AFCOM

This puppy's growing!

Posted Fri, 11/14/2008 - 18:27 by geekism

 

I am still amazed with how quickly you can reach a global audience. It's been 61 days since we started Data Center Pulse.  Since then we have secured 312 members from 180 companies in 21 countries representing at least 20 different industries! The member list is growing like mad.

As Mark and I continued to recruit members a realization set in. The list of companies that are represented on Data Center Pulse are from every industry. This group spends or influences hundreds of billions of dollars every year. They build the engines that run banking, medical support systems, schools, military, government, transportation systems, and this little thing called the internet. :-)  Over the weekend we brainstormed how to best leverage the strength of this group. What is it that most of the people are interested in? What would be worth their time? Personally, I benefit greatly when I am able to sit down for detailed discussions and debate on Data Center topics with my peers in the industry. I really enjoyed the round table we held at the AFCOM session and wished there could be more.

Chill-Off 2

Posted Wed, 10/08/2008 - 03:41 by geekism

Based on the feedback from the AFCOM NorCal chapter meeting roundtable and follow on meetings with SVLG and LBNL, we have finalized the approach for the Chill-Off 2.  Below is the stack that I created to represent all of the different layers that will be covered in this test.  It is a much more aggressive goal this year.  I have also included the updated presentation (pdf) that describes the Chill-Off 2 strategy and project information.  We are still searching for a few more companies to participate.

Please provide any feedback or suggestions directly to dean.nelson@datacenterpulse.com.

AFCOM NorCal - The Silicon Valley Chapter

Posted Wed, 09/24/2008 - 00:00 by geekism

On Wednesday September 24, 2008 we hosted the second AFCOM Northern California chapter meeting in Sun's Santa Clara, CA auditorium. I'm the board VP for this chapter that started in April 2008. The focus for this meeting was the Chill Off 2 and the first Data Center Pulse round table.

 

Chill-Off!

Posted Mon, 07/21/2008 - 04:09 by geekism

On April 2, 2007 I met Ray Pfiefer from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG).  He was soliciting help in datacenter demonstration projects for SVLG.  On May 21, 2007 I signed us up to host a demonstration project to compare cooling products for datacenters.  We were undergoing a major consolidation and had the perfect environment to be able to host these tests.  At that point I didn't realize how much we had signed up for.

 

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