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There are a lot of opinions on Twitter vs. Blogging. Below are a few links on the debate, but this reminds me of too many times when people look at things as a choice between the two, because they don’t know how to use each of the technologies.
Here is my current workflow.
Schneider Electric has a study it is releasing soon with insights as to where environmental projects fit in corporate priorities.
Fortune 1000: Despite Moral Obligation to Sustainability, Cash is Still King
Nearly 90 percent of senior executives feel morally responsible for making companies energy efficient, but cost savings remain biggest motivator; executives divided on impact of cap and trade, according to survey commissioned by Schneider Electric
Palatine, Ill. – February 9, 2011 – Eighty-eight percent of Fortune 1000 senior executives feel business has a moral responsibility, beyond regulatory requirements, to make their companies more energy efficient, according to a new poll released today by Harris Interactive and commissioned by Schneider Electric. At the same time, the vast majority (61 percent) of respondents say that potential cost savings are their biggest motivator to save energy at the enterprise-level, outranking environmental concerns (13 percent) or government regulations (2 percent).
January started out slowly with one trip to SJC, but Feb is the start of getting out to Data Center events. The following is my current list of events I am attending.
Technology Convergence Conference Feb 23, 2011
Politico has an anti-trust article about Google's battle and how Microsoft is one of the main supporters of the anti-trust efforts.
Tech war: Google vs. Microsoft
By: Elizabeth Wasserman
February 9, 2011 04:38 AM ESTGoogle is under siege in Washington like never before — and it says an “anti-Google industrial complex” is to blame.
In an interview with POLITICO, a Google spokesman argued that a cabal of antitrust lawyers, lobbyists and public relations firms is conspiring against the Internet search giant. The mastermind? Google says it’s Microsoft.
Maybe it’s irony, or maybe it’s payback.
NY Mag also has an article on the same topic.
Microsoft Tries to Give Google a Taste of Its Own Antitrust Medicine
Data Center Dynamics has a post on Portugal Telecom doubling its data center capacity with one building.
Portugal Telecom builds giant data center
Will service EU cloud and storage market by doubling nation’s DC capacity
Published 8th February, 2011 by Penny Jones
Portugal Telecom said it is building one of Europe’s largest data centers, with more than 45,000 sq m of operational space for 50,000 servers and covering two levels.
The build alone will double Portugal’s entire data center capacity.
