
Data Center Infrastructure
Session Details
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
11:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Room W314B
11:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Room W314B
Session Type: Networking and Infrastructure
Content Level: Introductory
Intended Audience: Frontline technology practitioners, IT directors and managers
Speaker(s)
- Tom Jordan, Network Operations Center Manager, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
- Session convener: Chad J. Kainz, Sr. Director, Academic Technologies & Client Relations, University of Chicago
Abstract
The data center is a cornerstone of campus IT infrastructure. This presentation will describe how UW Whitewater approached renovating its data center to prepare it for the future. It will also cover the TIA-942 standard for data center infrastructure and the challenges posed by virtualization and blade-based computing.











