http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog IT@Intel Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:03:50 GMT Clearspace 2.5.9 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-11-09T23:03:50Z http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/09/assessing-business-value-with-net-present-what Net Present Value. Since coming to IT, I have spent much time focused on the topic of business value.   This topic has dominated customer presentations and events, CIO forums, internal discussions several blog posts and even a few twitter it business savings benefits project one strategy portfolio intel_it servers data_center datacenter matt beckert intel it@intel value net present valuation billion cio manager prioritization finance cfo capital costs chris peters Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:03:50 GMT christopher.p.peters@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/09/assessing-business-value-with-net-present-what 2009-11-09T23:03:50Z 2 weeks, 5 days ago 1 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/assessing-business-value-with-net-present-what http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12798 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/02/data-center-execution-and-unit-costing I was recently involved in a project where Intel IT SMEs from disciplines including Server, Storage, Data Center, Network, and Finance reviewed and updated our Data Center Strategy ( Intel IT Data Center Solutions: Strategies to Improve Efficiency ) for data_center intel_it it@intel virtualization servers roi strategy nehalem xeon_5500 value Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:10:55 GMT matthew.j.beckert@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/02/data-center-execution-and-unit-costing 2009-11-02T16:10:55Z 3 weeks, 5 days ago 1 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/data-center-execution-and-unit-costing http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12770 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/11/more-on-the-cash-machines Watch Diane Bryant, Intel CIO, talks about the cash machines in data centers in this press breifing . Haven't heard about the amazing cash machines for your data centers yet?! Better check it out now: Installing Cash Machines in your Data Center it@intel xeon performance power energy_efficiency intel virtualization value cost_savings intel_it it cio server data_center xeon_5500 roi case_study jimmy_wai Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:26:13 GMT jimmy.wai@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/11/more-on-the-cash-machines 2009-10-12T05:26:13Z 1 month, 2 weeks ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/more-on-the-cash-machines http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12684 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/09/installing-cash-machines-in-your-data-center At a recent event our CIO, Diane Bryant, talked about our continued plan to replace old servers in our Data Centers ( http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/44213/135/ ). Here is a summary of her key points: Not replaceing servers could have costed Intel intel_it it it@intel jimmy_wai roi server server_refresh nehalem data_center data_center_cooling data_center_power virtualization energy_efficiency intel case_study value cost_savings Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:10:04 GMT jimmy.wai@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/09/installing-cash-machines-in-your-data-center 2009-10-09T08:10:04Z 1 month, 2 weeks ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/installing-cash-machines-in-your-data-center http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12673 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/08/19/even-dilbert-built-a-new-data-center Someone send me this Dilbert* strip yesterday. Data Center is in such high demand even Dilbert is building one. He was having trouble getting power to run the DC with air conditioning. He thought the servers would melt to a toxic bomb. I think he cost_savings sustainability server data_center energy_efficiency intel_it poc case_study Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:51:45 GMT jimmy.wai@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/08/19/even-dilbert-built-a-new-data-center 2009-08-19T15:51:45Z 3 months, 1 week ago 5 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/even-dilbert-built-a-new-data-center http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12453 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/08/10/it-must-fix-the-roof-especially-when-it-is-raining I hate fixing the roof.   In fact, I have been postponing a roof repair over my garage for about 2 years now.   I recently read an article by Peter Kretzmen titled “ IT, The CIO, and the Business Need for Roof Projects ” and realized that while I can chris_peters client cost_savings intel_it it it@intel value strategy datacenter data_center roi tco roof business_value pc_fleet economy it_strategy server_refresh pc_refresh refresh Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:14:26 GMT christopher.p.peters@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/08/10/it-must-fix-the-roof-especially-when-it-is-raining 2009-08-10T22:14:26Z 3 months, 2 weeks ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/it-must-fix-the-roof-especially-when-it-is-raining http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12431 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/06/30/optimizing-costs-within-the-data-center Let me begin by way of introduction - I am a strategic financial analyst with Intel IT Finance organization focused on data center strategy and efficiency efforts.  