The last quarter of 2011 was very busy for me ...

For the past several years, as if in a recurring nightmare, it has occurred to me that the real root cause of data center inefficiency and the solution to that problem lies in creating and utilizing computer servers with the lowest power consumption

It seems now that almost every week there’s a story about sustainability, or Greenpeace criticizing one of a dozen data center operators for their intransigence with regard to reducing their carbon footprint.

In addition to fulfilling its mission statement (being the leading knowledge exchange for those who design, build, use and maintain mission critical enterprise information infrastructure in an effort to improve end-to-end reliability), 7x24 Exchange seeks to create a memorable conference experience for each attendee.

At first glance, it probably seems like an oxymoron to juxtapose the concept of a data center and societal infrastructure, but the thought occurred to me as I read an article by Jill Bunting on GreenBiz.com

This was my second time attending the Symposium in Santa Clara California. The event took place from May 14 through May 17 and the theme of the conference was Digital Infrastructure Convergence with a significant emphasis on modular data center design and construction.

I read an article in the marketing newsletter from WiredRE dated, April 20, 2012 titled, “It’s Criticality Dummy” basically citing that aspect of the data center as the most important driver for data center management and measurement.

There’s a part of me that understands and applauds Facebook’s purchase of Instagram. Instagram is cool! No doubt about it.

Someone recently said to me that no two data centers are alike.

I’m not an investment guru by any stretch of the imagination and I was as much asleep at the switch as my financial advisor in 2007 and 2008.