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      Data Center Design: Construction, Container, Data Center Outages, Monitoring, Power and Cooling
      Policy: Cap and Trade, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Carbon Tax, Emissions
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      Application: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing
      Technology: Microblogging, Networking, Servers, Storage, Supercomputer

  3. About Ken Brill

    Ken Brill

    Kenneth G. Brill is the founder and Executive Director of the Uptime Institute and the Site Uptime Network comprising 100-corporate members in North America and EMEA. Many data center industry innovations over the last 25 years trace back to his original concepts including dual power, the industry's Tier system for evaluating and classifying data center facility performance, and IT/facility energy efficiency and productivity measurement. Mr. Brill's research into the Economic Meltdown of Moore's Law, Data Center Productivity and Energy Efficiency, and IT's declining economics form core knowledge needed by corporate leaders charged with business performance, profitability, and sustainability.


  1. Ken Brill

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    2. Carbon reporting – big deal for nearly half of data center operators

      Explore DatacenterDynamics (May 12 2011) Monitoring , Emissions , Cloud Computing

      Carbon reporting – big deal for nearly half of data center operators ... important Published 12th May, 2011 by Yevgeniy Sverdlik Print Awards 2008 Datacentre Awards 2008 - Ken Brill Nearly half of data center operators that participated in a recent survey by the Uptime Institute s... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Europe   Ken Brill   Uptime Institute

    3. Why Data Centers Aren't Energy Hogs

      Explore Forbes.com (Oct 21 2009) Emissions

      Why Data Centers Aren't Energy Hogs ...ogether gathering evidence to further validate that bits are more beneficial to society than atoms. Ken Brill is the executive director of the Uptime Institute. See Also: It's Sputnik, Stupid! Defending The Da... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Carnegie Mellon University   Ken Brill   Uptime Institute

    4. Location, Location, Location

      Explore Forbes.com (Sep 23 2009) Construction

      Location, Location, Location ...a land now is a small additional cost relative to the cost of moving IT applications in the future. Ken Brill is executive director of the Uptime Institute. See Also: The CIO And CFO Disconnect Defending The D... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Yahoo   Ken Brill   Uptime Institute

    5. With recent outages, big data service providers take hits

      Explore IDG News Service (Aug 18 2009) Cloud Computing

      With recent outages, big data service providers take hits ...reakers, batteries and UPS systems. In all of 2008, Uptime sent out six Flash Reports, according to Ken Brill, Uptime's executive director. So far this year, it has sent out 17 reports detailing equipment prob... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Google   Cisco   Ken Brill

    6. Avoiding Data Center Disasters

      Explore Forbes.com (Jul 29 2009) Construction , Carbon Tax

      Avoiding Data Center Disasters ...itigation investments can reasonably assure never needing to implement your disaster recovery plan. Ken Brill is executive director of the Uptime Institute. See Also: What CIOs Should Know About Carbon Taxes I... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Ken Brill   Uptime Institute

    7. Q&A: The man who helped raise server operating temperatures

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jul 6 2009) Servers

      Q&A: The man who helped raise server operating temperatures ...e recommendation, or even have enough control over their environments to safely regulate air flows. Ken Brill, executive director of the Uptime Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico, said he sees more understandin... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Ken Brill   Uptime Institute   ASHRAE

    8. NY Times Magazine Spotlights Data Centers

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jun 11 2009) Cloud Computing

      NY Times Magazine Spotlights Data Centers ...ty), Debra Chrapaty (Microsoft), Jonathan Heiliger (Facebook), Chris Crosby (Digital Realty Trust), Ken Brill (Uptime Institute), Bryan Doerr and Varghese Thomas (both of Savvis), Jonathan Koomey (Lawrence Ber... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Ken Brill   Uptime Institute   Facebook

    9. HP Has First Energy Star Servers

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jun 4 2009) Emissions , Servers

      HP Has First Energy Star Servers ...rovements at the server level can add up to large gains across a data center, as noted this week by Ken Brill of The Uptime Institue in his column for Forbes. Brill noted the impact of saving 50 watts in en... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Ken Brill   Forbes

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