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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Archive for the ‘Data Center Regulation’ Category
A look back and a look forward…
Posted in Chiller Side Chats, 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, container data center, tagged Data Center Projections, Data Center Video, Michael Manos on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Cloud Politic – How Regulation, Taxes, and National Borders are shaping the infrastructure of the cloud
Posted in Chiller Side Chats, Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Industry, Data Center Regulation, Google Data Centers, Microsoft Data Centers, Modular Data Center, tagged Azure, Canada, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Cloud Compute, Cloud infrastructure, Cloud Services, Google, Microsoft, Patriot Act, Waxman-Markey bill, Yahoo on August 6, 2009 | 15 Comments »
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’ [...]
Its the Law of Unintended Consequences – Some Clarity around My thoughts on Data Center Regulation
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Blogs, Data Center Industry, Data Center Regulation, Michael Manos, Personal Thoughts, tagged Digital Realty Trust, data centers, Data Center Regulation, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Round Table, CRC, EU ETS, Obama Administration, Steven Chu, Greener Computing, Inforworld, Reagan on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have gotten a lot of response from the post on my thoughts on Data Center regulation. Many of the comments in a response to an Infoworld article focused on the disbelief of regulations particularly targeting data centers. A Greener Computing article felt that because the current administration is very tech-savvy they wouldn’t do anything [...]
At the Intersection of Marketing and Metrics, the traffic lights don’t work.
Posted in Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Regulation, Green Grid, Infrastructure, Modular Data Center, tagged data centers, data centres, datacenter, datacentre, Energy Efficiency, Green Grid, Marketing, Metrics, PUE on July 4, 2009 | 13 Comments »
First let me start out with the fact that the need for datacenter measurement is paramount if this industry is to be able to manage itself effectively. When I give a talk I usually begin by asking the crowd three basic questions
1) How many in attendance are monitoring and tracking electrical usage?
2) How many in [...]
Coming Soon to a Data Center near you, Regulation.
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Blogs, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Regulation, Digital Realty Trust, tagged Digital Realty Trust, data centers, Data Center Regulation, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Round Table, CRC, EU ETS, Obama Administration on June 19, 2009 | 17 Comments »
As an industry, we have been talking about it for some time. Some claimed it would never come and it was just a bunch of fear mongering. Others like me said it was the inevitable outcome of the intensifying focus on energy consumption. Whether you view this to be a good thing or bad thing [...]
