Notes from the Consultant’s Jungle

In 2006, Amercan data centers consumed more power than American televisions. Collectively, data centers consumed more power than all the TVs in every home and sports bar in America. That really puts a new perspective on it, doesn’t it?
For the past few years, the “P-word” has loomed large in the dialogue around data [...]

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By Carrisa Baptiste- Mobile Devices Consultant, Advocate Networks, LLC
It has been years since I’ve used a paper telephone book, I use yellowpages.com. Several of my friends have received their diplomas from online educational institutions. Let’s not forget my eleven year old nephew who has a cellular phone and uses the internet to connect with other [...]

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Momentum is a powerful force, and momentum coupled with synergies cannot be denied.
Today IBM is announcing their entry into the Container Data Center space. Starting with their newly released iDataPlex high density server product, and riding the wake of Microsoft’s widely publicized embracing of Data Center Containers, the recipe was there for a product combining [...]

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You may be familiar with the “Dollars per KW plus Dollars per Square Foot of Computer Floor” white paper from the Uptime Institute for data center construction cost estimation. Following the update to their widely referenced Tier classifications paper, this benchmark for thumbnail cost estimation has been updated as well. If you’d like to look [...]

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I have a strong interest in Social Networking Sites because I see enormous potential for positive change and productive collaboration across all dimensions of the social grid. I just wish I didn’t have to use so darn many of them at the same time.
If you’re a participant (or a “joiner,” to use the vernacular of [...]

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This comes by way of Espen Anderson’s blog: http://www.espen.com/archives/2008/03/email_vs_wiki.html and (From Chris Rasmussen via Anthony Williams.

Per my earlier posts on email technology’s fit for today’s business processes, I think this diagram presents a very clear argument on its own.

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I was recently asked a question about how cool the cold aisle should be in a data center using hot/cold aisles to manage temperature.
This question is difficult to answer without other background information. I’ve seen specifications reference ASHRAE guidelines, Uptime Institute recommendations, and so on. For me, TIA-942 (which is the basis for the international [...]

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I am firmly in the camp that sees email as an outdated technology, and one for which the utility for current day business processes is waning at best.  I have seen commentary from the Web 2.0 community saying similar things, but I decided to send an unsolicited query out into cyberspace to see how broadly [...]

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I lead into this discussion using the well known adage that says, “Which came first- The chicken or the egg?”  Granted, it’s a bit trite, but many a glass of wine has been tossed back over discussions about cause, effect, cause.
Recent developments in physics are re-confirming what has been told by ancient metaphysics for millennia.  [...]

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Most of the enterprises that we encounter through the service of our practice have top-notch Information Security teams.  The basic existence of a security team in the organization is evidence that the CIO recognizes and appreciates the enormous risk exposure and potential loss to the business that can result from information security breaches, and has [...]

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