Andrew Fanara sent me link about "The New Know: Innovation Powered by Analytics" which fits well in the ideas to think about information systems for data centers.

Product Description

Learn to manage and grow successful analytical teams within your business

Examining analytics-one of the hottest business topics today-The New KNOW argues that analytics is needed by all enterprises in order to be successful. Until now, enterprises have been required to know what happened in the past, but in today's environment, your organization is expected to have a good knowledge of what happens next.

This innovative book covers

• Where analytics live in the enterprise
• The value of analytics
• Relationships betwixt and between
• Technologies of analytics
• Markets and marketers of analytics

The New KNOW is a timely, essential resource to staying competitive in your field.

I am amazed at how little design and architecture time is spent in the Building Management Systems (BMS) and other monitoring systems like Andrew's company OSIsoft provides in data centers.

Information publishing is changing and analytics is were it is going.  Amazon gets this.  When I ordered the book, I didn't see it on the Kindle list (but it is), so ordered the hard copy book on Sat morning with 2nd day delivery.  Amazon has me in the system as a frequent buyer for my office supplies and here is the book 2:57p on Monday on my desk.

I've discussed the idea of a data center analyst, and if you are interested in this new role, consider reading this book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thornton Makes 2010 the Year of the Analyst, January 13, 2010

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This review is from: The New Know: Innovation Powered by Analytics (Wiley and SAS Business Series) (Hardcover)

For over 20 years, Thornton has been a consummate advocate for innovation science and the fruition of the role of the CIO in the Fortune 1000. He is an expert in organizational behavior, c-suite engagement and the kind of leadership practices that get the entire organization focused and engaged.
In The New Know Thornton clearly reminds us: it's about the people, people. This text will carry the profession and practice of analytics forward in a way that only Thornton could champion the cause.
Those familiar with Thornton May know that his work puts the capital W in wit, so of course, the book is engaging, charming and full of anthropological anecdotes that will make you chuckle in your plane seat. If you haven't sat next to Thornton, he is the guy with the bow tie that everyone wants to know. He's a futurist that won't give you the answer, but will twist your brain until you take his tools and define your own destiny.
If you're a business leader whose been burned by bad data, got spreadsheets coming out the ying-yang, regularly find your self on the defense about consultation expenses - and still you need better data from the people in the room - take Thornton's course in channeling the organization's inner analyst.
If you make your living as an analyst, for goodness sake, buy the book and make a decision that 2010 will be the year of the analyst. And then make sure you get in a room with Thornton soon. He's on the road over 250 days a year.

For 6 months I have been using www.clustrmaps.com to see the global reach of this blog.  Here is a map of the last 6months and the 186 countries that have hit this blog.

Thanks for continuing to visit this blog.  What you read influences what I write next.

-Dave Ohara

Here are the 186 countries.

Taking a 12 day break I wanted to get a an idea what happens to GreenM3's blog traffic. 

Here is feeds and readership of posts.   The blue line is the # of posts being read.

This was expected as I wasn't writing, so reading should trail off.

But, a lot of traffic comes from search engines like Google. Here is TypePad's dashboard traffic.  The last week and a half drop in traffic doesn't jump out.

And Google Analytics provides more numbers.

Overall, it was I expected the RSS readerships monitored by Feedburner dropped significantly as i wasn't posting, but Google Search continued to drive traffic.

MSNBC/AP has an article on a sensor network being deployed.

Sensors deployed to better track Gulf spill

Coast Guard says readings will validate estimates of oil gushing from well

The Transocean Discoverer Enterprise drill ship (with flare) collects oil from over the site of the BP oil well alongside support ships and relief wells as workers try to stem the flow of the spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

By HARRY R. WEBER, RAY HENRY

SCHRIEVER, Louisiana - Undersea sensors were being deployed to a ruptured well in the Gulf ofMexico on Sunday in an effort to better track the amount of oil gushing into the sea, the Coast Guard said, as pressure mounted on BP fromthe Obama administration and Gulf states to create special accounts that would set aside billions of dollars to pay for spill-related claims.

So, where did the estimates come from on the amount of oil spilled?  Back of napkins?

Scientists have struggled to pin down just how much oil is spilling into the Gulf, and the government has stressed that the larger estimates were still preliminary and considered a worse-case scenario. The lead scientist in the effort said last week that the most credible range at the moment is between 840,000 gallons and 1.68 million gallons daily.

The Obama administration's point man on the oil spill, Adm. Thad Allen, said the sensors were going to be deployed Sunday and will start taking pressure readings to validate the estimates, which have been made by using such things as spillcam video and sonar readings.

So, there is no scientific data to support any claims on how much oil has spilled.

Wow.  Shows you were people what people were thinking for the past 2 months.  Somewhere buried was some scientists saying let's deploy a sensor network to measure the spill.