Gain Control of Your Infrastructure So It Doesn't Control Your Business
Raymond Xie, Schneider Electric
While power, cooling, and cost control remain top concerns in the data center, new questions on green information technology, energy efficiency, power usage effectiveness, utility negotiations, and return on investment are highlighting the need for a new business orientation to the management of data center physical infrastructure. Organizations that are struggling with the complexities of availability, server consolidation, virtualization, and energy management are increasingly looking for more intelligent physical infrastructure management systems. Today's infrastructure management software packages can integrate with virtualization platforms, enterprise management systems, and even building management systems for a holistic management of the entire data center ecosystem, including utility power quality, chiller temperature, generator fuel level, uninterruptible power supply tolerance, and associated server application.
Biography:
Raymond Xie is currently a product manager of enterprise software at APC by Schneider Electric. Dr. Xie received his bachelor's degree in engineering from Tsinghua University in China and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Dalhousie University in Canada. Dr. Xie's career spans 13 years in various areas of information technology, including research and development, product architecture, business development, and product management. Dr. Xie holds three United States patents and is a strong advocate of enabling efficient, healthy, business-driven data centers with intelligent data center infrastructure management software.