October 11, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center professionals association AFCOM (afcom.com) said on Monday it had released its "Data Center Smart Tools" handbook series at the Data Center World Conference in Chicago.
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AFCOM distributed copies of the first installment of the series, entitled "Data Center Safety," to all the data center professionals attending the conference.
"The goal of the 'Smart Tools' initiative is to help busy data center professionals streamline their problem-solving processes by consolidating industry guidelines, standards, resource links, checklists and best practices into full-color, easy-to-use handbooks," says Jill Eckhaus, AFCOM president. "We're excited to bring this resource to market and deliver on AFCOM's mission to be the most comprehensive and affective resource working with the data center community."
The "Data Center Smart Tools" handbooks, available for free to AFCOM members in print and via the AFCOM Web site, will focus on specific issues and challenges facing data center management. Future installments will include topics on facilities management, vendor relations, best practices and more.