As many of you saw in my last note, I have officially left Digital Realty Trust to address some personal things. While I get those things in order I am not sitting idling by. I am extremely happy to announce that I have taken a role at Nokia as their VP of Service Operations. In [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Rolling Clouds – My Move into the Mobile Cloud
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Operations, Cloud Services, Data Center Blogs, Data Center Industry, Data Center Technologies, Digital Realty Trust, Infrastructure, Michael Manos, Nokia, tagged Apple, Cloud Operations, data centers, Google, Infrastructure, Manos leaves Digital Realty Trust, Microsoft, Nokia, Olivier Sanche, Urs Hoelze on January 31, 2010 | 6 Comments »
A Digital Adieu
Posted in Data Center Blogs, Data Center Fun, Data Center Industry, Digital Realty Trust, Infrastructure, Michael Manos, Personal Thoughts, tagged BTS Data Centers, Departure, Digital Realty Trust, DIY Data Centers, DLR, Manos Resignation, Manos Resigns, Michael Manos, POD Architecture Services, Resigns on January 29, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Those who follow the news from Digital Realty Trust closely may have recently read that I have decided to leave the company to focus a bit more on some personal work/life balance issues. With this move comes a new role that I will talk more of in the coming days and weeks. I would like [...]
Private Clouds – Not just a Cost and Technology issue, Its all about trust, the family jewels, corporate value, and identity
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Operations, Cloud Services, Data Center Capacity Planning, Data Center Industry, Data Center Software, Data Center Technologies, Digital Realty Trust, Green IT, Infrastructure, Michael Manos, Personal Thoughts, tagged Amazon, Cloud infrastructure, Cloud Operations, Cloud Risk, Data Center Technology, Digital Realty Trust, DockIT, Dupont Fabros, Equinix, James Hamilton, Private Clouds on January 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I recently read a post by my good friend James Hamilton at Amazon regarding Private Clouds. James and I worked closely together at Microsoft and he was always a good source for out of the box thinking and challenging the status quo. While James post found here, speaks to the Private Cloud initiative being what [...]
Lessons from Dad
Posted in Cloud Operations, Michael Manos, Personal Thoughts, tagged Chicago Police, John Manos, Leadership, Managing People, Operations on January 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last week my father retired from the Chicago Police Department. After 38 years on the force (34 of which he spent as a Homicide Detective in the worst areas of Chicago) he finally called it quits. Its an event I truly thought I would never see. My dad has had quite a colorful and storied [...]
CIO Magazine Data Center Roundtable
Posted in Carbon Cap and Trade, Chiller Side Chats, Cloud Services, container data center, Data Center Conferences, Data Center Industry, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Technologies, Digital Realty Trust, Green IT, Infrastructure, Michael Manos, tagged CIO Magazine, Data Center Round Table, Michael Manos on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Wednesday January 13th, I will be co-hosting a Roundtable Dinner with Chicago area CIOs on the topic of data centers and the data center industry at large. The event is sponsored by CIO Magazine and is likely to be a wide ranging conversation given the mix of executives slated to come. The group will [...]
