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Traditional data center software toolsets simply can’t balance escalating IT workloads with the need to cut energy consumption

Traditional data center software toolsets simply can’t balance escalating IT workloads with the need to cut energy consumption

Michael Yong
Sales Director, APAC

Oct 4, 2021

Michael Yong, Director of Sales for APAC at EkkoSense, shares the first in a series of four articles on AI and Machine Learning in data centers. The first one is titled - “Traditional data center software toolsets simply can’t balance escalating IT workloads with the need to cut energy consumption" and Michael discusses how data centres have to balance being busier than ever with the pressure to be energy efficient.
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Time for Vertiv customers to re-evaluate their DCIM priorities?

Time for Vertiv customers to re-evaluate their DCIM priorities?

Tracy Collins
VP Sales, Americas

Sep 28, 2021

While we recognize that Vertiv’s decision to discontinue its flagship DCIM platform is indicative of challenges across the DCIM space, at EkkoSense we also acknowledge that the data center management challenges customers were trying to solve haven’t just gone away. So, what can be done to support current Vertiv Trellis and Vertiv Aperture customers as they evaluate their options?
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Has your corporate energy team knocked on your data centre operations door yet?

Has your corporate energy team knocked on your data centre operations door yet?

Adrian Barker
Key Account Director

Sep 16, 2021

Expect data centres to come under renewed pressure as one of the highest energy users within organisations. And while data centre teams clearly want to deliver on their carbon obligations, that can be challenging when they don’t always have a clear understanding of how exactly their rooms are performing from a cooling, capacity and power perspective. Adrian Barker, Key Account Director at EkkoSense shares his views.
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Visualizing performance at a more granular level is key to unlocking data center energy cooling savings.

Visualizing performance at a more granular level is key to unlocking data center energy cooling savings.

Anuraag Saxena
DCOP Manager

Jun 22, 2021

Organizations clearly want to deliver on their carbon obligations, but that can be challenging when data center operators don’t always have a clear understanding of how their rooms are performing from a cooling, capacity and power perspective.
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Data centres – Why ASHRAE needs to steer clear of oversimplifications.

Data centres – Why ASHRAE needs to steer clear of oversimplifications.

Dr Stuart Redshaw
CTIO & Co-Founder

Apr 29, 2021

Since it was first published in 2004, ASHRAE’s ‘Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments’ has been a highly-regarded, vendor-neutral reference resource for data centre designers, operators and managers.
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Need to start delivering on ‘net zero’ carbon commitments?

Need to start delivering on ‘net zero’ carbon commitments?

Anuraag Saxena
DCOP Manager

Mar 15, 2021

Following the recent inauguration of Joe Biden as US President and the decision for the USA to rejoin the Paris climate accord, there’s a renewed focus on broader initiatives to address the climate crisis.
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Research shows data center sector is overlooking a potential CO2-eq emissions saving of over 3 million tonnes

Research shows data center sector is overlooking a potential CO2-eq emissions saving of over 3 million tonnes

Cheryl Billson
PR and Communications

Jan 29, 2021

New research analyzing the actual cooling performance within live data centers for many of the world’s leading brands suggests that data center operators are missing out on proven ways of cutting cooling energy consumption by up to 30%.
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Why data centres need much better early warning systems to reduce thermal risk this summer

Why data centres need much better early warning systems to reduce thermal risk this summer

James Kirkwood
Head of Technical Sales

Jul 15, 2020

Already 2020 is looking like it’s going to be one of the top five hottest years on record, with temperatures easily matching last year’s summer heatwave highs.
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