I am happy to announce that we have a date and agenda set for the next TN Chapter of AFCOM Meeting.  This meeting will focus on the new high performance storage system installed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, called Atlas.  Data Direct Networks (DDN) will be sponsoring our meeting, and will talk about their involvement in the design of this “big data” problem.   We will also have a presentation from ORNL on the bits and pieces of making this work.

If you have other people in your organization that manage storage or have an interest in Big Data Problems, you are encouraged to pass this invitation along.

Jean-Luc Chatelain

EVP, Strategy & Technology

Jean-Luc Chatelain joined DDN in February 2011 with several decades of experience as a technology industry leader. Most recently, Chatelain was as a distinguished Hewlett-Packard Fellow responsible for successfully leading HP’s Information Optimization strategy, steering the entry of HP into the ILM space. Chatelain also founded Persist Technologies Inc., a leader in reference information storage software which was acquired by HP. Prior to that, Chatelain co-invented the SmartCell™, the world’s first application-centric enterprise storage technology, and created a breakthrough medical imaging workflow technology for Cemax-Icon, which experienced significant growth as a result of this innovation before being acquired by Imation/Eastman Kodak.

Date:  Thursday, May 30, 2013

Time:  11:00 AM to 3:00 PM (Lunch will be provided)

Location:  Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37831.  We will meet in Building 5100 (Joint Institute for Computational Science).

http://goo.gl/maps/dtbDR  (Building 5100 is directly West across the lawn from the building marked as Cafeteria)

RSVP:  Required by May 24 for US Citizens, or May 10 for non-citizens.  Please send contact information (name, company, phone number, email address) for each attendee to millikensa@ornl.gov

Scott Milliken, local chapter President, will be giving a presentation at the Fall 2012 Data Center World, which will be held October 1-3, at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center.

DCIM On a Dime:  Using Open Source Software to Manage Data Center Infrastructure

There are many DCIM solutions available on the market, but convincing management to pay for those tools can be an impossible task for any sized shop.  Open Source Software can help to bridge that gap, either as a final solution or as a stepping stone to a more feature rich, commercial package.  This session will provide an overview of the open source packages in use at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, including an in-house developed, open source solution called openDCIM.

Mark your calendar for future events in 2012.  Please let us know if you would like to sponsor lunch and complete a presentation to the team. 

All,
Thank you for attending our Q1, 2012 Chapter Meeting. Please find the attached presentation from the meeting – look under Links:  Q1, 2012 Best Practices Monitoring by Steve Lewis. 

Location for Chapter Meeting/Lunch/Presentation:
NHC Place at Cool Springs
211 Cool Springs Blvd.
Franklin, TN 37067

Lunch provided by:
Allen Johnston from Johnston Technologies

Presentation Topic and Guest Speaker: 

Steve Lewis

 Steve Lewis joined the Geist I.F. team as Director of Sales on July 30th, 2010. Lewis brings over a decade of experience in data center monitoring, data center power distribution, server management solutions, and high density cooling solutions to our team. His experience in data center planning and management will prove valuable as the Director of Sales, where he’s responsible for revenue growth and sales strategies across both solutions and services for Geist I.F.

 Prior to Geist I.F., Lewis worked for a critical power manufacturer, where he sold enterprise power products while executing sales and marketing strategies to capture market share among channel partners.

 Most recently, Lewis served as Director of Sales for a Value Added Reseller where he successfully managed over 25 enterprise implementations, each including a variety of cooling, power, and server management technologies. Through his dedication to customer service and support, he has cultivated a professional portfolio of over 250 clients, including Fortune 100 organizations.

 Topic:  Monitoring Best Practices: A guide to specifying, implementing, and calculating TCO for a Data Center Monitoring solution

A Tour of Cummins Inc. Data Center (Franklin, TN) – less than two miles from NHC Meeting facility to those interested.

Please RSVP to penny.s.roberts@cummins.com no later than March 7, 2012 so we can schedule lunch for meeting.

Hope to see you there!

Now that the holidays are over and we have started a new year, I’ve converted the site over to a WordPress blog, which means that instead of having to upload all of the content myself, I can now delegate that to some of the other officers.  Speaking of which, Penny Roberts and I have been talking about some of the things that we would like to do with our chapter over the next year.  There will be more information about that to come, soon!