How well do the IT and Facilities people get along at your company?  Do they work well together or seem at times to be from different planets?

I’ve been in the Data Center industry for 15 years now, always based in IT but focused on physical infrastructure design and operations.  A key part of my job has been helping IT and Facilities understand one another’s goals, challenges and technologies.  That – as I like to joke – means I have great job security. Read More »

Tags: Cisco, data center, datacenterdeconstructed, Facilities, IT, Technology Convergence Conference, Teladata

Greetings from the Santa Clara Convention Center’s Mission City Ballroom.  I’m kicking around the fourth annual Technology Convergence Conference today and – Wi-Fi willing – posting throughout the day.

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Tags: coc-data-center, Consolidation, data center, datacenterdeconstructed, Mozilla, Project Mercury, Technology Convergence Conference, Teladata, temp coin

Data Center Deconstructed tries something new tomorrow – blogging live from the Technology Convergence Conference at the Santa Clara Convention Center. 

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Tags: Cisco, coc-data-center, data center, datacenterdeconstructed, Technology Convergence Conference, Teladata