In this keynote address from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Ron Noblett (Vice President for Datacenter Infrastructure and Storage at HP) discusses the importance of quantifying data center optimization, how to balance PUE and TCO, and the effect of power supply on TCO.
In this keynote address from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Jim Trout of Vantage Data Centers discusses the infrastructure innovations that can be implemented in large-scale environments that lead to increased efficiency and lower operating costs.
In this keynote address from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Ken Brill, Founder of Uptime Institute, explores how equipment, people, local workplace factors, organizational culture, and latent conditions all interact to permit avoidable failures.
In this keynote discussion from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Peter Panfil of Emerson Network Power and Jim Kennedy of RagingWire talk about the best practices that should be observed to experience the benefits of cloud adoption while mitigating potential risks.
In this keynote address from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Paul Hsu and Dan Lee of Facebook discuss Facebook's electrical and mechanical innovations and the philosophy behind the Open Compute Project.
In this keynote address from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Chris Malone (Thermal Technologies Architect at Google) discusses the key design and operational practices Google uses to drive high energy efficiency for facilities of all sizes.
In this keynote panel discussion from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Rami Branitzky (SAP), Christina Page (Yahoo!), Dr Nicole Peill-Moelter (Akamai Technologies) and John Pflueger (Dell) join John Stanley (The 451 Group) to discuss how they assess the sustainability of their operations.
In this keynote interview from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Jack Tison (Chief Technology Officer for Panduit) and Tom Dorwart (Enterprise Technology Center Manager for Cabela's) discuss how Panduit's ability to combine software, hardware, and intelligence supported dynamic changes in Cabela's data center and in remote retail locations.
In this keynote panel discussion from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Christian Belady (Microsoft), Bob Cashner (Wachovia), Mike Wills (BMO Financial Group), and Matt Stansberry (Uptime Institute) discuss recent and future organizational and technological transformations necessary for technology shifts to reach their full cost-reduction potential.
In this keynote address from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Mike Manos of AOL discusses what it takes for enterprise IT users to move to the cloud, and how data center and IT professionals should prepare.
In this keynote address from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Bob Gilligan of GE Energy Services discusses what the smart grid is and the opportunities that data centers offer related to grid efficiency and reliability.
In this keynote panel discussion from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, George Goodman (Climate Savers Computing Initiative), Jon Haas (The Green Grid), KC Mares (Silicon Valley Leadership Group), Bruce Myatt (Critical Facilities Round Table), and Pitt Turner (Uptime Institute) join Andy Lawrence (The 451 Group) to discuss how much the industry has improved its sustainability performance in the past three years and where it should go next.
In this keynote address from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, George Slessman (Chief Executive Officer for i/o) asserts that the era of the "snowflake” data center is over and that modular data center deployments harness economies of scope and scale to provide superior performance and value.
In this keynote address from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, David Struhs (Vice President for Sustainability Strategy, C3) discusses how information technology is now emerging as the critical enabler of the "sustainability/performance nexus," making sustainability an integral driver of business performance and results.
In this keynote address from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Steve Hassell (President of Avocent, A Division of Emerson Network Power) discusses how to implement effective DCIM strategies and the organizational changes that may be necessary to take full advantage of the technology.
In this keynote panel discussion from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Mark Ascolese and Kevin Meagher (Power Analytics) are joined by Kfir Godrich (HP Technology Services) and Byron Washom (UC-San Diego) to discuss the energy savings microgrids may afford.
In this keynote address from Uptime Institute Symposium 2011, Neil Rasmussen (Senior Vice President of Innovation, IT Business for Schneider Electric) asserts that many traditional data centers are inefficient, costly and incompatible with high density IT deployments, and that pre-engineered and pre-manufactured power and cooling subsystems based on standardized modules can provide optimized and predictable performance faster and at lower cost.
