Green IT for Data Centers: Efficiencies through modeling, hardware selection and virtualization
When the United States Geological Survey asked for ways to expand their storage needs, computing power, and overall service capacity to make their Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center a Tier II (Uptime Institute) facility in the frozen plains of South Dakota, most people thought the costs would be enormous. However, through the smart use of software modeling, hardware selection, and virtualization, our team was able to provide one of the largest computer complexes in the Department of the Interior with a series of short-term, long-term, low-cost, and capital improvement overhaul options.
The presentation will be a case study of how to use graphic static flow modeling to optimize cooling efficiencies to save energy and operating costs, as well as looking at energy conscious substitutions of hardware and how virtualization can help increase the bottom line.
This presentation is geared for anyone that owns or operates a data center and wants to reduce their costs, increase their efficiency, and provide solid evidence with some golly-gee-whiz pictures to impress their bosses to open the purse strings for new projects.
Trying to get your data center to optimal efficiency? Chris Yetman, Senior Vice President of Operations at Vantage Data Centers, offers advice on PUEs. First: Be Brave. Embrace (hardware) failure, and instead focus on recovery.
Minds Lab Contact_Center_Solution_Using_ai_v1.0Eunjee Lee
Contact Center Solution Case Study using Artificial Intelligence
- Paradigm Shift
- Contact Center Evolution
- Virtual Assistant Application
- Benefits of Minds VA
Trying to get your data center to optimal efficiency? Chris Yetman, Senior Vice President of Operations at Vantage Data Centers, offers advice on PUEs. First: Be Brave. Embrace (hardware) failure, and instead focus on recovery.
Minds Lab Contact_Center_Solution_Using_ai_v1.0Eunjee Lee
Contact Center Solution Case Study using Artificial Intelligence
- Paradigm Shift
- Contact Center Evolution
- Virtual Assistant Application
- Benefits of Minds VA
Hennepin County Brookdale Regional Center - High Performance Building Case StudyLoren Abraham
This presentation details the sustainable strategies employed in the Remodeling and Addition for the Hennepin County Brookdale Regional Center, the first major building to be designed according to the Minnesota Sustainable Building Design Guide or B3 requirements.. This High Performance Building Case Study also summarizes the extensive daylighting analysis performed during the design of the project. The $20 Million Government Center houses a 60,000 SF public Library, Social Services Offices, Community Center, Courts facility, and state license service center. This project has won numersous awards and has been acclaimed as one of the best examples of daylighting in a public library in the US by library experts.
government of India has launched "Smart Cities Mission" on 25th June 2015.
This is a presentation explaining the guidelines and procedure for this mission.
The Future Foundation has carried out an extensive forecasting exercise to explore the future of several commercial themes and sectors beyond 2020. In this report, we examine our predictions for the future of retail, identifying informed assumptions for the evolution of consumer trends, product and service innovations and the role that technological developments will play. We also provide invented images of retail concepts that might characterize the future marketplace as a result of the shifts we describe.
India’s recent stand on Smart City Development and involvement of various high income countries; initiates the talk of ideal variables for smart city evolution by our own standards. With a vision of Urban Governance for general livability, it becomes imperative to study these parameters and ensure the evolution of our own concept of a Smart City. Our spatial planning models based on unique factors such as Human Diversity, Physical-Social networks and ICT impact on urban fabric, City resilience, etc. make it all the more interesting to evolve a blueprint for Planning a Smart City.
The paper centers the infrastructural developments for the Smart Urban Development in India. The research helps us arrive at a general line of action for Urban Planning implications catering to the Infrastructure Sector, amongst others; thus affecting environmental, social and economic structure significantly. The study further finds the scope of progress, encouraged from various government policies for successful implementation of Smart City Development. It also allows a peek into future scenario of improvements and deliberations particular to Indian standards in consideration with the scenario of other countries.
Proactively Managing Your Data Center Infrastructurekimotte
Attached is the presentation from our Proactively Manage Data Center Infrastructure Webinar - to view the webinar with audio, go here:http://blog.eecnet.com/proactive-manage-data-center/
Green Business are the future business and Green IT can be one of the best business for future which help companies in Energy Efficiency and also help in CSR and also save the environment.
Eliminating Data Center Hot Spots: An Approach for Identifying and Correcting Lost Air
Data center cooling is a hot topic. But, when you consider the challenges associated with cooling the latest generation servers, the growing cost of infrastructure equipment, and the risks associated with data center hot spots brought on by high-density clusters and premature hardware failure, it's easy to understand the focus.
To view the recorded webinar event, please visit http://www.42u.com/data-center-hot-spots-webinar.htm
Review of TIA-942 data standards and some of the best practices surrounding a data center.
Sri Chalasani (Plante & Moran) is available to provide consulting on data center and infrastructure solutions.
Data Center Cooling Efficiency, Optimization and Trade-offs
Learn how to lower Cooling costs 30-80% while increasing sustainability.
