The Future of the Data Center in an IoT World
At the recent DatacenterDynamics ZettaStructure in London , I met with Dave Johnson, Executive Vice-President for the IT Division at Schneider Electric. Dave was at the well-known conference and expo to participate in a plenary panel entitled “ Driverless cars, serverless data centers and the rise of ubiquitous zettastructures .” If an increase in data center automation is going to be vital for future technology roll-outs, this seemed like a good opportunity to discuss recent developments at Schneider Electric with him, and I was especially keen to find out more about Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure. EcoStruxure Defined Dave explained that EcoStruxure is Schneider Electric’s open, interoperable, IoT-enabled system architecture and platform. Within the data center, EcoStruxure for data center provides a three-level solution that begins with connected devices in the physical layer, which includes power back-up (UPSs) and power distribution units (PDUs), as well ...