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

Our next meeting of the TN Chapter of AFCOM will be held on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at the Peak 10 Facilities in Franklin.  We are still working on all of the details, but right now the general plan is:

11:00 AM – Arrive at facility

11:30 AM – Lunch (Looking for sponsor)

12:00 PM – Sponsor Presentation

1:00 PM – End User Presentation

2:00 PM – Chapter Business

2:15 PM – Adjourn

If you are not already a subscriber to the mailing list, please subscribe, as it is typically where any back and forth discussion about upcoming meetings occurs.  The link for subscribing is http://list.afcom-tn.org/listinfo.cgi/afcom-tn-afcom-tn.org.

Thanks!

Scott Milliken

Last, but not least, Jeff O’Connor from Two Rivers Power is graciously sponsoring our lunch and will give a presentation on the latest in High Efficiency UPS Technologies. He’ll talk about the difference between off-line vs. eco-mode technologies, and some of the transformer-less UPS technologies now on the market. It should be a fascinating presentation for all!

Please RSVP to Scott Milliken (millikensa@ornl.gov) no later than June 8, 2012, so that we can get a head count for lunch.

Date: June 12, 2012
Time: 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM (Central)
Place: NHC Place at Cool Springs, 211 Cool Springs Blvd, Franklin, TN 37067
Lunch Provided by Two Rivers Power, LLC

I hope to see you there!

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.

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!

Allen Johnston from Johnston Technologies will give a presentation.

This post will be updated with times, directions, and information about the presentation soon.  Please mark your calendars to attend, and bring someone with you that may be interested in our meetings!

Las Vegas, NV – March 18-22

In less than two months it will be time for the next Data Center World conference.  There are typically two each year in the US, and recently AFCOM has begun holding an annual conference in the Asia Pacific region.  This is hands down one of the best conferences to attend if you want to get a crash course in what is new in the data center industry!  The expo on March 21-22 is a convention hall packed with hundreds of booths from companies in the industry, from big to small, and gives you a chance to not only make contacts within the ones that you already know about, but to learn about ones that are so new or small that you haven’t had a chance to run across them yet.  The rest of the conference has dozens of sessions that may be case studies, product information sessions, or best practice round tables.  There is always something worthwhile to find.

For more information, see the Data Center World website.