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The article reports on a grant received by the Labriola National American Indian Data Center of Arizona State University (ASU) from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to enable the center to better help Tribal nations that want to establish archival collections. The project is titled "Firekeepers: Building Archival Data Sovereignty through Indigenous Memory Keeping." Reasons why it is important to do the project are mentioned. Also noted is one of the challenges facing these types of projects.

The article explores the increasing demand for data in South Africa, driven by digitalization, enhanced connectivity, and cloud computing. It emphasizes the challenges and opportunities unique to the continent, discussing the need for more data centers to improve ICT connectivity. It also mentions the growth of the data center construction market in Africa, citing examples of projects in Senegal and Ghana,.

The paper is a report on the state of school libraries in 2022 prepared on the basis of data on school libraries in the so-called Škol report, which was completed by every school and academic library of Slovak Republic. The results of the survey include data on the number of schools and school libraries, their library holdings, number of users and loans, educational and cultural events, technological equipment, staff and management. The analysis indicates that despite an ongoing interest in experiential education, school libraries continue to be significantly underfunded, which affects the expansion of their holdin- gs and informatization. The paper offers proposals to increase the quality of school libraries, including a detailed timeline created by the National Institute of Education and Youth, the goal of which is to support the literacy of elemen- tary and secondary school students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the evolution of automation architecture and the drivers behind it. The Chief Technology Officer at Emerson, Peter Zornio, explains that the current automation architecture has remained largely unchanged since the 1990s and that it is time to take advantage of advancements in IT computing, such as the cloud and analytics. Boundless automation, which involves integrated data and contextualized analytics, can be adopted for both new construction and existing operations. Technical differences in this architecture include new field connectivity technology and the use of wireless devices. The article also highlights the importance of unified data and the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and boundless automation. Ultimately, the goal is to make data more accessible and convert it into actionable insights. [Extracted from the article]

Autodesk announced at its annual user conference in San Diego a deepening partnership with Esri, focusing on artificial intelligence workflows and data sharing. The company outlined a future where granular data from Autodesk applications like Revit and AutoCAD will flow onto cloud platforms like Autodesk Docs and Forma, as well as from partner companies like Esri. CEO Andrew Anagnost highlighted the development of Forma as a conceptual design tool that integrates natural language prompts and sustainability analysis, aiming to merge with geospatial data and expand into digital-twin analysis roles. Anagnost reassured users that Revit will not move entirely to the cloud but will allow granular data, such as geometric data, to flow to other platforms like Forma and Docs, addressing a long-standing user request for direct access to design geometry. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the upcoming Interservice/ Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Florida, focusing on the theme of "Assuring Deterrence Through Integrated Training and Readiness." The conference aims to address the need for interoperability, virtual reality technologies, and the role of AI in training and warfare. It also highlights the importance of cyber and data strategies in modern training solutions. The National Training and Simulation Association offers various events throughout the year to engage with industry and procurement officials, emphasizing collaboration and innovation for national defense. [Extracted from the article]

The article deals with the development of cooling systems for data centers in light of the increasing demand for processing capacities and the associated heat generation. A more sustainable solution is cooling systems that use water instead of air. The Open Compute Project is working on standardizing liquid cooling technologies to promote the use of liquid-cooled IT. Victaulic offers grooved pipe connection systems as a solution for installation under challenging conditions. These systems have a long lifespan, allow for easy expansions, and eliminate environmental, health, and fire risks. Victaulic is collaborating with OCP and other providers of liquid cooling systems to offer energy-efficient solutions for data centers. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on growth in data centre arena. Topics include information on how data centres are heartbeat of a digital economy; how Teraco Data Environments, Africa's largest vendor-neutral data center provider, completed Phase 1 of its raw hyper scale data center in cape Town; and how Teraco sold a majority interest to global data centre giant Digital Realty.

The article explores the Defense Department's vision of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2), emphasizing the need for data normalization to enable seamless communication among various military systems and partners. Topics discussed include the challenge of data compatibility, the importance of distributed networks, and the transition to a zero-trust architecture for secure data management.

