Title : 
Guest Editors´ Introduction: Data Center Design
         
        
            Author : 
Chou, Wes ; Chang, J.Morris ; Christensen, Ken
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Cisco Systems
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The ability of a good data center design to provide security, scalability, and maintainability to an IT operation makes it the cornerstone of a successful enterprise. This introduction to IT Pro´s theme issue on data center design explains the basics behind this theory and describes the articles selected to exemplify it.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Access control; Buildings; Computer networks; Contacts; Cooling; Data security; Network servers; Personal communication networks; Personnel; Software maintenance; IT professional; data center design; green computing;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
IT Professional
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MITP.2009.72