Category: Flooring

– Ken Koty, sales engineer for PDU Cables and former data center facilities manager for Thomsen Reuters, says:When I’m talking with people about data centers, the discussions cover a wide range of topics.  One topic that...

– Ken Koty, sales engineer for PDU Cables (www.pducables.com) and former data center facilities manager for Thomsen Reuters, says: Labeling, a worthy obsessionI’ve had people call me obsessive compulsive, anal retentive...

– Robert Neave is a Co-founder and Vice President of Sustainable IT Initiatives at nlyte Software (www.nlyte.com)Why are we hearing more about raised floors not being used in thedata center? There has always been an issue...

– Steve Hambruch, Data Center Architect at Data Center Resources (www.datacenterresources.com), says:Are raised floors a way to save costs?This approach has the ability to save considerable CapEx and OpEx dollars. First,...

– Steve Yellen, Vice President of Product/Market Strategy, Aperture (www.aperture.com), says:Are raised floors a trend in the data center? Or a fad? It’s not a fad. A Research Note released in December 2009, by the...

– Bob Cogan, managing partner at Pro Access Floors (www.proaccessfloors.com), says: What maintenance and/or cleaning needs to be done on data center flooring and flooring accessories? First and foremost is to determine the...

– Tom Turner, product manager of grounding and bonding and power connectors at PANDUIT (www.panduit.com), says:Many data centers have loose busbar connectors. One reason that they loosen has to do with how the grounding...

– David Long, president of Staticworx (www.staticworx.com), says:It is important to point out a key distinction about static control flooring in data centers; research has shown that there are only two forms of static...