The article introduces a new phenomenon in the fi eld of web archiving, speci- fi cally the eff orts to work with large amounts of data and the use of metadata for accessing the archived data. Thanks to the growing demand for archived data, the project "Development of a Centralized Interface for Extracting Big Data from Web Archives" was created. This project aims to provide researchers with the data they need through a friendly user interface. In addition to the basic parameters of the project and its goals, the article describes the activities that accompany data archiving, such as the creation and storage of metadata, and the possibility of accessing archived data within the limits of the Czech legislation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers the suggestions for new technology including Altair Material Data Center for accurate data and data lineage in metals from Altair Engineering; Desktop Anisoprinting for fiber composites printing from Anisoprint; and Resin Blocker for maintaining vacuum from Oli46.

The analysis is aimed at presenting a condition of school libraries in 2019 and activities of the Methodological Centre of the Slovak Pedagogical Library for School Libraries as well as projects focused on supporting and development of reading literacy. The survey which analyses the condition of school libraries includes data on the number of schools and their libraries, the numbers of school library collections, the number of users and library loans of these libraries, data on educational, cultural and social events organized by school libraries, as well as data on IT facilities available in school libraries, and data on school libraries' personal and financial resources. The author also specifies the ways of fulfilling the mission of the Methodological Centre of the Slovak Pedagogical Library for School Libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article compares several religious databases, including the ATLA Religion database, the Religion module of Oxford Scholarship Online and others. Religion is not just a hot topic. Religious-related issues-abortion, school prayer, stem cell research, gay marriage-figure prominently in the current political debate. The Religion module of Oxford Scholarship Online gives libraries an ebook option to enhance their religious studies collections, while ProQuest Religion, EBSCO's Religion & Philosophy Collection, and Gale's new InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy offer a core set of full-text journals. The other Advanced Search option supplies the searcher with a 3x3 grid of search boxes, pull-down field search options, hard-wired OR operators between equivalent search terms, and more. The ProQuest Smart Search feature, introduced in mid-2004, examines a user's search terms and search history and then recommends relevant topics and potentially useful periodicals when the search results are displayed. INSET: OTHER SOURCES.

Evaluates several databases available for librarians and library users. Features of the Academic Search Elite from EBSCO Publishing; Pros and cons of ProQuest Research Library from ProQuest Information and Learning; Searchability of FirstSearch-Base Package with Full Text from OCLC Inc. INSET: Other sources.

Discusses how New York City's Bank Street School for Children created a reading database. Focus on making a suggested reading list; Use of the data management program Personal File System; How the students created a database so they could search for reading suggestions; Advantages and limitations; The file contents.

The article informs that Yahoo Japan Corp. has selected and deployed A.O. Smith Corp. its production multi-vendor Clos data center network in November 2017. It reports that Yahoo Japan required a new data center network infrastructure and more efficient network operations to support their big data requirements and massive growth in network traffic.

The article presents an overview of the ebooks' market. A presentation of various ebooks' vendors, ordering tools, purchasing models, prices and contents is offered to librarians and their users. The evolution and advantages of ebooks, such as their flexibility and functionality, are also described.

Discusses the use of data mining by libraries. Role of librarians in managing large stores of data and analyzing data to serve their users better; Observation that while an operational database system like an integrated library system (ILS) is optimized for processing transactions, a data warehouse is optimized for analysis; Information on data mining; How data mining is emerging as a library practice; Barriers to data mining within libraries, including terminology and attitudes of vendors; Argument supporting libraries' use of data mining; Thoughts on making data mining feasible; Examples of successful use of data mining by libraries.

Informatica's AI copilot, also, has been devised in amanner that is similar to ClaireGPT, Walia said, addingthat copilot's capabilities are built on the company'sexperience in data management and data engineering. NEWS IDMC is a suite that sits on top of enterprisedatabases and manages data from various data sources byingesting, cataloging, and applying data governance rules Enterprise data management vendor Informatica will beadding generative AI capabilities to its Intelligent DataManagement Cloud (IDMC) via the addition of ClaireGPT andAI copilot. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses various modes of energy consumption of data centers. Topics discussed include the distribution of power in data libraries, energy efficiency metrics and benchmarking fro tracking and monitoring the performance of data centers, and backup generators with power usage effectiveness and data center infrastructure efficiency. Information about in-house data center colocation, immersion cooling, energy efficiency measures is also presented.

