There are many in the data center industry that have repeatedly called for change in this community of ours. Change in technology, change in priorities, Change for the future. Over the years we have seen those changes come very slowly and while they are starting to move a little faster now, (primarily due to the [...]
Archive for the ‘Chiller Side Chats’ Category
Open Source Data Center Initiative
Posted in Carbon Cap and Trade, Chiller Side Chats, Cloud Computing, container data center, Data Center Contracts, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Processes, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Site Selection, Green Grid, Green IT, Modular Data Center, Open Source Data Centers, Uptime Institute, tagged Data Center Pulse, data centers, Green Grid, Linux, Open Source Data Center Initiative, Uptime Institute on March 3, 2010 | 12 Comments »
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 [...]
Live Chiller-Side Chat scheduled for Monday
Posted in Chiller Side Chats, Data Center Industry, Digital Realty Trust, Michael Manos, Personal Thoughts, Webinar, tagged Chiller Side Chats, Live Chiller Side Chat, Michael Manos, Rich Miller on December 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just wanted to send a quick reminder that if you are interested, I am scheduled to give another Live Chiller Side Chat hosted by Rich Miller, editor of DataCenterKnowledge. The last time we did this we got a ton of great participation and lively interaction. Topics ranged between Cloud Computing, infrastructure, data center design, [...]
A look back and a look forward…
Posted in Chiller Side Chats, container data center, Data Center Blogs, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Processes, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Technologies, Digital Realty Trust, Green IT, Infrastructure, Michael Manos, Modular Data Center, Personal Thoughts, Webinar, tagged Data Center Projections, Data Center Video, Michael Manos on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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. I for [...]
Data Center Junk Science: Thermal Shock \ Cooling Shock
Posted in Chiller Side Chats, Data Center Capacity Planning, Data Center Contracts, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Processes, Data Center Technologies, tagged ASHRAE, Cooling Shock, Data Center Contracts, Data Center Junk Science, Thermal Shock on October 1, 2009 | 7 Comments »
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 quite [...]
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, container data center, Data Center Capacity Planning, Data Center Industry, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Technologies, Digital Realty Trust, Green IT, Infrastructure, Michael Manos, 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 \Mm
Live Chiller Side Chat Redux
Posted in Chiller Side Chats, container data center, 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, 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 [...]
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 [...]
