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Is Public Cloud Computing Green – Or at least Greener than Traditional IT?

Posted Mon, 01/09/2012 - 11:52 by mark.thiele

Unfortunately, there isn't a simple answer to the "Is Public Cloud Greener" question as the only real answer is "it depends". At the core of the question is that assumption that because you're theoretically using fewer physical machines more effectively, that you are thereby greener or more efficient. However, even if we stay with that assumption, when you dig into the details of what being "greener" really means, you'll see that there's still no easy answer.

In order for cloud to be greener, it has to accomplish two things at a very high level:

What Does Data Center Modularity Mean to You?

Posted Fri, 09/09/2011 - 09:46 by mark.thiele

The word du jour at least in the data center space is "Modularity". The only word used more often and loosely in the IT space is "Cloud". Even though the two words "Modularity" and "Cloud" are hyped, it doesn't mean there aren't real opportunities in both areas of technology. The trick is in understanding how the terms should be used, and where and how they should be applied.

Definition of Modularity:

Facebook’s New Data Center – What can we learn from it?

Posted Thu, 04/07/2011 - 15:15 by mark.thiele

When I read about a data center like the new Facebook facility in Princeville Oregon being commissioned and learn of all the innovations I'm heartened at the headway our industry is making, but I'm also forced to think of an analogy. The Facebook facility is very much like the NASA space program, there's lots of great tech created, but it takes a while before Tang is in everyone's fridge. Ewe, I can still remember the taste of that orange colored vile brew.

Making A Change

Posted Wed, 06/08/2011 - 15:21 by mark.thiele

It was a little less than a year and a half ago when I made the announcement that I was moving to ServiceMesh, now I've made another change. What the heck, do I have ADD? Well, I do have ADD, but that's not why I've made a move to a new company.

Paul Sun Director of Cloud Computing for ITRI Taiwan Joins the Data Center Pulse Board of Directors

Posted Tue, 02/08/2011 - 12:41 by mark.thiele

Paul Sun Director of Cloud Computing for ITRI Taiwan Joins the Data Center Pulse Board of Directors
Data Center Pulse expands the board of directors to continue the goal of influencing the datacenter industry through their exclusive, global end user community.

UNION CITY, CA, February 8^th, 2011 - Today, Data Center Pulse added Paul Sun to the Board of Directors as the Asia Pacific Regional Director

Paul Sun is the Director of

Is Private Cloud Real or Just a Fantasy?

Posted Fri, 12/03/2010 - 15:07 by mark.thiele

The argument on whether there is such a thing as "private cloud" just won't go away. Many of the big name SaaS and Public cloud players continue to publish content that poo-poo's the reality of Private Cloud. I'm writing to suggest that the arguments against private cloud are in many cases wrong, and in some cases pure sales FUD (Fear Uncertainty & Doubt). However, before I go into my little diatribe, I want to make clear that just because I'm a private cloud believer, it doesn't mean I don't believe in "public cloud".

The Manufactured Assembly Line Data Center

Posted Wed, 09/22/2010 - 11:54 by mark.thiele

Why is an individual computer server different from a data center, other than scale?

The State of the Data Center - What's Next?

Posted Tue, 07/27/2010 - 07:29 by mark.thiele

Subject: Free online Data Center Summit – case studies & best practices

Cloud Computing and Huge Data Centers are Killing Our Planet!

Posted Fri, 06/04/2010 - 07:53 by mark.thiele

Planet Killer Cloud Computing and Data Centers are killing our planet. Drive to the hardware store, buy a hammer, chisel and piece of stone and begin writing about it. Put away your computer, turn off your internet connection, un-plug the video game console, iPod and the TV. We must do everything we can to get rid of these giant, energy sucking, pollution generating, and planet killing warehouses of death immediately.

All kidding aside, it is true that many of our older data centers are in serious need of improvements in their power efficiency. However, it's also true that data centers contain much of our work effort and play environments. If this work and play was to be distributed in small chunks throughout the business or our households instead of concentrated in data centers they would be considerably more wasteful of our planets resources.

In my 20 plus year career in IT I've always been proud of my ability to bring efficiency to IT, and the business. When Data Center Pulse was founded the driving motivation was to push for the development of power sipping IT equipment designs, combined with more efficient data centers. In parallel we're actively working to persuade owners to implement those new solutions more quickly. We strongly believed that the IT/Data Center industry had a need to focus more attention on effective use of energy. The DCP Leadership team was made up of like minded individuals that each have work history examples of a focus on reducing energy consumption. So why would I be writing an article about data centers getting a bad rap? It seems like I should be agreeing with those articles, as it seems like I'm contradicting myself. Well, that couldn't be farther from the truth.

“Why Haven’t All of You Adopted Amazon’s Cloud?”

Posted Mon, 05/24/2010 - 10:46 by mark.thiele

“Why Haven’t All of You Adopted Amazon’s Cloud?” seems like the question Werner Vogels keeps asking (http://bit.ly/9cw6RG). Over the last year he’s made it clear several times that there is no such thing as a private cloud (I still disagree to some extent), and also that we should all be adopting Amazon’s service.

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