Caroline Fritz

Fritz was a former editor in chief of Mission Critical. She had been with BNP Media for more than a decade. She had been in charge of managing copy flow and the editorial production process for Mission Critical magazine since 2008. She was a graduate of Bowling Green State University. Read more articles by the author here: http://www.missioncriticalmagazine.com/caroline-fritz

Data Center Infrastructure Threatened By Climate Change

Caroline Fritz

August 1, 2019

Like most people I imagine, I am subscribed to a dizzying amount of news feeds that are delivered to my personal email; so many I have lost count and, so many I pay little attention to it, unless it has to do with data centers.

2019 Spring 7x24 Conference

Uptime Unveils Outage Severity Rating

The conference session was a deep dive into the new rating as well as its annual survey results.

Caroline Fritz

July 24, 2019

In May of this year, the Uptime Institute unveiled its Outage Severity Rating (OSR) system, which according to the organization, aims “to help the digital infrastructure and data center community better understand and articulate service outages in the context of how each incident affects the business.”

Nominations For The 2019 Mission Critical Facility Magazine Manager Of The Year Are Open

Submit your choice by August 31, 2019.

Caroline Fritz

July 22, 2019

The nominations for the 2019 Mission Critical Magazine Facility Manager of the Year are now open at https://bit.ly/2LSdJGq. The nomination period runs until August 31, 2019.

Optimal Edge Supplement

Welcome To The Edge

Our second annual supplement traces the evolution and looks to the future.

Caroline Fritz

July 1, 2019

It seems just like yesterday when Steve Carlini of Schneider Electric was telling me about the company’s products for edge data centers, a term I hadn’t heard of until then.

2019 7x24 Spring Conference Wrap-Up

7x24 Exchange Celebrates 30th Anniversary At 2019 Spring Conference

The conference was held June 2-5, 2019 in Boca Raton, FL.

Caroline Fritz

June 10, 2019

7x24 Exchange held its 2019 Spring Conference June 2-5, 2019 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, FL.

Immersion Cooling Makes Headlines At Data Center World 2019

This emerging technology has a bright future.

Caroline Fritz

May 27, 2019

I recently attended Data Center World 2019 at the Phoenix Convention Center. It was a good show with informative sessions. One in particular stood out, namely “Liquid Immersion Cooling: Three Case Studies Show Compelling Data for Power Savings,” presented by Jack W. Kolar, VP, mission critical products, Modular Solutions Laboratory.

2019 Mission Critical Facility Manager of the Year (FMOY)

Nominations Are Now Open For The 2019 Mission Critical Magazine Facility Manager Of The Year Award

The first day to submit nominations is May 1, 2019.

Caroline Fritz

May 1, 2019

Nominations for the 2019 Mission Critical Magazine Facility Manager of the Year are opening early this year on May 1, 2019.

On The Road: Data Center World 2019

Catching Up With Johnson Controls

The company exhibited its new products for the data center space.

Caroline Fritz

April 19, 2019

At the recent 2019 Data Center World Conference, held March 19-22, 2019, I attended a lightening session presented by Mike Zarrilli, Jr., executive director of data center solutions and Sharon Ann Thomas, product manager, AHU, Johnson Controls.

On The Road

Data Center World 2019

Caroline Fritz

April 12, 2019

I attended Data Center World 2019, which was held at the Phoenix Convention Center on March 19-22, 2019.

Institutional Knowledge And Diversity

The mission critical industry is facing a loss of institutional knowledge and a need for increased diversity.

Caroline Fritz

March 25, 2019

The panel discussion featured Carrie Goetz, RCDD, CDCS, CDCP, global director of technology for Paige DataCom Solutions; Enoch Moeller hardware operations site manager for Google; and Kylash Ramesh, management analyst, Division of Facilities Operations & Maintenance for the National Institutes of Health.

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