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I've posted to this blog a few times in the past, but my "day job" (Data Center Efficiency) has kept me away from blogging for longer than I'd like. My colleague Brently and I were recently in Folsom for meetings, and took some time out to talk about some of the key elements of our data center strategy: working horizontally rather than tailoring solutions for a particular business unit, giving transparent access to a global pool of resources, and improving data quality.




I'll plan to increase my posting frequency, using this blog as a forum to share some of the things that have worked for us (or that haven't worked) as we reduce our data center footprint. I'd like for this to become a conversation rather than a broadcast, so please let me know if you have any questions or would like more details on any specific part of this initiative.

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Data Center Efficiency

Posted by Alan Ross Dec 3, 2007

Hello All, my name is Alan Ross and I'm a Principal Engineer in Intel's Information Technology division and currently leading our Data Center Architecture initiative. Our mission is to transform the way we do enterprise computing, which is easier said than done because there is a lot of history in this domain. Over the next several months I will be expanding on these ideas and providing insight into our approach to this transformation. To start things off, here is a short video where I speak about the topic of data center efficiency:


Here are the guiding principles that are being used to help us define the "To-Be" reference architecture for the data center:
1. Evolve our corporate data centers based on architectural governance and capability maturity-based methodologies
2. Enable a multi-tier service management and service delivery operational framework
3. Enable a service-oriented data center architecture
4. Enable a high-performance computing mindset for application environments
5. Design and build DC facilities modularity for flexibility, scalability and managed capital investment
6. Keep Intel legal and secure
7. Transform enterprise operations and scale TCO through innovation
8. Continuously optimize TCO and unit cost
9. Provide an environmentally friendly foundation

I would appreciate any input, feedback or questions you have and am looking forward to the discussions.

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