A look back and a look forward…

For those of you who are not on the Digital Realty Trust email distribution for such things, I recently did a video for them on some reflections of the past and looking ahead with regards to the data center industry, technologies, and such.  You can find the video link here if your interested.   
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A Practical Guide to the Early Days of Data Center Containers

In my current role (and given my past) I often get asked about the concept of Data Center Containers by many looking at this unique technology application to see if its right for them.   In many respects we are still in the early days of this technology approach and any answers one gives definitely has [...]

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Data Center Junk Science: Thermal Shock \ Cooling Shock

I recently performed an interesting exercise where I reviewed typical co-location/hosting/ data center contracts from a variety of firms around the world.    If you ever have a few long plane rides to take and would like an incredible amount of boring legalese documents to review, I still wouldn’t recommend it.   
I did learn [...]

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More Chiller Side Chat Redux….

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 [...]

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Miss the “Live” Chiller Side Chat? Hear it here!

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

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 [...]

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Live Chiller Side Chat

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 [...]

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Changing An Industry of Cottage Industries

If you happen to be following the news around Digital Realty Trust you may have seen the recent announcement of our Pod Architecture Services (PAS) offering.   Although the response has been deafening  there seems to be a lot of questions and confusion around what it is, what it is not, and what this ultimately means [...]

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The Cloud Politic – How Regulation, Taxes, and National Borders are shaping the infrastructure of the cloud

Most people think of ‘the cloud’ as a technical place defined by technology, the innovation of software leveraged across a scale of immense proportions and ultimately a belief that its decisions are guided by some kind of altruistic technical meritocracy.  At some levels that is true on others one needs to remember that the ‘cloud’ [...]

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Chiller-Side Chats : Is Power Capping Ready for PrimeTime?

I was very pleased at the great many responses to my data center capacity planning chat.  They came in both public and private notes with more than a healthy population of those centered around my comments on power capping and their potential disagreement on why I don’t think the technology/applications/functionality is 100% there yet. So [...]

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