Gain insight on advantages and the trade-offs of the many technologies, where combinations of technologies may be best, and learn how cooling solutions play into the upcoming Title 24 Code changes.
From Best Practices, Containment (Hot vs. Cold, Passive vs. Managed, Chimney’s and IT Rows), Demand Based Cooling (Managed Distribution), new High Efficiency In Row Cooling (close coupled) technologies (CMS designs = 40% - 60% more efficient), new High Efficiency CRAC/H’s (CMS designs = 40-50% more efficient).
Do you think how big companies like google, facebook , adobe, ...etc, are store millians of data and also how they secure all those data. Please watch to know all these actual reality.
One of our most popular webinar presentations on data center cooling: 2007 Data Center Cooling Study: Comparing Conventional Raised Floors with Close Coupled Cooling Technology.
If you're looking for a solution, it's simple physics: Water is 3,500 times more effective at cooling than air. But, liquid cooling carries a large stigma particularly because of the large price tag. And, if you're like other Data Center Managers, the words of Jerry McGuire may be ringing in your head "Show me the money!"
To view the recorded webinar presentation, please visit http://www.42u.com/data-center-liquid-cooling-webinar.htm
A simple approach to data center development. Let us help deliver your project on time, to budget and up to spec. Call 770-512-8554 or email us info@kjbaudry.com
Hennepin County Brookdale Regional Center - High Performance Building Case StudyLoren Abraham
This presentation details the sustainable strategies employed in the Remodeling and Addition for the Hennepin County Brookdale Regional Center, the first major building to be designed according to the Minnesota Sustainable Building Design Guide or B3 requirements.. This High Performance Building Case Study also summarizes the extensive daylighting analysis performed during the design of the project. The $20 Million Government Center houses a 60,000 SF public Library, Social Services Offices, Community Center, Courts facility, and state license service center. This project has won numersous awards and has been acclaimed as one of the best examples of daylighting in a public library in the US by library experts.
government of India has launched "Smart Cities Mission" on 25th June 2015.
This is a presentation explaining the guidelines and procedure for this mission.
The Future Foundation has carried out an extensive forecasting exercise to explore the future of several commercial themes and sectors beyond 2020. In this report, we examine our predictions for the future of retail, identifying informed assumptions for the evolution of consumer trends, product and service innovations and the role that technological developments will play. We also provide invented images of retail concepts that might characterize the future marketplace as a result of the shifts we describe.
India’s recent stand on Smart City Development and involvement of various high income countries; initiates the talk of ideal variables for smart city evolution by our own standards. With a vision of Urban Governance for general livability, it becomes imperative to study these parameters and ensure the evolution of our own concept of a Smart City. Our spatial planning models based on unique factors such as Human Diversity, Physical-Social networks and ICT impact on urban fabric, City resilience, etc. make it all the more interesting to evolve a blueprint for Planning a Smart City.
The paper centers the infrastructural developments for the Smart Urban Development in India. The research helps us arrive at a general line of action for Urban Planning implications catering to the Infrastructure Sector, amongst others; thus affecting environmental, social and economic structure significantly. The study further finds the scope of progress, encouraged from various government policies for successful implementation of Smart City Development. It also allows a peek into future scenario of improvements and deliberations particular to Indian standards in consideration with the scenario of other countries.
Proactively Managing Your Data Center Infrastructurekimotte
Attached is the presentation from our Proactively Manage Data Center Infrastructure Webinar - to view the webinar with audio, go here:http://blog.eecnet.com/proactive-manage-data-center/
Green Business are the future business and Green IT can be one of the best business for future which help companies in Energy Efficiency and also help in CSR and also save the environment.
Eliminating Data Center Hot Spots: An Approach for Identifying and Correcting Lost Air
Data center cooling is a hot topic. But, when you consider the challenges associated with cooling the latest generation servers, the growing cost of infrastructure equipment, and the risks associated with data center hot spots brought on by high-density clusters and premature hardware failure, it's easy to understand the focus.
To view the recorded webinar event, please visit http://www.42u.com/data-center-hot-spots-webinar.htm
Review of TIA-942 data standards and some of the best practices surrounding a data center.
Sri Chalasani (Plante & Moran) is available to provide consulting on data center and infrastructure solutions.
Data Center Cooling Efficiency, Optimization and Trade-offs
Learn how to lower Cooling costs 30-80% while increasing sustainability.
Gain insight on advantages and the trade-offs of the many technologies, where combinations of technologies may be best, and learn how cooling solutions play into the upcoming Title 24 Code changes.
From Best Practices, Containment (Hot vs. Cold, Passive vs. Managed, Chimney’s and IT Rows), Demand Based Cooling (Managed Distribution), new High Efficiency In Row Cooling (close coupled) technologies (CMS designs = 40% - 60% more efficient), new High Efficiency CRAC/H’s (CMS designs = 40-50% more efficient).
