The following guest blog is from Peter Van Deventer, CEO SynapSense Corporation
Core to the current administration’s stimulus package are appropriations to enable energy efficiency in buildings and what is widely known as the “smart grid.” As this need for a smarter infrastructure grows, that need carries over into the data center. For most enterprises, the data center consumes up to one-third of the operation’s total power consumption, and on a national scale represents up to 2 percent of United States power consumption. The criticality of power in the data center is not just consumption, but also functional limits on capacity and optimally efficient usage to defer the need for expensive infrastructure build out of new data center space.
The Global Chief Supply Chain Officer Study kicked off in early March with a summit event in San Francisco.
This video features Sanjeev Nagrath, who leads the global supply chain management practice in IBM’s consulting unit, Global Business Services, and Karen Butner,with IBM’s Institute of Business Value.