Today Microsoft announced the launch of their premier flagship data center facility in Dublin, Ireland. This is a huge achievement in many ways and from many angles. While there are those who will try and compare this facility to other ‘Chiller-less’ facilities, I can assure you this facility is unique in so many ways. But [...]
Archive for September, 2009
A Well Deserved Congratulations to Microsoft Dublin DC Launch
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Industry, Green IT, Microsoft Data Centers, Modular Data Center, container data center, tagged Chiller-less data center, Dublin, Limerick, Microsoft, Microsoft Data Center on September 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Modular Evolution, Uptime Resolution, and Software Revolution
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Capacity Planning, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Processes, Data Center Software, Data Center Technologies, Infrastructure, Michael Manos, Power of Software, tagged Application Geo-diversity, Application inventory, Data Center Tier, Microsoft, Oracle, RFI, RFP, SAP, Uptime Institute on September 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Its a very little known fact but software developers are costing enterprises millions of dollars and I don’t think in many cases either party realizes it. I am not referring to the actual cost of purchase for the programs and applications or even the resulting support costs. Those are easily calculated and can be hard [...]
Must Have Swag…..
Posted in Data Center Fun, Modular Data Center, container data center, tagged Data Center marketing, data center swag, Digital Realty Trust, lego, lego data center, Loosebolts blog, Modular Data Center on September 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I try not to post much business related stuff (ala Digital Realty Trust) on Loosebolts as its my own place to rant and rave. To be clear-none of the things I say on here represent the views of the company what-so-ever. But sometimes, there are a things that come along that really make me smile [...]
Speaking on Container Solutions and Applications at Interop New York
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Conferences, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Processes, Data Center Technologies, Green IT, Michael Manos, Modular Data Center, container data center, tagged Containers, Data Center, Green Data Center, Green IT, Interop on September 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have been invited to speak and chair a panel at Interop, New York (November 16-20, 2009) to give a talk exploring the hype and reality surrounding Data Center based containers and Green IT in general.
The goal of the panel discussion will help data center managers evaluate and approach containers by understanding their [...]
More Chiller Side Chat Redux….
Posted in Chiller Side Chats, Cloud Computing, Data Center Capacity Planning, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Processes, Data Center Technologies, Digital Realty Trust, Michael Manos, Webinar, tagged Chiller Side Chats, Chris Crosby, Data center best practices, Data Center Business Decisions, Data Center Engineering on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been getting continued feedback on the Chiller Side Chat that we did live on Monday, September 14th. I wanted to take a quick moment and discuss one of the recurring themes of emails I have been receiving on the topic of data center site selection and the decisions that result at the intersection [...]
Miss the “Live” Chiller Side Chat? Hear it here!
Posted in Chiller Side Chats, Cloud Services, Data Center Capacity Planning, Data Center Industry, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Technologies, Digital Realty Trust, Green IT, Infrastructure, Michael Manos, container data center, tagged Chiller Side Chats, Live Chiller Side Chat, Michael Manos on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The folks who were recording the “Live” Chiller Side Chat have sent me a link to the recording. If you were not able to make the event live, but are still interested in hearing how it went feel free to have a listen at the following link:
LIVE CHILLER SIDE CHAT
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Live Chiller Side Chat Redux
Posted in Chiller Side Chats, Data Center Blogs, Data Center Conferences, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Power Capping, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Technologies, Digital Realty Trust, Green IT, Michael Manos, Modular Data Center, Personal Thoughts, Webinar, container data center, tagged Chiller Side Chats, Data Center Knowledge, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Seminar, Executive Seminar, Rich Miller on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I wanted to take a moment to thank Rich Miller of Data Center Knowledge, and all of those folks that called in and asked and submitted questions today in the Live Chiller Side Chat. It was incredible fun for me to get a chance to answer questions directly from everyone. My only regret is that [...]
Presenting that the EPA/Energy Star Event on 9/24
Posted in Cloud Computing, Data Center Conferences, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Technologies, Digital Realty Trust, Michael Manos, tagged data centers, Energy Efficiency, Energy Star, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick note that I will be presenting at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star Event on September 24th at the Hotel Sax in Chicago. If you plan on attending (Unfortunately, for late comers, the event has reached its maximum attendance) please feel free to hunt me down and chat. My talk will of [...]
“We Can’t Afford to measure PUE”
Posted in Data Center Capacity Planning, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Power Capping, Data Center Processes, Data Center Technologies, Infrastructure, tagged branch circuit monitoring, Green Data Center, power measurement, power metering, PUE on September 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of the more interesting phenomena that I experience as I travel and talk with customers and industry peers is that there is a significant number of folks out there with the belief that they cannot measure PUE because they cannot afford or lack the funding for the type of equipment and systems needed to [...]
Live Chiller Side Chat
Posted in Chiller Side Chats, Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Conferences, Data Center Industry, Data Center Processes, Data Center Regulation, Tier One Research, tagged Chiller Side Chats, Data Center Knowledge, data center webcast, Digital Realty Trust, Hosting Transformation Summit, Las Vegas, Michael Manos, Rich Miller, Tier One Research on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am extremely excited to be participating in a live (webcast) Chiller-Side Chat hosted by none other than Rich Miller of Data Center Knowledge. The event is scheduled for Monday, September 14th from noon to 1pm Central Standard Time. You can register for the online event at this link.
I think perhaps the most interesting aspect [...]