The article discusses the University of Utah's Downtown Data Center, its renovation and design management. The design standards for the Downtown Data Center's are its minimum U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver certification; energy-efficient operation, low power usage effectiveness, and concurrently maintainable no single points of failure. It also mentions flexible infrastructure to support a variety of programs and technology solutions.

The article reports that NTT, a leading, global technology services company, has announced to the opening of the Johannesburg 1 Data Center, located in Samrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, to help meet the growing demand for high-performing digital infrastructure on the continent.

The article discusses the use of ab/adsorption chillers to provide the required temperature control in data centers. Topics discussed include a brief description of a data center and an ab/adsorption chiller, the two categories of absorption chillers, and the challenges faced by project teams in the commissioning of an ab/adsorption chiller. It also presents the insights of industry experts regarding temperature control facilities.

The article reports on the partnership of technology company Cisco Systems Inc. with robotic automation supplier Fanuc America Corp., which aims to facilitate the integration of predictive maintenance schemes with robotics. Topics discussed include the collaborative systems solution Zero Downtime (ZDT), Cisco's Connected Machines, and the cloud-based ZDT Data Center. ZDT's capability to anticipate maintenance issues or outages is also mentioned.

The article discusses the launch of Deep Blue Data, an open repository for sharing and archiving large data sets generated by researchers, by the University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor. Topics include the university's development of a suite of research data services for its faculty and students, the use of subject specialists to inform and assist departments and individual researchers with the services, and promotion of the service by Advanced Research Computing, faculty, and staff.

The article focuses on the development of data centers, to optimize cooling towers that help in maintaining the flow of information with decreasing the flow of water. It mentions that 70 percent of the earth's surface is covered with water and 97 percent of that water is salt water. It mentions that like Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), the Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE) metric uses the value of Information Technology (IT) Equipment Energy as its denominator.

The article discusses technological developments in the information technology (IT) industry as of December 2014, particularly the pressure to major organizations to establish software-defined data centers (SDCC) despite immature technologies. According to ZK Research's Zeus Kerravala, traditional businesses like banks and manufacturers are pressured to cope up with start-up companies. Also cited is the comment by Mark Collier of OpenStack Foundation on the developments.

The article discusses software providers offering analytics capabilities designed to organize and provide robust reporting.

The article presents the author's comments on the breakthroughs in data center design and building automation. The author says that there have been so many advancements in the data center design sector, that the industry seems to be on the horizon. The author discusses the evolutionary simplicity in HVAC systems of data centers. The author mentions the Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments issued by ASHRAE.

The article reports on the selection of the data center of the wireless provider Cellular (C) Spire by Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. for the enhancement of the distributed systems disaster recovery program of the latter. According to vice president Charles Allen, the geographical proximity to the center is one of the key factors in the selection of C Spire. It adds that managed hosting, colocation, and computing are the other services which will be offered by C Spire center.

The article discusses Tektronix Inc.'s 100/400-Gbit/s optical test solutions for fiber-optical components and products. For short-haul applications such as data centers, disk arrays, private local-area networks (LANs), and metro networks, Ethernet 802.3 standards are used. The Tektronix LE320 provides a flexible nine-tap filter configuration that enables BERTs and oscilloscopes to measure specific signal conditions.

The article focuses on reasons for businesses and organizations to build or choose a private cloud. Experts believe some businesses that are building private clouds would be better off with standard virtualized data centers or with public cloud services. Businesses need to consider why it wants to build a private cloud in the first place, such as the need for security. Another reason is the need for systems that deliver very high performance.

