The data centre is typically where organizations spend the bulk of their technology and resource investments, so quite naturally, operating one efficiently is a top concern for chief information officers and their staffs. The management complexities range from integration, availability and reliability issues to information management best practices, security concerns, risk management and data protection.

Employees are putting more pressure on information technology to deliver new and different services ranging from device flexibility to new applications. Here are five important practices to make data centres more efficient, from Scott Dillon who is executive vice president and head of technology infrastructure services at Wells Fargo.

Source: Bank Technology News