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The Keep It Simple Principle
Keeping it simple helped Bill Clinton win election, helped ARod finally hit his 600th homerun, and it even worked for Thoreau. So it should work for you and me.
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The Story Behind Our New July-August Issue
No need to wait. Available now electronically.
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About Social Media
For now we're in the early experimental stages. Soon we will have better devices, better connectivity, better networks and more social media.
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Remembering the Last Great Blackout
Have we improved our defenses against power outages that affect mission-critical facilities?
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The Increasing Rate of Change Makes Life Complicated
Our industry seems to have become much more complicated since Mission Critical's first issues. At least that's how it appeared to me after reviewing a few of our first issues from less than 3 years ago.
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Taking the Measure of the Cloud
Is rising interest a sign of things to come?
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Data Centers Will Soon be in the Public Eye
The industry is achieving a new prominence
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What's Happening in Energy

Is there anything new under the sun?

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Hurricanes. Bad Weather Do Not Always Mean Downtime
SunGard, Eaton provide tips on dealing with storms and other tricky situations
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Apple Exceeds Microsoft's Market Cap
Does this change really matter? No. Competition among giants has finally produced real technology choices for consumers and businesses.
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A Chat with Martin McCarthy
And other news from the Uptime Institute's Symposium
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Building a Greenfield Data Center
We wrap up successful three-part webinar, but it’s still not too late for you to participate
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Power of Positive Thinking
Look for new and better things from Mission Critical
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Mission Critical Planning for 2011
Join our virtual retreat by sharing an idea
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Seeing a Growing Market
New announcements suggest a change in the market
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Ending the War of Words
IT v. facilities mirrors the larger fight
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When Worlds Collide
Some more thoughts on the Internet and magazine publishing
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Keep an Eye Out for Our Next Issue
Take a tour through our March/April issue. On its way now.
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Great Interest in Greenfield Data Center Construction
Our webinar series seeks to keep you informed
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Romney to Appear at 7X24Exchange
Keynoter highlights the growing importance of the industry
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New Cooling Challenges and New Cooling Solutions
Will today's data center environments undergo radical change?
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Safety First
Our March/April issue has caused me to reflect on safety standards.
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The Joy of Print
Our new issue is in the mail
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Are Data Centers Beginning to Compete on Efficiency
IBM's newest facility will be LEED Gold
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The Importance of Learning
That’s why I wanted to call attention to an announcement made by IBM today. The company unveiled a new experiential exhibit at INNOVENTIONS at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort, which invites guests to discover the possibilities of building a smarter planet. The exhibit is powered by a new Smarter Data Center, providing a real-life demonstration of optimized computing that reduces energy costs by up to 25 percent.
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Building Greenfield Data Centers

Mission Critical exists to meet this need for information. If you are reading this blog, I know you are interested in improving reliability, lowering PUE, or both, at a facility. You'll probably also want to attend our special webinar series on Building a Greenfield Data Center, to be held on March 17th, April 15th, and May 13th. I'll be announcing speakers soon, but set these dates aside as I am expecting more than 4-hours of presentations from industry experts with considerable time set aside for q&a.

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Google and Haiti Are Related
Freedom and prosperity are benefits to be enjoyed by all
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What to Expect in 2010
Watch as I gaze into my crystal ball; nine predictions for 2010. Editor Kevin Heslin predicts change in the data center industry; beyond that, no guarantees.
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Our 25 Top Web Stories of 2009

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What is Useful Work?
A tale of computation issues
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Beyond the Tier System

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A Busy Time in the Mission Critical Industry

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What Parents Won't Say to Their Children
It takes an engineer
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Finding a Solution to Security Threats

The Applied Science Center of Innovation and Excellence in Homeland Security is one effort to keep the nation safe.

