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"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future" - John F. Kennedy"
The Data Center landscape is changing at an incredible rate. Demand is increasing and technology is advancing rapidly, more so than at any other time in our history. Data Center operational cost increases, growing consumption, and the corresponding carbon footprint have increased the executive visibility, and pressure to get the environment under control. The world is now participating and the demand on the datacenters to feed it will not stop. This Revolution requires an Evolution in thinking. This session will dive into the latest trends, industry activities and technologies that datacenter owners and operators should be aware of. Dean Nelson, Sr Director of Sun Microsystems Global Lab & Datacenter Design Services, and co-founder of Data Center Pulse, an exclusive community of Data Center owners and operators, will be sharing information on Sun's latest datacenter innovations as well as updates on the Data Center Pulse activities, including The Chill Off, Focus Tracks, and more.
Dean is the Sr. Director of Global Lab & Datacenter Design Services (GDS) in the Work Environments (WE) business unit of Sun Microsystems. GDS bridges the gap between Facilities & IT/Engineering and is responsible for managing Sun's multi-billion dollar global technical infrastructure portfolio including datacenter design, standards and strategy. The GDS work resides in the Act portion of Sun's Eco strategy, and was showcased at Sun's Eco Launch in August, 2007, and the Colorado Data Center grand opening in January, 2009. Because of overwhelming customer interest, the GDS processes and design became a Sun service offering through the Data Center Efficiency practice (DCE) in December, 2007.
Dean has been in the technology industry for 19 years, of which 16 have been with Sun. He spent four years in Sun manufacturing in roles ranging from component level debug to managing quality. This included helping the drive to achieve ISO 9002 certification. Dean joined the Sun Engineering community in 1993. He led systems and network administration support for some of Sun's largest and most complex R&D lab environments.
Dean left Sun in 2000 to join a networking startup company called Allegro Networks. At Allegro, he built a world-class QA team, state of the art global R&D lab environments and fully integrated automation system.
In 2003, Dean returned to Sun joining the newly formed N1 organization. He orchestrated the integration of Terraspring and Center Run R&D labs and the merger of Sun Cluster into N1. In mid 2003, Dean took over management all of N1's R&D labs, build engineering, automation, and capital budget responsibilities world-wide. In 2004, he became a leading member of the Global Lab & Datacenter Design Services (GDS) team tasked with creating a strategy to standardize Sun's multi-billion dollar technical infrastructure portfolio. He was the architect of the GDS operating model and lead design engineer for lab and datacenter projects world-wide. In 2006, he became the GDS Director. Since taking over the group, Dean has delivered the GDS strategy, executing the largest technical infrastructure consolidation in Sun's history compressing the 1.4 million square foot portfolio by 48%, a $250M dollar investment.
Dean is the Founder of Data Center Pulse - an exclusive datacenter owner community influencing the industry through the lens of the end user. He is an author of the Sun Blueprint, "Energy Efficient Datacenters: The Role of Modularity in Datacenter Design" and was featured in Contrarian Minds, a focus on the engineers, scientists and dreamers of Sun Microsystems. Dean is also the recipient of Sun's prestigious Innovation Award presented by Sun's CEO, Jonathan Schwartz and CTO, Greg Papadopoulos in July, 2008.
Dean lives in Northern California with his wife and daughter.
Organised by: Miguel Angel Marquina
Computing Seminars /IT Department