Emerson Network Power has released a CIO Playbook focussed on helping IT executive management choose data center growth strategies that best meet capacity and financial requirements. The new Playbook offers timely planning insight for the many enterprises aiming to soon build a new data center or lease space from a co-location / managed hosting facility. It also presents options for organizations looking for other ways to expand.
Peter Panfil, VP, Global Power, Emerson Network Power, said, When you look at the market demands for mobile, digital video and other feature-rich, data-intensive IT applications, it is not surprising that organizations are concerned about having enough compute capacity, space, power and cooling to support demand they are worried about availability. But they are also pinched to keep costs down. The good news is that there are options for growth. You may not have to build a new data center at an average cost of $1,000–$1,500 per square foot.
The Playbook also notes that paths to growth can have advantages and disadvantages based on an organization’s needs. It then concludes by providing a decision checklist for CIOs and other IT leaders to use to ensure the growth strategy they select is effective.
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