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Data Center Infrastructure

Session Details

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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.

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