In March of 2016, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI). In an effort to cut taxpayer costs, the DCOI will require any US federal data center to implement a data center infrastructure management (DCIM) system by September 2018. The following are excerpts from the DCOI release: Energy […]
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Is Your Facility Up and Running?
Okay now, I just asked you a question. Is your facility up and running? If your job title is Data Center Manager, you better have answered yes…quickly. If you answered, “I don’t know. Let me go check.” or “I have no idea; we have facilities all over the world.” then there’s a problem. Don’t worry. […]
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Active Active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags make asset management a breeze. These fully automated tags provide an up-to-the-minute location of assets at an enterprise level down to the rack level. At the rack level, RFID tags will eliminate the need for taking inventory because the inventory is being tracked and located 24/7 in real-time. […]
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SITUATION: (Company A) is one of the nation’s leading operators of general acute care hospitals. The organization’s affiliates own, operate or lease 134 hospitals in 29 states, with an aggregate of approximately 20,000 licensed beds. In over 55 percent of the markets served, Company A-affiliated hospitals are the sole provider of healthcare services. In April 2012, Company A […]
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Johnston Technologies provides a load banking testing service for any size generator, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), or Power Distribution Unit (PDU). Our primary options for load banking services include resistive load banks and DC load banks. Our resistive load banks are used for generators and UPS systems, while our DC load banks are used in testing […]
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