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7x24Exchange: Committed to Reliability
Celebrating 20 years of bringing the industry together
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Wheel of Fortune Category: Hockey Cap and Trade
Why Washington Cap Ovechkin Is Better than Washington Cap and Trade
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See You in Chicago?
Contact DatacenterDynamics and use the coder MCMAG for free entry. Tell them Kevin sent you.
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Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Read about it on Twitter
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The Perils of Short-Term Planning
Data center managers focus on green IT, but too many neglect the metrics. Sound familiar?
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Is the Cloud Ready for Primetime
Hardware is not the only barrier
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Can the Federal Gov't. Move to the Cloud?
Searching the clouds for computing efficiency
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9/11 Remembered
Our industry played a role in the rescue and recovery
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Your Manufacturers Rep Can Be Trusted
Many work very hard at understanding your needs and the technical content of their products lines
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Reliability Explored
Data storage is an important topic, ask NASA
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What's the Next Game Changer?
Good enough isn't good enough
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Cloudy Thinking
Trying to sort out the meaning of cloud technology
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It's a Big Universe
Trying to see the big (digital) picture
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City Slickers
Just putting my boots up for a while
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Today's Water Report
Jack Pouchet calls for a WUE
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Mafia Wars and Datacenter Dynamics
Facebook's Director of Ops to appear on panel
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The DatacenterDynamics Series Returns to the West Coast
And you can get a free pass
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Tweeting about Iran
When social media is mission critical
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Where's the Call to Action
Is there more to discuss
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Making Policy for Data Centers

Debate over the Federal Technology Official Signals President's Interest in Energy

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Dealing with Turbulent Times at 7x24Exchange
Great speakers, great panels, great networking. Hope to see you there.
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I Travel So You Don't Have To
Or why I am a frequent flier
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Free Information Now, Rebates Later
Information now, cash later
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EPA Announces Progress, Deadlines on Energy Star for Data Centers

Agency aims for new rating model by January 2010; final data submission date now June 15^th.

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Get Tier Certified
The certification process brings real reliability improvements
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DatacenterDynamics Meets in DC
New leadership in Washington, DC
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Live from the Uptime Institute
Today's events from the Symposium
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Take a Look at Our New Issue
Hot off the presses
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Kevin Bacon Where Are You?
Normal

Follow me on Twitter, Be my Facebook Friend, Join my LinkedIn Network
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Energy Remains a Key Concern, Who Will Provide the Solution?
Upcoming events focus on facilities solutions; there are other ideas
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An Upcoming Mission Critical Event

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What Do You Want to Know?

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Bucking the National Economy
Ever the contrarians
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New Issue on Its Way
Read all about it
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Data Center Pulse Holds Inaugural Event
A promising start
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Free Registration for Data Center Dynamics
Offer open to all data center operators
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Data Centers Not Trolling for Stimulus Dollars

Should they be?

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Three Degrees of Separation
Or the perils of social networking
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Barack's Blackberry
What are the nation's mission critical priorities?
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Symantec Releases Its 2008 State of the Art Data Center; IT Spending to Rise

New pressures from last year, according to Symantec

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My Virtual Life

The digital beat goes on

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To a Happy New Year
Wishing you a wonderful 2009
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It's the Season for...Predictions

When everyone goes crazy, including me

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The End Use Lease plus Industry Trends

Datacenter Dynamics and Microsoft provide new information. Emerson and Symantec look at industry trends

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Follow the Leaders
Emerson, Microsoft reveal data center energy secrets
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Live from 7x24Exchange
Good weather, great conference
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See Mission Critical at the 7x24Exchange Next Week

Learn what’s happening in the industry

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A Word on Webinars
Make time for more knowledge next week
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What Keeps You Up at Night?
It's the monster mash(up)
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Datacenter Dynamics Miami Posts Positive Message

More information on our data center townhall

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Sharing Info in the Data Center World
Word travels fast
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Looking at a Data Center
Controlling data center costs in today's environment
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What's Going On?
How will the travails of the financial industry affect data center construction?
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Financial Expertise
Who understands our interconnected computer networks?
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Social Networking and the Data Center Industry
Join my LinkedIn group
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Working Together
Labs21 features data center programming as part of a bigger agenda
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Educational Opportunities Abound
There is no reason to be uninformed.

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An Olympic Effort
Athletes are not the only Olympic performers worthy of recognition

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