Data Centers: Belt Tightening vs. Strangulation

Despite the global wide financial meltdown, businesses still need to keep running, and Data Centers are the very soul of most businesses. The need to accommodate continually accumulating data and ongoing computing growth doesn't stop, even during an economic slow down. Obvious strategies to handling things include virtualization or consolidation, but those are also expensive. Are there any other strategies that will streamline our Data Centers while keeping the corporate bean counters off our backs? Despite the global wide financial meltdown, businesses still need to keep running, and Data Centers are the very soul of most businesses. The need to accommodate continually accumulating data and ongoing computing growth doesn't stop, even during an economic slow down. Obvious strategies to handling things include virtualization or consolidation, but those are also expensive. Are there any other strategies that will streamline our Data Centers while keeping the corporate bean counters off our backs? Guest 1: Robert Rosen, Chief Information Officer, NIAMS (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases), NIH Past President SHARE (IBM) Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/robert-rosen/ Guest 2: Dr. Albert Esser, Vice President of Data Center Infrastructure, DELL Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/albert-esser/ More on this Episode: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/data-centers-belt-tightening-vs-strangulation/ More on Leadership: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/topics/leadership/ Visit CIO Talk Network Website: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/ Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/subscribe/ Nominate Guests or Sponsor: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contact/