On November 10th and 11th I will be speaking on two panels at the Data Center Dynamics event in London. The theme for the two day event is Carbon: Risk or Opportunity. In the morning, On Day One, I am speaking in a panel entitled The Data Center Efficiency Schism …New Realities in Design with [...]
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Panel at Data Center Dynamics – London
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Conferences, Data Center Industry, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Technologies, Green IT, Infrastructure, Michael Manos, Modular Data Center, container data center, tagged Cloud Computing, Cloud infrastructure, Data Center Carbon, Data Center Design, Data Center Dynamics, Lex Coors, Liam Newcombe, London, Michael Manos on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Opinion Polls and the End of Times
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Industry, Data Center Technologies, Michael Manos, container data center, tagged Apple, Data Center Industry, dream team, Olivier Sanche, poll, Web Hosting Industry Review on October 9, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I recently had an interesting e-mail exchange with Olivier Sanche the chief DC architect at Apple. As you probably know this is a very small industry and Olivier and I have enjoyed a long professional working relationship. He remarked that we are approaching the end of times, as we were both nominated for a Data [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Michael Manos, Digital Realty Trust, Data Center Knowledge, Tier One Research, Las Vegas, Chiller Side Chats, Rich Miller, Hosting Transformation Summit, data center webcast 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 [...]
Changing An Industry of Cottage Industries
Posted in Chiller Side Chats, Cloud Computing, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, tagged Cloud infrastructure, Cottage Industry, Data Center, Information Sub station, PAS, Pod Architecture, POD Architecture Services on August 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
