An example Humor is viral, Organizational Chart post traffic 112,024 views in 6 days

One of my loyal followers sent me the post about a bunch of high tech companies and their org charts.  A bunch of other people reposted this blog post. My friend sent me the post on June 29, but it took me a few days, 6, to get around to thinking how I wanted to post.  Below is a Google search on "organizational chart microsoft google apple."  You can see the posts are all dated June 29 or 30, except mine which is Google #7, posted on July 5.

1. Funny Organizational Chart for Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon ...

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   Jun 30, 2011 – Organizational Chart for Apple Amazon Facebook Google Microsoft and Oracle Funny Organizational Chart for Apple, ...

2. Organizational Chart for Apple Amazon Facebook Google Microsoft

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   Organizational Chart for Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and ...

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3. Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle Org Chart

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   Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle Org Chart. By Adron Hall on June 29, 2011. AMZN, MSFT, GOOG, and other org Charts (Click for full ...

4. Apple, MS, Google Etc. Imagined As Fun Org Charts | Cult of Mac

   www.cultofmac.com/apple-ms-google-etc...as...org-charts/102917 - Cached

   Jun 29, 2011 – Posted in Mac, News | Tagged: Apple, google, microsoft, Org chart, tech company org charts | Comment on this article ...

5. Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft Org Chart | Obama Pacman

   obamapacman.com › Apple - Cached

   Jun 29, 2011 – Funny interpretation of Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Oracle organization charts. Org Chart of Apple, Google, & Microsoft ...

6. Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle Org Chart ...

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   Jun 29, 2011 – Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle Org Chart. June 29th, 2011 § Leave a Comment. AMZN, MSFT, GOOG, and other org Charts ...

7. Organizational Charts- Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Oracle ...

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   Organizational Charts- Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Oracle, and Microsoft. Date Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 1:48PM. Here is a post a a friend shared on ...

So, how much volume did I get to move to position to #7?  Here is a Feedburner report.

This blog post distorts now my normal traffic as you can how the traffic blows away my normal view volume.

Does LEED certification mean a data center is Green? Time Warner's Charlotte Data Center observed

I found this headline on Time Warner's new Charlotte, NC data center.

Time Warner Cable to Build Two Green Data Centers in Charlotte

• By Justin Lee, July 11, 2011

An illustration of Time Warner Cable's planned data center in Charlotte

Related Topics: Green Hosting, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Leed, Time Warner

(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Media and telecommunications giant Time Warner Cable (www.timewarner.com) announced on Monday it will invest more than $101 million dollars to construct two new data centers in North Carolina over the next three years.

The statement is made the LEED certification supports TWC's green initiative.

The new data centers will support TWC's green initiative, with both buildings seeking LEED certification.

You look at DataCenterKnowledge's reporting of the TWC data center there is no mention of LEED as it is not news that a data center gets LEED certification.  Most likely some one in Time Warner's PR department chose to highlight that LEED certification means Time Warner has a green data center.

For you experienced data center people you know LEED certification is for the construction of the data center, not the operation or carbon source of energy.  And in general LEED certification does not necessarily mean your data center is green.

Consider these thoughts from ZDNET's blogger David Chernicoff.

Too many datacenter certifications?

By David Chernicoff | July 8, 2011, 11:49am PDT

Summary

Do we really need another player certifying green datacenters?

David Chernicoff

When the press release announcing that Internap network Services datacenter crossed my desk announcing that the facility was the first datacenter to achieve Green Globes certification, the first thing I had to do was figure out what that meant. What I found was an assessment and rating system developed in Canada and beginning to make an appearance in the US. According to the Green Globes website, the Green Building Initiative is the US group backing the Green Globes rating system.

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Now certification for specialty facilities that can’t be certified using the LEED guidelines is a good idea. But competing head-to-head with LEED in certifying buildings that are notorious energy hogs, such as data centers, seems counterproductive. Especially when the prime selling point on the web site seems to be that GG certification is cheaper to obtain.  Selecting service providers is a complex enough process; having to then filter through a list of competing certifications seems simply to ad work to the process.  Time, and the marketplace, will have to be the judge.

A better heat exchanger for that hot processor, The Sandia cooler

CNET reports on what they call a fanless heat exchanger.

Fanless heat sink design promises cooler, quieter CPUs

by Rich Brown

As a product category, CPU cooling hardware tends to offer few worthwhile developments, but a new heat sink concept from Sandia National Laboratories seems to offer tremendous promise for computers, as well as cooling appliances. Designed by researcher Jeffrey Koplow, the new "Sandia Cooler" does away with a separate fan component, and instead relies on the heat sink itself to disperse heated air.

