Executive Insight: Powering Through The Economy

By Lennart Jonsson, vice president and CTO, Electrical Sector, Eaton

Today's lean, tightly-regulated economy and the everincreasing importance of IT have many organizations caught in a bind. On one hand, reliable access to power is vital to keeping data centers operational, and the costs associated with loss of power can be devastating. On the other hand, IT departments are being asked to get more done with less money even as energy rates continue to rise. Indeed, the cost of electricity is already outpacing the cost of hardware. It's no surprise, then, that for many organizations electrical power now constitutes the largest component of total cost of ownership. However, organizations can get past this predicament by making smart, strategic investments.