2012 Olympics tip Verizon/Terremark data center decision to Amsterdam over London

ComputerWeekly reports on Verizon/Terremark's decision to build a data center in Amsterdam over London due to the 2012 Olympics creating a power shortage.

Verizon rejects London datacentre site due to Olympic Games power drain

Kathleen Hall
Friday 23 September 2011 11:03
Olympics 2012 led Verizon Business to dismiss London datacentre

Concerns over power shortages led to Verizon Business dismissing London as the site for its flagship datacentre.

Verizon Business was worried about the availability of power because of the Olympic Games to be hosted in London next year. The company chose Amsterdam instead.

The President of Verizon Europe made the following statement.

Hermann Oggel, president of European business at Terremark, told delegates at Verizon's annual business conference that the choice of locations was between London and Amsterdam.

"London was full with the Olympics, with no power. And power is a big issue," Oggel said. "We spoke to utility companies in London and looked at premises, but found it economically better to manage from Amsterdam."

Here is the new NAP of Amsterdam Data Center as reported on DataCent

An aerial view of the new Terremark NAP of Amsterdam, the company's latest network access point.

Nielsen shares some numbers on SmartPhone and Tablet #MobilizeConf

Jonathan Carson from Nielsen shared some insights (numbers) that they have found studying the Smartphone and Tablet market.

TABLETS AND SMARTPHONES BY THE NUMBERS

The growing popularity of smartphones and tablets has opened up new opportunities for mobile content and apps – and raises critical questions, as well. Do different platforms and devices require different monetization strategies or does it depend on which demographic group you are trying to reach? How do different kinds of consumers respond to mobile ads? How much are consumers willing to pay for various types of content? How effective are mobile ads? These questions and more are revealed by audience research giant, The Nielsen Company.

Speakers:Jonathan Carson - GM, Digital, Nielsen

Here is a slide that shows the strength of the tablet in Books, TV Shows, Magazines, and Movies.  Helps to explain why Amazon must ship their own Tablet device to dominate Books and Magazines.  And, their move into TV and Movie streaming.

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Here is some data on Top 50 Android apps.

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But don't think that being in the top 50 is easy.  1 in 5 apps in the July top 50 were not in the June top 50.

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Fjord CEO provides 4 takeaways @MobilizeConf

Jay Fry wrote this tweet at

RT @elieljohnson: @olof_s the user is the OS, privacy is a currency, digital --> physical, mashup economy needs orchestrators #MobilizeConf

Here is the talk

CAN INVISIBLE ALSO BE AMAZING? DESIGNING FLUID AND CONNECTED EXPERIENCES

Can we fall in love with things we can't see? As the bond between mobility and the cloud increases, we will need to design invisible and seductive service experiences. Device-to-cloud interactions will yield new products that will adapt to device capabilities and context. But as bright and attractive as the future might look, we have to consider the ethics of money-making in this new age. Who will own user data, and is pushing advertising going to ruin user experience? This and more is covered by leading design firm, Fjord.

Speakers:Olof Schybergson - CEO, Fjord

And the slide with the 4 takeaways.

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Dell Channel Growth 33% to 50%, huge opportunity for Data Center Solutions

CRN has an article that discusses The Michael Dell difference.

The Michael Dell Difference

By Steven Burke, CRNSeptember 23, 2011
No CEO has been more engaged and fired up recently about making gains with the channel than Dell Founder, Chairman and CEO Michael Dell.

Dell, an industry icon who pioneered the direct sales model for the PC business, has remade himself and his company over the last four years into a charged-up, channel-centric partner. In the process, Dell himself has become his company’s No. 1 channel advocate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What caught my eye is the focus on the channel and data center solutions.

Dell’s channel conversion didn’t happen overnight. Michael Dell and Greg Davis, the company’s global channel chief, have been building the channel effort one partner at a time, and Dell himself has played an active role in that channel sales effort, reaching out to partners directly and helping them close deals. The Dell channel business now amounts to about 33 percent of the company’s $62 billion in annual sales. And Dell sees it growing to 50 percent.

The fact is Dell has grown its channel business by being a consistent and predictable partner with a channel-neutral sales compensation model aimed at incenting its direct sales force to work hand in hand with partners. That’s not to say that there are still not issues with channel conflict. Many partners want to see more joint sales engagement between Dell direct and partners. And if Dell starts opening enterprise customer doors with data center solutions partners, it could prove to be a huge windfall for the company.

Michael Dell gets it that in order to scale he needs partners.  A direct sales force has difficulty scaling.

Partners that decide to take on Dell as a partner can be sure that they will find in Dell himself a passionate, channel-savvy leader that gets their business and the power of delivering solutions -- hardware, software and services -- to customers, and is willing to get his hands dirty helping them in the sales trenches. Michael Dell gets the channel. And he gets IT. That’s a lot more than can be said of many CEOs in this business.

It is amazing to think that Michael Dell started with a direct sales model, and now he is focusing on growing his channel.