The Sandia Labs press release is here.

Sandia’s “Cooler” technology offers fundamental breakthrough in heat transfer for microelectronics, other cooling applications

Sandia’s Jeff Koplow makes an adjustment to an earlier prototype of his Air Bearing Heat Exchanger invention. The technology, as known as the “Sandia Cooler,” will significantly reduce the energy needed to cool the processor chips in data centers and large-scale computing environments.(Photo by Dino Vournas) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image.

Licensing opportunities now available

LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories has developed a new technology with the potential to dramatically alter the air-cooling landscape in computing and microelectronics, and lab officials are now seeking licensees in the electronics chip cooling field to license and commercialize the device.

The “Sandia Cooler,” also known as the “Air Bearing Heat Exchanger,” is a novel, proprietary air-cooling invention developed by Sandia researcher Jeff Koplow, who was recently selected by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to take part in the NAE’s 17th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium.

The benefits of the Sandia Cooler are on this site which doesn't list servers.

Benefits Dramatic increase in cooling performance without resorting to exotic methods
10x smaller than current state-of-the-art CPU coolers
Exceptionally quiet operation
Immune to dust fouling
Simple, rugged, and cost-competitive design
Provides increased energy

efficiency Applications and Industries Laptops
High performance "gaming" PCs
Home video game boxes
Various other electronic devices

If you are interested in the patent application go here.

Sandia Cooler - A Fundamentally New Approach to Air-cooled Heat Exchangers for Electronics Chip Cooling

Solicitation Number: 11_360

Agency: Department of Energy
Office: Sandia Corp. (DOE Contractor)
Location: Sandia National Laboratories

Synopsis:

Added: Jun 17, 2011 1:00 pm

Sandia National Laboratories seeks licensees for patent application #12/185,570 [title "Heat Exchanger Device and Method for Heat Transfer or Removal"; inventor Jeff Koplow; filing date Aug. 4, 2008; US Patent Application Publication #2009/1099997 A1; SD #10948]. This patent application involves a novel, proprietary air-cooled heat exchanger technology, known as the "Sandia Cooler" or alternatively the "Air Bearing Heat Exchanger". The current solicitation regards licensing opportunities in the field of electronics chip cooling. Sandia will be establishing a separate process for exploring partnering and/or licensing opportunities in other fields.

Checklist for Checklists and a website for medical checklists

I found a checklist for checklists on Project Check website.

Welcome!  Project Check is a website designed to provide the public with easy access to a number of life saving medical checklists.  To view and download one of our currently available checklists, please visit the "Checklists" page.  If you do not see the checklist you are looking for, we encourage you to develop your own.  We have created a "Checklist for Checklists" to aid you in this process.  If you have questions along the way, feel free to either contact us or pose your question to the forum.  Once your checklist is complete, please submit it to us and we will post it for others to access.

And, here is a Surgical Safety Checklist on the site which is from http://www.safesurg.org/

I've got the e-mail of Boeing's Checklist god, Dan Boorman and a collection of data center executives who will attend a future meeting.  Part of the homework for the people who will join us is to spend some time thinking of data center checklists.

Who will be the new Carbon Data Center target for Greenpeace?

I take it for granted that the Green Data Center idea has caught on.  DatacenterDynamics published an article about Interxion being powered by 100% green energy.

Interxion purchases 100% green energy for Zurich data center

Increases reductions in emissions by purchasing elecricity generated by renewables

Published 8th July, 2011 by Penny Jones

Interxion has chosen to use 100% ‘green energy’ for its Zurich data center, signing up to receive electricity produced by solar and hydroelectric power from energy provider Energie Opfikon.

The colocation provider was already using some hydroeclectric-generated energy from the company, but had recently undergone an expansion which led it to take on the 100% offering.

But that doesn't mean everyone thinks having a green (low carbon) data center is important.  Some have said the cloud is greener, but Greenpeace pointed out cloud data centers have carbon impacts.

I have some ideas who would be the next potential targets for Greenpeace identifying a high carbon data center.  We'll see if I can figure out who the next Greenpeace data center target is.

I wrote two years ago, thinking the targets where Apple, Google, or Microsoft, but Facebook surprised us all as the data center target for Greenpeace.

My guess is it is going to be someone who we wouldn't expect as all the big data center operators have low carbon data center strategies.