To most outsiders the datacenter industry may seem to be quite parochial. A niche blend at the intersection of building and IT technologies. Even to many senior business managers both of these areas in and of themselves are not necessarily considered business critical. As such, little if any time is spent concentrating on the issues [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Chiller-Side Chats: When Worlds Collide
Posted in Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Processes, Infrastructure, tagged AC versus DC, Chiller Side Chats, Data center best practices, Data Center Business Decisions, Data Center Challenges, Data Center decisions, Data Center issues, Data Center Management, DATA Center power, IT and Data Centers on May 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Upcoming Speaking Engagements and Industry Events
Posted in Data Center Conferences, Data Center Industry, Digital Realty Trust, Michael Manos, tagged 7x24 Exchange, Boca Raton, Data Center Dynamics, Data Center Issues Symposium, Emerson Network Power and Cooling Seminar, Gartner Data Center Conference, Las Vegas, Mike Manos Blog, San Francisco, Tier One Research on May 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For those of you interested I thought I would post a few of the upcoming industry events I plan on attending this year as either a speaker, panelist, or general attendee. 7×24 Exchange / May 31st-June 1st / Boca Raton, Florida Data Center Issues Symposium / June 9th / New York, NY Data Center Dynamics/ [...]
Forecast Cloudy with Continued Enterprise
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Industry, Digital Realty Trust, Personal Thoughts, tagged Chris Crosby, Cloud Compute, Cloud infrastructure, data centers, Digital Realty Trust, FOGs, history of electrical utility, Information Utility, Information-sphere, Jim Smith, Michael Manos, Microsoft, MISTs, Modular Data Center, Pod Architecture, PUE on May 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This post is a portion of my previous post that I broke into two. It more clearly defines where I think the market is evolving to and why companies like Digital Trust Realty will be at the heart of the change in our industry. The Birth of Utilities and why a Century ago will [...]
Starting something new….
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Industry, Digital Realty Trust, Microsoft Data Centers, Personal Thoughts, tagged Chris Crosby, Cloud Compute, Cloud infrastructure, data centers, Digital Realty Trust, FOGs, history of electrical utility, Information Utility, Information-sphere, Jim Smith, Michael Manos, Microsoft, MISTs, Modular Data Center, Pod Architecture, PUE on May 4, 2009 | 7 Comments »
This post was an interesting struggle for me. What should my first post since my departure from Microsoft be about? I have a great amount of topics that I definitely want to talk about regarding the distance and gap from the executive suite, to Information Technology to the data center floor and why there continues [...]
The Data Center Blogs I Read
Posted in Data Center Blogs, Data Center Industry, Personal Thoughts, tagged Arthur Cole blog, Burton Group Data Center Strategies, Cisco, Data Center blog, Data Center Blogs, Data center blogs I read, Data Center Design, Data Center Dynamics, Data Center Facilities Pro, Data Center Journal Superfeed, Data Center Junkie, Data Center Knowledge, Data Center Networks blog, Dave Ohara, Digital Cave, Green Data Center Blog, Greg Linden blog, Groves Green IT, James Hamilton, John Rath, Lewis Curtis, Loosebolts blog, MS Data Centers, Nicholas Carr, rough Type, ServerTech blog, Techhermit, The Raised Floor on May 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Every once in a while I like to post up the latest data center blogs and news sources that I follow on a daily basis. I have never really gotten into the “blog reader that looks like email” paradigm, probably because it reminds me too much of work. Like you, I get a ton of [...]