The article discusses technological developments in the operation of companies in the U.S., particularly in their information technology (IT) department, as of late October 2013. It cites as example the operation of FedEx, which has adopted the green IT concept in its new data center for optimum operational efficiency. The opinion of Gartner analyst Simon Mingay on the developments is also cited.

The article discusses the significance of the "2011 Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments - Expanded Data Center Classes and Usage Guidance," issued by the American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) TC9.9. It says that the Guidance offers five metrics including acoustical noise, server power, and reliability, which can help to optimize data center design. It mentions that the Guidance also recommended the temperature range for safe operation.

The article discusses how variable air volume (VAV) design opportunities fro data centers. It offers several examples of how VAV solutions helped in controlling temperature and made traditional computer room air conditioning units and computer room air handlers more efficient. It notes that building designers should take advantage of the opportunities that VAV systems can offer to building operators and owners.

The article examines the impact of power outages to heating and ventilation systems of data centers and offers ways to protect equipment from storms, highlighting the outages following Hurricane Sandy in New York City on October 29, 2012. It details how data center operator Zayo Group LLC managed to control temperature three days after the outages started. It tackles how computer room air conditioning units (CRAC) function as information technology load increases.

The article discusses the role of energy storage to innovators designing the foundation of digital economy. It explains the importance of datacenters to the digital economy, as well as the key strength of energy storage. Opportunity areas for storage include centralized uninterruptible power supply (UPS), rack-mounted UPS systems and cooling systems. It cites the need for utilities to ensure that datacenters have the power they need and do not have negative impact on customers.

The article focuses on the transformation of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) of data centers in the U.S. It mentions the revised and expanded vendor-neutral guidelines for data centers that conform with the environmental requirements. It further highlights the importance to incorporate the methods, such as airside economizers and adiabatic cooling, to control the critical environment while saving energy.

The article discusses the possible server leakage induced by positive differential pressure while using hot and cold aisle containment in data centers in the U.S. It notes that the data center space has been one of the most rapidly evolving spaces based on cooling system design. It further highlights the importance to plan ahead of the realities of information technology (IT) hardware and its variability so that engineers can provide efficient data center cooling system.

The article differentiates the industrial and commercial automation in data centers in the U.S. It highlights the importance of building management systems (BMS) to optimize the control, monitoring and operation of data centers. In addition, choosing the right hardware, software, and instrumentation are the vital steps for a data center BMS to further maximize its performance and reliability.

The article discusses the use of microwave connections in high frequency trading (HFT) for speed connections between data centers and their markets, with latency measured in nanoseconds. In 1998, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allowed the competition of electronic exchanges with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and other marketplaces, resulting in the New Market Maker HFT.

The article reports on the data center with colocation in information technology (IT) industry. It mentions that business enterprises are facing internal and external demands for IT services. The existing data center couldn't be upgraded to fulfill the organization's IT requirements. Further it focuses on creating a new data center, which boost system responsiveness for employees as well as customers in remote locales.

The article offers information on the proper use of outdoor air in data centers. It discusses the data center design absolutes such as recognizing the recommended, advance the allowed, and separate the streams. Meanwhile, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) issues thermal and corrosion guidelines that appear to be counter to each other. It indicates that outdoor air (OA) economizers have the potential for saving energy.

The article offers information on top 12 green information technology (IT) organizations. The top green IT organization is Kaiser Permanente, whose IT facilities and data centers reduced 7.2 million kilowatt-hours of power. The second IT organization is KPMG LLP, which came second due to employing eyerything from virtual servers to solar panels.

The article reports on the adoption of APC by Schneider Electric's Symmetra Megawatt uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system by CoreLink Data Centers LLC at its data centers particularly in Chicago, Illinois. It says that the system enables the company to quickly increase the power capacity of clients by 200 kilowatts (Kw) increments up to 600Kw. It mentions several advantages of the system including high efficiency, flexibility in battery selection, and delivery of quality customer service.

The article focuses on the implementation of modular data center by the Purdue University. It states that design of modular data center relies on inexpensive building materials and efficient construction practices. Further it discusses the benefits and growing trend of modular data center implementation in Information Technology (IT) firms.