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If you don't think media is changing, consider the following.
Melinda Gates just started tweeting, and after three tweets she has 14,558 followers.
Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, businesswoman, and mother. Dedicated to helping all people lead healthy, productive lives.http://www.gatesfoundation.org
Well, it may help that her husband Bill said she has a tweet account and told 3,511,463 followers Melinda has started tweeting.
About @BillGates
BillGates Bill GatesMelinda, welcome to @Twitter! I may be biased, but I think we should all follow @melindagates
Consider Michael Dell 744 tweets and has only 27,394 followers.
Family man, Chairman and CEO Dell.com msdf.org msdcapital.com http://bit.ly/lh2Y9Fhttp://www.dell.com
I am heading to 7x24 Exchange Phoenix Nov 13- 16, and part of my activities besides blogging is to moderate a panel with Google’s Joe Kava, AOL’s Mike Manos, and Citi’s Jack Glass. We have a prime speaking spot right after the break on first day after the keynote.
Joe, Mike, and I have been discussing the idea of a thought leadership panel discussion since the Uptime Symposium. Our idea is to not discuss the technology, but the people in data centers and the challenges to find the best and brightest people for the data center jobs. “Hunting for the Talent”
It is not easy to find the right people, and sometimes the innovative people come from other industries. Semiconductor manufacturing is where many have come from, including Joe Kava. Submarine design and operations is another. Some of the most innovative designs are coming from the companies who have staffed up their own design teams – Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Yahoo, Dell, and HP all have their own data center design and operations teams.
Here is Joe presenting about the Hamina Data Center
Mike is a dynamic speaker that makes great points.
Jack Glass is passionate about energy.
“We didn’t ignore energy in our designs,” said Jack Glass, Citigroup’s Senior VP of Data Center Planning. “My electric bill for North American centers is north of $20 million a year. Our team decided that we should be out in front of this issue. LEED was a joint decision between IT and real estate.”
The panel discussion is going to be a great way to discuss an important topic and we appreciate the support the 7x24 Exchange staff has provide for this unique presentation.
If you believe some people’s statements achieving LEED certification, a sub 1.2 PUE, and carbon neutral are the definition of a Green Data Center. But, within this same data center you could have huge wastes that impact the environment. Being green requires a constant monitoring and asking the question “what could I do better?”
FieldView Solutions has a press release on its being one of 200 companies being selected for GoingGreen Global 200.
FieldView Solutions Named GoingGreen Global 200 Winner
Company Recognized for Creating New Opportunities in Green TechnologyEDISON, NJ, Sep 20, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- FieldView Solutions, a provider of industry-leading Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software -- and recent recipient of venture-led funding -- today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Global 200 winners. This year's winners were selected from among thousands of domestic and international greentech technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and greentech industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2011 list.
I like David Schirmacher’s quote.
"Instituting green initiatives is not a fad, it is a corporate responsibility for every organization -- specifically within the data center industry, notorious for energy inefficiency," said David Schirmacher, CSO, FieldView Solutions. "FieldView Solutions works with some of the largest global data center managers to help them optimize and maintain energy efficient facilities via a real-time view into their operations. We are honored that investors, bankers, journalists, and greentech industry insiders selected FieldView as a GoingGreen Global 200 company."
The list of 200 winners is long with many data center related areas.
Data Center Efficiency
Aquion Energy
www.aquionenergy.com
Pittsburgh, PASeaMicro
www.seamicro.com
Sunnyvale, CASentilla
www.sentilla.com
Redwood City, CASynapSense
www.synapsense.com
Folsom, CAXtreme Power
www.xtremepower.com
Kyle, TXEnergy Management, Smart Grid, and Energy Efficiency
Adura Technologies
www.aduratech.com
San Francisco, CAArray Converter
www.arrayconverter.com
Cupertino, CABPL Global
www.bplglobal.net
Cranberry Township, PABridgelux
www.bridgelux.com
Sunnyvale, CAC3
www.c3-e.com
San Mateo, CADaintree Networks
www.daintree.net
Mountain View, CADigital Lumens
www.digitallumens.com
Boston, MAeMeter
www.emeter.com
San Mateo, CAEnergyHub
www.energyhub.com
Brooklyn, NYenLighted
www.enlightedinc.com
Sunnyvale, CAEnverv
www.enverv.com
San Diego, CAENXSuite
www.enxsuite.com
San Bruno, CAFieldView Solutions
www.fieldviewsolutions.com
Edison, NJGreenPlug
www.greenplug.us
San Ramon, CAGreenvity Communications
www.greenvity.com
Milpitas, CAGrid Net
www.grid-net.com
San Francisco, CAHara Software
www.hara.com
Redwood City, CAIllumitex
www.illumitex.com
Austin, TXIntematix
www.intematix.com
Fremont, CALight Engine
www.lightengine-tech.com
Shatin, Hong KongMC10
www.mc10inc.com
Cambridge, MAMokaFive
www.moka5.com
Redwood City, CAnlyte
www.nlyte.com
Menlo Park, CANoveda Technologies
www.noveda.com
Branchburg, NJNuventix
www.nuventix.com
Austin, TXOnChip Power
www.onchippower.com
Boston, MAOpower
www.opower.com
Arlington, VAPower Assure
www.powerassure.com
Santa Clara, CAPowerhouse Dynamics
www.powerhousedynamics.com
Newton, MAPowergetics
www.powergetics.com
San Francisco, CARecurve
www.recurve.com
San Francisco, CARedwood Systems
www.redwoodsystems.com
Fremont, CARenewable Funding
www.renewfund.com
Oakland, CAScientific Conservation
www.scientificconservation.com
San Francisco, CASilver Spring Networks
www.silverspringnetworks.com
Redwood City, CASmartSynch
www.smartsynch.com
Jackson, MSSoraa
www.soraa.com
Fremont, CATendril Networks
www.tendrilinc.com
Boulder, COTrilliant
www.trilliantinc.com
Redwood City, CAVigilent
www.vigilent.com
El Cerrito, CAViridity Energy
www.viridityenergy.com
Conshohocken, PAWaterSmart
www.watersmartsoftware.com
Tiburon, CAWiTricity
www.witricity.com
Watertown, MAXicato
www.xicato.com
San Jose, CA
Part of the fun running the Green (Low Carbon) Data Center Blog is I get data on what topics are interesting. One of things I check is what the overall site traffic is. When I switched to SquareSpace from TypePad six months ago, I was hoping for more traffic. 2.5 times more than six months ago is a pleasant surprise. Feb 2011 about 20,000. Aug 2011 about 50,000. (Note Sept is only 20 of 30 days in the below metrics.)
Below is a dashboard snapshot.
Thanks for reading GreenM3.
-Dave Ohara
Everyone is excited about raising temperatures in the data center to reduce cooling requirements. Well not everyone. The people who work in the data center can't be too thrilled. Don't think this is a problem. KomoNews reports on amazon.com warehouse employees going to the hospital for heat-stress.
Report: Amazon.com warehouse heat sent several to hospital
By Associated Press Published: Sep 20, 2011 at 2:53 PM PMALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A newspaper says sweltering conditions inside an Amazon.com warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania over the summer sent several employees to hospitals and led to a federal inspection.
The (Allentown) Morning Call reports that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued no fines but made recommendations on how the company could improve its heat-stress management plan at the Breinigsville warehouse.
If you think you can hide information like this. Consider the newspaper received the information as part of the Freedom of Information Act.
The newspaper cited documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request in reporting that an emergency room doctor at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest called an OSHA hotline in June after seeing several workers. A company official later said 15 employees had heat-related symptoms, and six were treated at a hospital.
