2008 Data Center Industry Survey

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Required questions are indicated by a green line down the left.

1 : Select your role in the data center industry:
- Vendor/Product Manufacturer
- Construction Manager
- Data Center End User
- Consultant
- Contractor
- Other :
2 : In your opinion, what are the top 3 challenges facing data center managers today? (select 3)
- Safety/Security
- Cooling
- Server Space/Expansion
- Disaster Recovery
- Energy Efficiency
- Reliability/Uptime
- Education/Training
- Budgetary Constraints
- Staffing Qualified Personnel
3 : If you make purchases for your data center, please identify the top 3 industry professionals that have the greatest influence on your data center electrical/infrastructure purchasing decisions: (select 3)
- Data Center Peer/Professional
- General Contractor
- Electrical Contractor
- IT Manager
- Consultant/Specifying Engineer
- In-House Facilities Group
- Product Manufacturer
4 : If you purchase facility management services, which post-installation facility management services have you purchased or are considering purchasing from UPS, generator, or data center switchgear vendors? (check all that apply)
- Product Training/Education
- Energy audit/Energy management
- Service & Maintenance Agreement
- Remote System Monitoring
- Arc Flash Studies / Reliability Studies
- Power quality troubleshooting/Event reconstruction
5 : Do you currently own/manage a data center facility?
- Yes
- No
6 : If you answered 'Yes' in question 5, in what industry sector is your data center facility?
- Financial/Banking
- Telecom
- Internet
- Healthcare - Hospital
- Healthcare - Clinical
- Healthcare - Other
- Education - K-12
- Education - University
- Government - State
- Government - Federal
- Government - Local
- Insurance
- Other :
7 : If you answered 'Yes' in question 5, what is the total square footage of your data center facility?
8 : How did you learn about this website?
- 2008 7X24 Exchange Expo
- 2008 AFCOM event
- Initiative 2008
- Data Center Dynamics event
- Search engine, i.e. Google, Yahoo
- Followed link from other website
- Online video
- Referral, word of mouth
- Advertisement/Article/Brochure
- Saved as a home page/bookmark/favorite
- Other :
9 : What is your primary reason for visiting Square D Critical Power's website?
- To learn more about Critical Power
- To find out about Schneider Electric products or answer a specific product question
- To learn where to purchase
- To locate trained installer near you
- Request technical support
- Find contact information
- To view a Critical Power video
- Read new case studies published on the site
- To download literature
- To download drawings
- Research/Educational purposes
- Other :
10 : Would you like to be notified when new technical content is added to the library at criticalpowernow.com?
- Yes
- No
11 : What suggestions, if any, would you like to share for consideration in improving this website?
12 : Your information
- First Name
- Last Name
- Title
- Company Name
- Street Address
- City
- State
- Zip Code
- Country
- Email
- Telephone
- Fax

2008 Data Center Industry Survey

1 : Select your role in the data center industry:

2 : In your opinion, what are the top 3 challenges facing data center managers today? (select 3)

3 : If you make purchases for your data center, please identify the top 3 industry professionals that have the greatest influence on your data center electrical/infrastructure purchasing decisions: (select 3)

4 : If you purchase facility management services, which post-installation facility management services have you purchased or are considering purchasing from UPS, generator, or data center switchgear vendors? (check all that apply)

5 : Do you currently own/manage a data center facility?

6 : If you answered 'Yes' in question 5, in what industry sector is your data center facility?

7 : If you answered 'Yes' in question 5, what is the total square footage of your data center facility?

8 : How did you learn about this website?

9 : What is your primary reason for visiting Square D Critical Power's website?

10 : Would you like to be notified when new technical content is added to the library at criticalpowernow.com?

11 : What suggestions, if any, would you like to share for consideration in improving this website?

12 : Your information