Data Center Projects: System Planning
sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric

Posted:  04 Feb 2009
Published:  03 Feb 2009
Format:  PDF
Length:  8   Page(s)
Type:  White Paper
Language:  English


ABSTRACT:

System planning is the Achilles’ heel of a data center physical infrastructure project. Planning mistakes can magnify and propagate through later deployment phases, resulting in delays, cost overruns, wasted time, and ultimately a compromised system. Much of the trouble can be eliminated by viewing system planning as a data flow model, with an orderly sequence of tasks that progressively transform and refine information from initial concept to final design.




Speakers
Neil Rasmussen
Chief Technical Officer, APC (American Power Conversion Corporation)
Neil Rasmussen is the Chief Technical Officer of APC. He establishes the technology direction for the world’s largest R&D budget devoted to power, cooling, and rack infrastructure for critical networks. Neil is currently leading the effort at APC to develop high-efficiency, modular, scalable data center infrastructure solutions and is the principal architect of the APC InfraStruXure system.


Suzanne Niles
Senior Research Analyst with the Data Center Science Center, APC (American Power Conversion Corporation)
Suzanne Niles is a Senior Research Analyst with the APC Data Center Science Center, where she develops white papers and presentations on technical and strategic topics that support the APC mission. She studied mathematics at Wellesley College before receiving her Bachelor’s degree in computer science from MIT, with a thesis on handwritten character recognition.