seats, disappointed and frustrated.

Listen up: “Going green” doesn’t mean you need to uproot your organization’s already established culture and values. The fact of the matter is that despite your organization’s feelings towards the state of environmental issues, taking on green initiatives in 2016 will help your company contribute to an important philanthropic issue, not to mention improve your organization’s future sustainability efforts.

Server Technology was recognized for their valuable contributions after winning the Company of the Year Award for a large company from the Reno, Sparks, Tahoe Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN).

Halloween is nigh, which means data center administrators need to be on guard against the multitude of threats lurking in the server room, which are capable of inflicting harm on business operations.

Using this solution, you can confidently increase server densities and experiment with higher data center operating temperatures without having to worry about overloading your system and experiencing costly downtime. It’s the ideal solution whether you’re trying to improve your day to day operations, or plan for future growth in your facility as it will provide you with easy access to a steady stream of power usage and environmental data.

You’ve been wanting to virtualize your servers for a long time. But before you go ditching your physical machines in favor of virtualized solutions, however, stop and make sure that you’re doing it safely, and responsibly. After all, increasing server density can come with many operational and environmental risks.

Here you’ll find a wild mixture of 1U/2U and 3U servers as well as a bevy of switches from various manufacturers. Each device has multiple cables, as well as varying workloads and power draws. And it’s just about impossible to link cords with their specific devices.