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Michiel van Blommestein

Evaporative cooling in a nutshell

About two weeks ago, I mentioned the concept of 'Evaporative Cooling' in a blog post about the new Facebook data center, courtesy of Dutch magazine and DCP partner DatacenterWorks. This week the new issue came online, and it has a short article on evaporative cooling. It describes the variant built by Adsolair, and is written by account manager Frank Efdé of Menerga Klimaattechnologie. I translated the important part of t… Continue

Posted by Michiel van Blommestein on March 10, 2010 at 11:30pm

Michiel van Blommestein

Which is better: one large vendor, or several small ones?

I see Emerson Network Power in the data center sphere as I see Oracle in the IT-sphere. There are two things that make me connect those dots: once you get above a certain budget, both vendors are omnipresent in their respective fields, and both companies don't really believe in 'natural growth'. Both Oracle and Emerson buy whatever technology they need.

The most recent acquisition of Emerson Network Power is management vendor Avocent, for the whopping amount of 1,2 billion dollars. My f… Continue

Posted by Michiel van Blommestein on March 5, 2010 at 10:39pm

Michiel van Blommestein

This Week's Round-up

Time to round up this week's list of blog posts.

10 'Dying' Data Center Technologies

Mike Karp of Ptak Noel and Associates has actually produced a list that I (more or less) can agree with. It is posted on the Enterprise Storage Forum.

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Posted by Michiel van Blommestein on March 5, 2010 at 10:46pm

Michiel van Blommestein

Novell buyout: coming storm in the IT world?

Normally, a software takeover has little effect on the data center world, as software functionality tends to be preserved and still work on the same hardware. However, if Novell gets bought, things might not be so simple.

Apparently, more than one party is interested in buying Novell, and now the hedge fund Elliott Associates have come forward and made an open offer to the Novell shareholders of one bill… Continue

Posted by Michiel van Blommestein on March 8, 2010 at 10:30pm

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Lisa Darnell

RCDD opportunities in Europe.

Started by Lisa Darnell in Get Answers! Mar 4.

Rien Dijkstra

Monitoring Framework Needed? 3 Replies

Started by Rien Dijkstra in General Discussions. Last reply by Robert Schmidt Mar 3.

Robert Schmidt

Modius Newsletter – Feb 2010

Started by Robert Schmidt in General Discussions Mar 1.

William F. Slater, III, PMP

Data Center Opportunities in the U.S. 5 Replies

Started by William F. Slater, III, PMP in Buildings & Locations. Last reply by Greg Samsky Feb 23.

Simon Elliott

Can a data center be green? 15 Replies

Started by Simon Elliott in General Discussions. Last reply by Greg Samsky Feb 23.

Michael A. Schmidt

Product Release - Rackwise 3.5

Started by Michael A. Schmidt in General Discussions Feb 16.

Rien Dijkstra

Shortage in Power Supply

Started by Rien Dijkstra in General Discussions Feb 6.

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