Today marked the closing lot of sessions for DataCentres2012 and my keynote session to the attendees. After sitting through a series of product, technology, and industry trend presentations over the last two days I was feeling that my conversation would at the very least be something different. Before I get to that – I wanted [...]
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Sites and Sounds of DataCentre2012: My Presentation, Day 2, and Final Observations
Posted in AOL, AOL Data Centers, AOL MicroDataCenters, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Operations, Cloud Regulation, Data Center Conferences, Data Center Industry, Data Center Processes, Data Center Regulation, Michael Manos, Microsoft Data Centers, Modular Data Center, tagged BroadGroup, Christian Belady, Data Center Independence Day, Microdata Centers, Quincy Washington, Steven Wallage on May 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Sites and Sounds of DataCentre2012: Thoughts and my Personal Favorite presentations Day 1
Posted in AOL, AOL Data Centers, Cloud Operations, Data Center Conferences, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Infrastructure, Michael Manos, Microsoft Data Centers, Modular Data Center, Open Compute Project, Personal Thoughts, tagged AOL, Chayora, Christian Belady, data center availability, facebook, Global Switch, hp, InterXion, Jack Tison, Jay Park, John Corcoran, Kfir Godrich, Len Bosack, Michael Manos, Microsoft, Microsoft Data Center, Oliver J Jones, Panduit, Paul-Francois Cattier, Prineville, Schneider, Tom Furlong, XKL Systems on May 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We wrapped our first full day of talks here at DataCentre2012 and I have to say the content was incredibly good. A couple of the key highlights that really stuck out in my mind were the talk given by Christian Belady who covered some interesting bits of the Microsoft Data Center Strategy moving forward. Of [...]
Sights and Sounds of Datacentre 2012: Christian Belady
Posted in Cloud Computing, Data Center Conferences, Data Center Industry, Microsoft Data Centers, tagged Christian Belady, DataCentres2012, Laurent vernerey, Michael Manos, Microsoft on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I sat in on Christian Belady’s presentation at DataCentre2012. I will post small blips about things that interest me as the conference continues. Both Christian and Laurent Verneray of Schneider each identified 5 megatrends. Interestingly while there were common themes between them at a high level, they attacked the trends from different altitudes [...]
Kickin’ Dirt
Posted in Carbon Cap and Trade, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Power Capping, Data Center Processes, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Site Selection, Green IT, Infrastructure, Michael Manos, Microsoft Data Centers, tagged Data Center Operations, Global Switch, Joel Stone, Microsoft, Operations, Quincy, Site Selection, Washington on December 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I recently got an interesting note from Joel Stone, the Global Operations Chief at Global Switch. As some of you might know Joel used to run North American Operations for me at Microsoft. I guess he was digging through some old pictures and found this old photo of our initial site selection trip to Quincy, [...]
Data Center Regulation Awareness Increasing, Prepare for CO2K
Posted in Carbon Cap and Trade, Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Conferences, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Regulation, Michael Manos, Microsoft Data Centers, tagged Carbon Cap and Trade Regulation, Carbon Reduction Commitment, CO2K, Data Center, Data Center Site Selection, Gartner Data Center Conference, IT, Las Vegas, Waxman-Markey bill on December 3, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This week I had the pleasure of presenting at the Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas, NV. This was my first time presenting at the Gartner event and it represented an interesting departure from my usual conference experience in a few ways and I came away with some new observations and thoughts. As always, [...]
A Well Deserved Congratulations to Microsoft Dublin DC Launch
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, container data center, Data Center Industry, Green IT, Microsoft Data Centers, Modular 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 [...]
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 | 18 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’ [...]
Starting something new….
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Industry, Digital Realty Trust, Microsoft Data Centers, Personal Thoughts, tagged Chris Crosby, Cloud Compute, Cloud infrastructure, data centers, Digital Realty Trust, FOGs, history of electrical utility, Information Utility, Information-sphere, Jim Smith, Michael Manos, Microsoft, MISTs, Modular Data Center, Pod Architecture, PUE on May 4, 2009 | 7 Comments »
This post was an interesting struggle for me. What should my first post since my departure from Microsoft be about? I have a great amount of topics that I definitely want to talk about regarding the distance and gap from the executive suite, to Information Technology to the data center floor and why there continues [...]
Farmers, so long
Posted in Cloud Computing, Data Center Industry, Microsoft Data Centers, Personal Thoughts, tagged Digital Realty Trust, Michael Manos, Microsoft, Microsoft Data Center Departure, Microsoft Data Centers, Quincy on April 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This post represents a bittersweet moment in my career. As you have no doubt heard I am moving on from Microsoft to take on an exciting senior role at Digital Realty Trust. I will save the specifics on my new role and its mission for a future post on my personal Loosebolts blog. But for [...]
Our Vision for Generation 4 Modular Data Centers – One way of Getting it just right . . .
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Infrastructure, Microsoft Data Centers, tagged Christian Belady, Cloud Compute, Cloud infrastructure, Containers, Daniel Costello, Data Center Engineering, Generation 4, Michael Manos, Microsoft Data Center, Microsoft Data Center Engineering, Microsoft Data Center Video, Microsoft Data Centers, Microsoft PUE, Modular Data Center on December 2, 2008 | 93 Comments »
Data Centers are a hot topic these days. No matter where you look, this once obscure aspect of infrastructure is getting a lot of attention. For years, there have been cost pressures on IT operations and this, when the need for modern capacity is greater than ever, has thrust data centers into the spotlight. [...]
