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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Must Have Swag…..
Posted in Data Center Fun, Modular Data Center, container data center, tagged Data Center marketing, data center swag, Digital Realty Trust, lego, lego data center, Loosebolts blog, Modular Data Center on September 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I try not to post much business related stuff (ala Digital Realty Trust) on Loosebolts as its my own place to rant and rave. To be clear-none of the things I say on here represent the views of the company what-so-ever. But sometimes, there are a things that come along that really make me smile [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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’ [...]
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 [...]
Schneider / Digital New York Speaking Engagement
Posted in Data Center Conferences, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Technologies, Digital Realty Trust, Infrastructure, Modular Data Center, tagged Chris Crosby, Dan Golding, Data Center, Energy Efficiency, Michael Manos, Schneider, Symposium, Tier One Research on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just in case anyone wanted to connect – I wanted to highlight that I will be co-presenting the keynote at the Schneider Symposium at the Millenium Broadway hotel in New York City with Chris Crosby of Digital Realty Trust. I will also be giving a talk on practical applications of Energy Efficiency and sitting on [...]
