Conference Chairman Opening Speech - Key Statistics

Sustainable Cooling Strategies for Data Centres

Data centre cooling systems have been through a major transformation in recent years as a result of increased load densities and the growing awareness of sustainable design practices for building systems.

This presentation will outline the current primary cooling options and air distribution strategies where I will compare the energy efficiencies, consider life cycle costs and look at the advantages and disadvantages of each option. The relevance of Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and The Green Grid in the design of modern data centres will also be discussed.

Mr Kevin Hide
Mechanical Principal & Facilities Group Leader
URS New Zealand Ltd
Representing IRHACE

Connecting the Business Service View with the IT Engineering View

Kiwibank have in the last year developed a graphical monitoring platform based upon Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager platform that provides connectivity between the business service view and the detailed engineering view. Bohdan Szymanik will describe how this gives the company a dramatically improved view into systems management and how it can be used in combination with the corporate social computing platform to support better decision making within the IT environment.

Dr Bohdan Szymanik
Chief Technology Officer
Kiwibank

Are you the Weakest Link?

A discussion centred around the latest buzz words – “resilience” and “Supply Chain”.Where does your organisation position itself?

As a link in a Supply Chain or as a resilient predator at the top of the food chain. “Continuity” is maturing around the world into a Management discipline that enhances an organisation’s operational resilience by examining the threats and benefits within its supply chain.

Mr Ian Clark
Fellow
Business Continuity Institute

BICSI 002, Data Center Design Standard and Recommended Practices

With the push for greater capacity, increased efficiency and higher levels of utilization, data centres have become more complex to design and bring on-line. As a result, today’s data centre designer is often required to have knowledge in many systems - mechanical, electrical and telecommunications systems—areas not typically found in the same reference manuals or standards.

Mr Bruce Turner
ICT Group Leader – Aurecon
Representing BICSI South Pacific

Data Centre Cooling Strategies - Any Environment, Any Density

Kevin Hughes, APC's Advocate and Cooling Product Manager for APJ, will take you through a complete range of cooling solutions. From Room to Row to Over Aisle, hear first hand which solution best applies to your application. Doing more with less is still a critical concern to those in Data Centre management. This session will also show how the right cooling solutions contribute to greater energy efficiencies, lower cost of ownership and an improvement in PUE.

Mr Kevin Hughes
Cooling Solutions - Product Manager APJ
APC by Schneider Electric

Highly Efficient Data Centre Cooling by means of Dynamic Free Cooling

The decision to green the data centre is no longer a question of “if”, but “when”. With significant energy efficiency gains possible using ambient air free-cooling, the challenge will be to select the optimum technology to meet initial capital cost constraints whilst maximizing long term operational benefits. Stulz will present a comparative analysis of the various free-cooling techniques currently available.

Mr Mark Ebert
Technical Solutions Engineer
Stulz Australia

A Strategic Approach to Power Monitoring: An Extra Umbrella of Protection for your IT Infrastructure

The drive for increased energy efficiencies, the constant moves additions and changes to IT equipment, along with disparate IT and facility monitoring and organisational structures can reduce the data centre’s power infrastructure efficiency and reliability.

Mr Ciaran Bolton
Product Manager,
Data Centre Solutions
Eaton Industries, Electrical Group

The Next Generation ICT Infrastructure
Next Generation Solutions for your evolving networks

While rapid advances in technology have given enterprises more computer firepower, they have also resulted in data centers that are resource-hungry, more complex and more expensive to manage. How can today’s complex data centers be made easier to operate? How can IT executives lower their OPEX? How can these issues be addressed without diluting critical levels of availability? These are the pressing issues addressed by Emerson Network Power in its breakout session, "Efficiency Without Compromise."

Mr Nick van der Plas
National Sales Manager
Emerson Network Power New Zealand

Presentation 1
Helping the CIO, CFO and Regulators Communicate About “Green” Data Centers

Presentation 2 Tier Classification System for Data Centers
Facts vs. Myths and Confusion

Mr Kenneth G. Brill, Founder, Uptime Institute
(Aquamarine II)

Build Once, Operate Constantly

Does resilience = security? A data centre is designed for continuity of service and this requires a huge investment. The cost multiplies dramatically as the level of resilience is increased but the main cause of unplanned downtime is not “equipment” but “people”. The level of investment in “the human factor” is typically not given the priority it deserves. Having the right people, good systems and proven processes in place can greatly reduce or eliminate unplanned outages.

Mr Craig Stephens
New Zealand Operations Manager
Integrated Facilities Management
Jones Lang LaSalle

Driving Profitability through Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Energy savings go straight to the bottom line and many Kiwi companies have gained a competitive edge by using energy better. Pramesh will provide an overview of New Zealand’s renewable energy resources and energy efficiency considerations for businesses and data centres.

Mr Pramesh Maharaj
Team Leader, Business
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA)

Panel Discussion