This is my maiden voyage into the world of blogging, so I hope the topic is relevant and it@intel roi cost_savings model strategy value intel_it data_center Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:43:18 GMT matthew.j.beckert@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/06/30/optimizing-costs-within-the-data-center 2009-06-30T15:43:18Z 5 months, 1 day ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/optimizing-costs-within-the-data-center http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12315 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/06/13/the-ecotechnologies-great-debates-client-architecture-and-the-data-center I have just returned from the Intel sponsored Eco-Technology Great Debates where I was slotted into the topic of Thin vs. Thick Client Energy Efficiency. I had the opportunity to weigh in on the side of "Thick" clients as the most energy efficient. client client_architecture data_center data_center_cooling data_center_power green_it energy_efficiency Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:16:34 GMT bradley.ellison@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/06/13/the-ecotechnologies-great-debates-client-architecture-and-the-data-center 2008-06-14T01:16:34Z 1 year, 5 months ago 1 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/the-ecotechnologies-great-debates-client-architecture-and-the-data-center http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=11275 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/04/01/what-if-you-invested-a-dollar-and-it-returned-10 If you invested one dollar and it returned 10 dollars, you'd think that was an excellent return wouldn't you? So what if you could get this same 10X return on energy? An industrial heat pump system called Heat Recovery where an additional 100 kW of power green data_center data_center_cooling heat_recovery cop data_center_power energy_efficiency energy Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:04:41 GMT doug.k.garday@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/04/01/what-if-you-invested-a-dollar-and-it-returned-10 2008-04-01T17:04:41Z 1 year, 8 months ago 1 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/what-if-you-invested-a-dollar-and-it-returned-10 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=11013 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2007/10/08/data-center-toolbox-data-center-power-38-cooling-health-check-with-infra-red-gun Do Not Wait for an Alarm or Failure Give your Data Center a "Health Check" using a simple hand held Infra Red (IR) Gun . This tool can provide early warning for electrical breaker overload, CRAC unit calibration issues, server air supply ir_gun infra_red_gun data_center data_center_math data_center_toolbox data_center_cooling data_center_doctor data_center_intel data_center_power Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:51:00 GMT john.a.musilli@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2007/10/08/data-center-toolbox-data-center-power-38-cooling-health-check-with-infra-red-gun 2007-10-08T21:51:00Z 2 years, 1 month ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/data-center-toolbox-data-center-power-38-cooling-health-check-with-infra-red-gun http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=10662 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2007/10/01/data-center-toolbox-watts-per-square-foot-of-what Things You Need to Operate a Successful Data Center Infrastructure. This is number 2 in a series of Toolbox topics.   If you have spent more than 3 months in data center operations someone has asked, "What is your Watts per Square Foot (W/sq.ft) data_center data_center_cooling data_center_math data_center_toolbox data_center_doctor data_center_power data_center_intel Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:09:00 GMT john.a.musilli@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2007/10/01/data-center-toolbox-watts-per-square-foot-of-what 2007-10-02T05:09:00Z 2 years, 1 month ago 1 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/data-center-toolbox-watts-per-square-foot-of-what http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=10648 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2007/09/11/parking-lot-virtualization Recently, a colleague and I spoke to a group of IT administrators in Washington, DC. We left our car in a self-park parking lot in which the attendants had everyone leave their keys in their car, in lieu of keeping them on a valet "key board". They data_center it virtualization Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:25:00 GMT tvb@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2007/09/11/parking-lot-virtualization 2007-09-11T21:25:00Z 2 years, 2 months ago 43 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/parking-lot-virtualization http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=10593 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2007/08/21/when-the-lights-go-out   The power went out here in Austin this afternoon. Not in the office, mind you... Only in the data center. The root cause isn't all that important or interesting - some maintenance didn't go as planned so the DC was dark while street power was it@intel data_center grid business_continuity Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:32:00 GMT tvb@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2007/08/21/when-the-lights-go-out 2007-08-21T23:32:00Z 2 years, 3 months ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/when-the-lights-go-out http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1072