Day Three - February 2, 2012 Main Conference
| 8:30am |
| Registration, Continental Breakfast, Coffee & Tea
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| 9:00am |
Harley-Davidson Case Study Presentation
Keynote: Enhanced Efficiency through Data Center Consolidation and Renovation |
Mark Dereberry of Harley-Davidson will walk attendees through his most recent data center project that involved consolidating both domestic and international facilities into a new and improved 27,000 sq. foot data center. Mark will outline new technologies that helped to make the facility as green as possible. He will also analyze techniques and technologies that did not prove cost efficient energy saving alternatives. Topics addressed within this case study keynote address will include Harley’s use of:
Energy efficient UPS system
Asset management
Server virtualization
Hot air containment
Economizer cooling
Consolidation cost analysis
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Technical Services Lead Data Center Facilities
, Harley-Davidson
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| 9:45am |
| 10 for 7 Sponsorship Showcase |
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| 10:00am |
The Changing Criteria in Data Center Site Selections for the Future
Not the Polaroid of Today: Calculating out your True Total Costs of Ownership |
Data center expert KC Mares will look at the benefits of energy efficiency in the next generation of data center design and operations. KC will focus the conversation on on site selection, analyzing multiple aspects that can save on your total cost of ownership. This presentation will outline best practices such as:
Research and decision process
Innovations in power and cooling design
Location and environment considerations
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President
, MegaWatt Consulting Inc.
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| 11:00am |
| 10 for 7 Sponsorship Showcase
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| 11:15am |
| Break and Refreshments
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| Track 3: |
Managing the Green Data Center |
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| Track 4: |
Data Center Strategy:
Building an Optimized Facility |
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| 11:30am |
| System Metrics, Measurements and Monitoring for Optimal Performance |
Installing meters and monitoring the performance of energy
usage, functionality and effectiveness can provide you with
a benchmark for success that is necessary for any “green”
facility. This presentation will walk you through the monitoring
strategies at the Columbia University Data Center, and
will outline how the measurements taken have led to both
short-term improvements and long-term strategy shifts.
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Data Center Facilities Manager
, Columbia University
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| 11:30 |
| Ethernet Efficiencies within Data Center Networks |
New Technologies are constantly emerging to help data
center’s cope with the rise in energy costs and lower carbon
emissions. Within this session we will analyze the impact
of next generation Ethernet cables on network efficiency.
Broadcom CTO, Nicholas Ilyadis will discuss:
Data center fabric alternatives
Energy Efficiency Ethernet cost analysis
Applications and implementation
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Senior Technical Director
, Broadcom
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| 12:15pm |
| Developing and Executing a Comprehensive IT Efficiency Strategy |
Connecting the efficiency efforts across an organization and communicating the benefits can be one of the most difficult tasks for IT leaders and Data Center managers. Within this session Michelle Erickson, formerly of Citi Group will be analyzing the success factors of a comprehensive “Green IT” program. Different initiatives such as virtualization and consolidation will be discussed while a focus will be given to building and executing an overall efficiency strategy.
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Principal
, Erickson Strategies
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| 1:00pm |
| Conference Adjourns
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