APC (apc.com) combined with MGE UPS Systems to form a $3 billion critical power and cooling services business unit of Schneider Electric, says the press release, and its solutions include uninterruptible power supplies, precision cooling units, racks, and design and management software.

In his session titled "Greening the Data Center and Your Company's Bottom Line," Brad Marks will discuss how thanks to the growing cost of energy, impending regulations and the desire to reduce environmental impacts, more organizations are looking at ways to reduce their energy needs. 

Energy efficiency is an issue that comes up frequently in the data center business, and several organizations are already working to develop energy efficiency metrics and practices for the data center business. Most prominent among those is the Green Grid (thegreengrid.org).

However, companies like Pacific Gas & Electric (pge.com) and energy-efficiency certification provider EPA Energy Star (energystar.gov) are also offering and developing programs to help data center operators implement energy-efficient measures recommended by each company's respective "green" standards.

WowGao says the Government and Health Technologies Conference & Expo strives to focus on the latest IT products and solutions being developed and sought after in the healthcare and public service sector, including Web 2.0, patient monitoring systems, document management, business intelligence, mobile data systems, RFID Solutions and biometrics.

The event is designed to educate key IT professionals, government officials, developers, architects, engineers and medical professionals with the necessary tools and techniques to manage all public information services across Canada.