Facebook Open Compute Summit NYC registration is open

If you are interested in Facebook’s Open Compute Summit in NYC registration is now open.

Open Compute Summit: October 27, Skylight West, New York City

Thanks for your interest in the second Open Compute Summit. The nascent Open Compute community is actively seeking participants who are passionate about making strong technical contributions to defining and delivering the most efficient server, storage and data center designs. We will have executives share the latest and greatest thoughts and innovations, and a number of community-participation sessions. We will be providing more details of the event schedule in the coming weeks.

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Skylight West

500 West 36th Street
New York, NY 10018

Paperless Evaluation used at IDF, a good idea that hopefully gets more momentum

Getting session feedback is good for any event.  What is a pleasure at Intel Developer Forum IDF is there is paperless evaluation.

Thank you for attending the session: DCPP001 Intel® Server Platforms: Delivering Multiple Paths to Datacenter Performance 9/13/2011 10:15:00 AM 

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Attending Data Center Dynamics Chicago, Look for me in Hall 2

I have had a break from data center shows, and getting back to attending I am going to DataCenterDynamics Chicago on Oct 6, 2011.

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OCT 6

Chicago

Hilton Chicago

 

Chicago: the Technology Hub of the Midwest

As America’s third largest city, Chicago's reputation as the epicenter of technology has been on the rise. Accelerated by government bills aimed at technological investment and job creation, its location is key to the market drivers creating specific technological demands. It is no wonder that even the start-up community has become more vibrant over the last year.

You can find me in Hall 2 as I will be chairman for those sessions introducing the speakers.

Intelligence community transformed from "need to know" to "responsibility to share," shouldn't data centers follow?

9/11 had many affects on people and organizations.  One of those who has had to change the most is the Intelligence Community as they bear blame for not stopping the 9/11 terrorist attacks. WSJ has an article written by James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence.  The part that caught my attention was:

How 9/11 Transformed the Intelligence Community

 

It's no longer about 'need to know.'

 

Our guiding principle is 'responsibility to share.'

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We no longer operate largely on the principle of compartmentalization, that is, sharing information based on "need to know." We now start from the imperative of "responsibility to share," in order to collaborate with and better support our intelligence consumers—from the White House to the foxhole.

How many problems are caused in data centers where the standard operating procedure is "need to know."  If the US intelligence community has shifted to "responsibility to share" to solve their integration problems, maybe others should try the same approach.

Prior to the 9/11 attacks, the community had recognized that reorganization, integration of intelligence activities, and a shift in intelligence culture was necessary to adapt to evolving threats. But progress on these initiatives came slowly—too slowly to impact the events of 9/11.

The intelligence community got the message.

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We can't know with absolute certainty if any of these changes would have led to a different outcome on 9/11, but the tangible benefits of vertical and horizontal integration are indisputable. Today we are unquestionably better positioned to provide the kind of full-scope information that leaders need to make informed decisions about how to protect our nation.