See what Matt Stansberry has to report about Energy Efficient IT to start the new decade. In SearchDataCenter.com we found Matt reporting on an interview with our own Bob Doherty, now the principal at OMS In Your Data Center, LLC. Bob’s work continues to be a truism for the data center industry.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Matt Stansberry has been reporting on the convergence of IT, facility management and energy issues since 2003. He has been writing and editing for SearchDataCenter.com since its launch in January 2005. Prior to that, he was managing editor of Today’s Facility Manager magazine and a staff writer for the U.S. Green Building Council. He can be reached at mstansberry@techtarget.com.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engiennrs (ASHRAE) in collaboration with the Department of Energy offers a full day workshop focusing on opportunities for improving energy efficiency in data-com facilities, The workshop supports the DOE’s vision to create guidelines for continuous improvement by inspiring data center owners to take action now to begin reducing energy. With each workshop, ASHRAE provides high quality, authoritative, and credible technical resources. Each attendee will receive copies of all presentation slides, CD with all presentation slides in color,one free ASHRAE data-com book, 50% discount coupon for purchase of other ASHRAE data-com books.

OMS in Your Data Center LLC is proud to be the sponsor for this workshop. Thanks to the DOE, ASHRAE, NStar, and the Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Partnership for their support and interest in offering this workshop in Massachusetts on March 3, 2010 for the Data Center Industry. All interested in attending this workshop should go to www.ComputerRooms.com and under the “contact” tab enter your name, e-mail, WORKSHOP under subject, and a message to indicate an interest to attend or your request for information – or call.

Seating for this first of its kind workshop in Massachusetts is limited. Plan to make reservations early.

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Greening the data center can actually reduce your budget

Do you have “green fatigue”? I hope not, because in reality the so-called Green Initiative is the most positive development for the data center industry in over thirty years. This author – along with the help from the team at OMS In Your Datacenter, LLC, who are the sponsors of this online resource – will bring you reports directly from the trenches to help you “Go Green and Save Green” by embracing the latest Data Center Best Practices that we encounter and share with you within this forum.

Our team has over 30 years experience in the management of the data center which includes implementing and validating best practices as well as the design of infrastructure and facilities. We hope you, as a data center professional and colleague, return often to this forum to share the latest green research that can actually reduce your budget while [cue the heavenly choir] saving the planet. We welcome your comments, feedback, and best practice contributions to this forum in the coming months.