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Eighty
participants consisting of government
engineers from all ministries and
departments attended the "Infrastructure
for the Green Data Centre - The Way
Forward" seminar, jointly organised by
the Institution of Engineering and
Technology (IET) Brunei Darussalam and
Emerson Network Power (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.
It was held at the Rizqun International
Hotel in Gadong yesterday morning.
"Infrastructure for the Green Data
Centre: The Way Forward" was a half-day
solution seminar paired with a
networking session.
Participants were expected to gain
valuable engineering knowledge and have
opportunities to share their priceless
experiences with other specialists from
various fields of expertise.
Three working papers were delivered by
three different speakers: Mr Lawrence
Tam, Technical and Marketing Director,
North Asia Pacific, presented "Adaptive
Power Architecture"; Mr Thanik Velu,
Product and Technical Support Manager,
Emerson Network Power, Asia Pacific,
presented "Reduce Your Bill Through
Saving Energy In Your Data Centre"; and
Mr. Chew Cheng Kiat, Director of
Regional Shared Services Technical
Support Group, Emerson Network Power
Malaysia, presented "Mechanical and
Electrical Design For an Energy
Efficient Data Centre".
Mr Lawrence Tan said while presenting
his findings: "Adaptive Power
Architecture - our increasing dependence
on the network and on technology in
general is leading to unpredictable
changes in the data centre and these
changes are happening at an
unprecedented pace. Data centre
consolidation is easier with today's
network performance, and this helps
lower costs. This in turn requires
higher availability and drives the need
for mission critical protection beyond
the large data centres and into many
network applications as well."
According to Mr Thanik Velu, "Analysts
and studies have shown how it is getting
more and more costly to operate a data
centre across the globe, a real and
critical problem faced by CIOs and CFOs
alike. What was brushed off as a scare
tactic has been brought to the forefront
and is forcing organisations to look at
energy efficiency within its data
centres and operations with the
skyrocketing bills that are presented
every month."
Meanwhile, Mr Chew Cheng Kiat touched on
the growth of the network economy, which
has seen the power and cooling
requirements of IT and telecom equipment
increase exponentially, while demanding
rising levels of availability with each
generation of technology change. Amidst
the ever-changing technological
landscape, organisations are ever
mindful of the costs of operating
technologically-advanced equipment and
its impact on the environment. |