Do you think how big companies like google, facebook , adobe, ...etc, are store millians of data and also how they secure all those data. Please watch to know all these actual reality.
One of our most popular webinar presentations on data center cooling: 2007 Data Center Cooling Study: Comparing Conventional Raised Floors with Close Coupled Cooling Technology.
If you're looking for a solution, it's simple physics: Water is 3,500 times more effective at cooling than air. But, liquid cooling carries a large stigma particularly because of the large price tag. And, if you're like other Data Center Managers, the words of Jerry McGuire may be ringing in your head "Show me the money!"
To view the recorded webinar presentation, please visit http://www.42u.com/data-center-liquid-cooling-webinar.htm
A simple approach to data center development. Let us help deliver your project on time, to budget and up to spec. Call 770-512-8554 or email us info@kjbaudry.com
ASHRAE Prediction Is Better Than Cure – CFD Simulation For Data Center OperationRobert Schmidt
Advancingtechnology has brought us more powerful computer hardware for our data centers.In addition,it bringsthe opportunity to instrument and monitorthe Datacom hallsto better understand where the ITload is and the resulting environment,at least in terms of air temperature at an array of selected locations. Instrumentation and monitoringis,without doubt,a step forward that helps the operator in their quest to understand and control energy use of their undoubtedly complicated asset. Butis measurement enough?
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
De-mystifying Zero to One: Design Informed Techniques for Greenfield Innovati...
Green Data Centers ECUC Presentation 2012
1. Green IT Data Center Case Study:
Modeling, Selection, and Virtualization
Or “What I learned on summer vacation in The Matrix...”
2. Presentation Summary
Status Quo
Reduction Pressures
Growth Pressures
Modeling
TileFlow
Low-Cost/No-Cost Changes
Phased Approach Placement
Hardware Selection
Energy Star
Right-sizing – Cost/TB
Virtualization
3:1 or 15:14
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2
3. Red pill or Blue Pill?
Status Quo – A Place to Start, not end
Existing
157 racks – 485 kW (99% heat steady state)
Tier 1 Data Center
Constraints
UPS
Electrical
Mechanical
Space
PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE
Extrapolation
Cost/sf ~ kW/sf
Expansion – Add 230 racks
Loss of mission?
Reliability?
What EROS got instead
Reduction
638kW avoided - $202,881 saved annually
$615k cost avoidance
Tier 2 Data center
Master plan
3
3
4. Am I Bill or Ted? Wait, nope, I am Neo…
TileFlow Modeling
Investigation
Understanding constraints, needs, and existing conditions
Modeling
Input status quo into system
Determine “Hot Spots”
Average Temperature range
Under Floor Velocities
What happens if redundant unit fails?
Shift racks
Increase plenum space
Increase/decrease floor perforations
Install Overhead Return air
Install CRAC unit redundancy software
Hypothesize additional rack space
Engineer highly likely variables and confirm (WAG)
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4
5. Am I an Elf or An Agent?: Agent Elrond
Phased Approach
Lessen Mission Impact
Reduce First Costs
“Just-In-Time” or Extra Redundancy
Depending on Expectations and Budgets
Allows technology improvements
Phase 0 – Low-cost/No-cost (Buys Time)
Phase 1 – Replace small HVAC (Prepare for Upswing)
Phase 2 – Move CRACs (Let projects finish, then move)
Phase 3 – Upgrade large HVAC (Big savings)
Phase 4 – Install “nice to haves” (additional savings/reliability)
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5
6. Loop it!
Hardware Selections and Virtualization
Energy Star Rated Hardware
75% percentile
80% more efficiency minimum
– Idle Power Consumption – 50% standard
– Operational Power Consumption – Drop-in replacements for older power
Solid State Drive (SSD)Technologies
Multi-Cell Levels
Enterprise Management Systems
Virtualization
3:1 ratio potential
15:14; due to accounting/project constraints
Right Sizing
Cost/PB
6
6
9. Difference between knowing the path and walking the path
Other avenues
Set house in order
Tighten up envelope
Infiltration
Reflectivity
Get Reliability Up
Then think about options
Solar
Hydro
Wind
Human Potential
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9
10. Was Ist Lost? Soul Patrol…. Free your mind
Conclusion
Status Quo
Reduction Pressures
Growth Pressures
Modeling
TileFlow
Low-Cost/No-Cost Changes
Phased Approach Placement
Hardware Selection
Energy Star
Right-sizing – Cost/TB
Virtualization
3:1 or 15:14
Meet Goals, Expectations, change the world, or at least you little piece of it.
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10
11. What we do now is
up to you…
jeff.riegle@amec.com
612-252-3667
Any More
Questions?
Hang around
after.
Thanks to Innovative
Research, StellCo
Industries, and the EROS
Data Center Staff
Shaping the Future