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The Polarization of the Data Center Industry (at least for now): Part 1 of 2

Posted Monday, December 07, 2009 8:01 PM by msdcblog
By Christian Belady, Principal Infrastructure Architect Global Foundation Services, Microsoft Corporation I read a lot about what others are doing in the industry, and a recent post by Rich Miller of Data Center Knowledge caught my attention. It was titled Read More...
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Presenting our Datacentre Strategy at Tech-Ed EMEA

Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:41 PM by msdcblog
Just a short post to let you know that I’ll be in Berlin for Tech-Ed EMEA from November 9 - 13 and I hope to see some of you there. I’ll be providing deeper insight into our new Dublin and Chicago datacentres, including our approaches to delivering on Read More...
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Rolling out the Green Carpet for Dublin’s Neighbors

Posted Monday, October 26, 2009 8:01 AM by msdcblog
A few weeks back we had the privilege of hosting a data centre visit and tour for the residential neighbours of the Dublin data centre. Given the long projected lifespan of our new facility, we’re going to be neighbours for a long time, and so we felt Read More...
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Microsoft’s Infrastructure Services Team Welcomes Kevin Timmons

Posted Monday, June 22, 2009 3:00 PM by msdcblog
Building an organization around exceptional leaders with the deepest industry expertise is core to how we evolve our Global Foundation Services organization. One such leader is Kevin Timmons , who joined Microsoft Global Foundation Services (GFS) today Read More...
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How Microsoft is Securing the Cloud Infrastructure and Our Data Centers, Part 2

Posted Monday, June 08, 2009 10:57 PM by msdcblog
The release last week of our white paper on Securing Microsoft’s Cloud Infrastructure generated a lot of discussion in the industry, which was our intent. We wrote the paper in part to communicate our practices to customers concerned about security in Read More...
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How Microsoft is Securing the Cloud Infrastructure and Our Data Centers

Posted Thursday, May 28, 2009 9:45 PM by msdcblog
Companies considering moving their IT operations to the cloud are understandably concerned about security, privacy, reliability, and operational controls. To address these concerns and help share best practices with the rest of the industry, the Online Read More...
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Designing Generation 4.0 Data Centers: The Engineers’ Approach to Solving Business Challenges…continued

Posted Monday, May 04, 2009 8:01 AM by msdcblog
Part # 2 (A couple of years ago, when our Data Center Services’ Research & Engineering team within Microsoft’s Global Foundation Services (GFS) group kicked off the Generation 4.0 Data Center design project, we began with the question of: What are Read More...
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Designing Generation 4.0 Data Centers: The Engineers’ Approach to Solving Business Challenges

Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:00 AM by msdcblog
Part 1: A couple of years ago, when our Data Center Services’ Research & Engineering team within Microsoft’s Global Foundation Services (GFS) group kicked off the Generation 4.0 Data Center design project, we began with the question of: What are the Read More...
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In disappointment, there is opportunity. . .

Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 3:52 PM by msdcblog
I was personally greatly disappointed with the news coming out of last week that the Uptime Institute had branded Microsoft and Google as the enemy to traditional data center operators. To be truthful, I did not give the reports much credit especially given our long and successful relationship with that organization. However, when our representatives to the event returned and corroborated the story, I have to admit that I felt more than a bit let down. Read More...
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Out of the Box Paradox – Manifested (aka Chicago Area Data Center begins its journey)

Posted Monday, October 20, 2008 4:06 PM by msdcblog
With modern conventional thinking and untold management consultants coaching people to think outside the box, I find it humorous that we have actually physically manifested an “Out of the Box Paradox” in Chicago. Read More...
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DataCenter Think Tanks Sheepish on Weightloss

Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 4:15 PM by msdcblog
Matt Stansbury over at Data Center Facilities Pro posted an interesting post regarding a panel containing Uptime’s Ken Brill. The note warns folks on the use of PUE as a benchmarking standard between data centers. I can’t say I really disagree with what he says. In my mind, self measurement is always an intensely personal thing. Read More...
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Data Center Leadership video posted at TechEd

Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:28 PM by msdcblog
I recently did a panel at TechEd in Orlando. While there Lewis Curtis caught me for a moment to shoot some questions at me around Data Center leadership. Read More...
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Do Not Tighten Bolts

Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:51 PM by msdcblog
I have a pretty incredible job. My current role has me leading Microsoft’s efforts at designing, constructing, and operating its world-wide Data Center infrastructure in support of our cloud services initiatives, or more correctly “Software + Services”. There aren’t many people around tasked with this kind of challenge, in fact the number of companies attempting this challenge can be counted on one or two hands. Read More...
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