Shifting IT resources to optimize datacenter operations can have major impact on a business’ bottom line by reducing costs for power, cooling, and water. Datacenter managers are beginning to prioritize investment in efficiency in an effort to lower the TCO (total cost of operation) of their facilities. Largely through the application of cloud computing and software-based solutions, many large enterprises – including Google, Facebook, and Dell – have touted datacenter efficiency and energy savings as a competitive advantage.  They have also begun to share best practices in an effort to increase the response to datacenter inefficiency throughout the industry.

8:00am:    Networking Breakfast 

8:30am:    Panel Discussion

• Identifying best practices for provisioning and efficiently managing servers, including real time performance monitoring, temperature control, airflow distribution, and use of air-side or water-side economizers.
• Efficiency strategies for small-to-medium sized IT operations.
• Addressing the costs for optimizing datacenters, justifying the investment, and getting CFO buy-in.
• Optimizing datacenters for energy efficiency from the design process.
  

10:00am:    Networking  

10:30am:    End of Meeting

Moderator:

Deloitte Clean Tech Practice, Director, Cleantech Practice, Brian Goncher

Speakers:

Power Assure, Clemens Pfeiffer, CTO and co-founder

SAP, Timo Stelzer, Green IT

NetApp, John Wallerich, Principal Architect, Office of the IT CTO

Deloitte,Chris Weitz, Director of Consulting

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