This site is sponsored by The StorageIO Group. The StorageIO Group founder and author of the books "The Green and Virtual Data Center" (Auerbach) and "Resilient Storage Networks" (Elsevier) Greg Schulz in addition to having an extensive background in data center operation and data infrastructure technologies also has a background in electric power utilities having worked in IT at a regional energy generating and transmission company that included a 1,200 megawatt generation facility and a 436 mile high voltage DC transmission line part of the Midwest Area Power Pool (MAPP) energy grid that is part of the larger North American Energy Reliability Council (NERC) also referred to as the North American electrical grid. While at Cooperative power, Greg worked on a variety of IT systems and applications including material management, preventive maintenance and other operation support systems as well traditional IT applications.  You can learn more about the StorageIO group at www.storageio.com.

What's your power, cooling, floor space, energy, environmental or green story? Do you have questions or want to learn more about energy issues pertaining to IT data center and data infrastructure topics? Do you have a solution or technology or a success story that you would like to share with us pertaining to data storage and server I/O energy optimization strategies?  Do you need assistance in developing, validating or reviewing your strategy or story? Contact us at: green@storageio.com or 651-275-1563 to learn more about green data storage and server I/O or to schedule a briefing to tell us about your energy efficiency and effectiveness story pertaining to IT data centers and data infrastructures.

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