Have you read the news? John has (and still feeling edged out).

It’s hard not to miss the economic downturn and the many projections on how it’ll affect us in the upcoming months. Regardless whether it will boost or dampen IT spending, I've noticed that we’ve become cautiously optimistic and more than ever, becoming more critical on the solutions that promise to reduce operating costs and generate a faster ROI.  Maybe this kind of reaction is just a sign that companies have realized the mission-critical role data centers play in their business!

Has it been a month?

Geez, John's data center makeover's eating up my blogial obligations...

Anyway, picking up where we last left off, it's amazing that today's businesses are fortunate. With space at a premium and demand for sophisticated data center grows, I think these guys have greater opportunities when it comes to minimizing their energy consumption in the data center. And among these opportunities include the proper selection of appropriately sized racks.

Great! John’s firmly on my side of the data center energy efficiency debate – and really, all I needed to convince him to let me join him in his data center revolution is my ten top tips on how to ensure data center energy woes stay away – forever.