August 2, 2013 Through an idea and force of will, he created an industry… This week the Data Center Industry got the terrible news it knew might be coming for some time. That Ken Brill, founder of the…
September 24, 2012 Pointy Elbows, Bags of Beans, and a little anthill excavation…A response to the New York Times Data Center Articles I have been following with some interest the series of articles in the New York Times by Jim Glanz. The series premiered on Sunday…
May 24, 2012 Sites and Sounds of DataCentre2012: My Presentation, Day 2, and Final Observations Today marked the closing lot of sessions for DataCentres2012 and my keynote session to the attendees. After sitting through a series of product, technology,…
May 4, 2012 Patent Wars may Chill Data Center Innovation Yahoo may have just sent a cold chill across the data center industry at large and begun a stifling of data center innovation. In…
May 19, 2011 Chaos Monkeys, Donkeys and the Innovation of Action Last week I once again had the pleasure of speaking at the Uptime Institute’s Symposium. As one of the premiere events in the Data…
January 27, 2011 I've Got Mail….A new Aol. You may have seen the announcement today about my recent decision and move to join the new leadership team at Aol. To some of…
March 3, 2010 Open Source Data Center Initiative There are many in the data center industry that have repeatedly called for change in this community of ours. Change in technology, change in…
December 21, 2009 Kickin’ Dirt I recently got an interesting note from Joel Stone, the Global Operations Chief at Global Switch. As some of you might know Joel used…
November 3, 2009 A look back and a look forward… For those of you who are not on the Digital Realty Trust email distribution for such things, I recently did a video for them…
October 29, 2009 A Practical Guide to the Early Days of Data Center Containers In my current role (and given my past) I often get asked about the concept of Data Center Containers by many looking at this…