Amazon buys Dublin building as future data center

February 9, 2011 Dave Ohara

DataCenterDynamics reports on amazon.com’s latest data center move.

Amazon buys Dublin site for data center

Two more data centers under development in the area

Published 9th February, 2011 by Yevgeniy Sverdlik

Online retailer and provider of public-cloud servicesAmazon bought a large property in Dublin, Ireland, with plans to turn it into a data center, Independent.ie reported.
The 240,000-sq-ft building is a former storage facility of the supermarket chain Tesco, which moved out more than two years ago. The property, sitting on a 13-acre site had been on the market ever since its last occupant left.

How I use Twitter, RSS, and a Blog Together

February 9, 2011 Dave Ohara

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 Research: Cash trumps Green initiatives

February 9, 2011 Dave Ohara

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).

My List of Attending Data Center Events, Feb–June 2011

February 9, 2011 Dave Ohara

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

Google vs. Microsoft, what goes around, comes around

February 9, 2011 Dave Ohara

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 EST

Google 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