Tag Archives: cix

Psst! You wanna buy a data center?

Posted on April 17, 2008 by

Well, ok not an entire data center but my share of the CIX data center. As I have mentioned before, I am moving to Spain in July. When I move, I will no longer be able to make a meaningful … Continue reading →

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Reducing your Costs and your Carbon Footprint – presentation

Posted on March 6, 2008 by

I gave a talk at the it@cork Green IT event yesterday entitled “Reducing your Costs and your Carbon Footprint”. The talk goes into some detail on how Cork Internet eXchange, the cork-based data centre I am a director of, achieves … Continue reading →

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Reducing your Costs and your Carbon Footprint – A Case Study

Posted on March 4, 2008 by

I am speaking at the it@cork Green IT breakfast event tomorrow morning (5th March ’08). My presentation is “Reducing your Costs and your Carbon Footprint – A Case Study” and I will be using CIX as a case study on … Continue reading →

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My interview published on Channel 9

Posted on January 15, 2008 by

When I was in Barcelona for TechEd last year Charles Torre did a video interview with me. We had a wide ranging chat about data centre energy efficiency strategies, blogs/blogging and the Death Star! Charles emailed me last night to … Continue reading →

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CIX on Intruders.tv

Posted on December 20, 2007 by

We held our Open Day in CIX a couple of weeks back. We invited local businesses to come in and have a look at the data centre infrastructure before we closed up all the ducts and hazardous areas. We also … Continue reading →

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Off to Le Web3

Posted on December 11, 2007 by

I’m heading to the Le Web3 conference this week to deliver a talk on using technology (energy demand management) to reduce carbon footprints. This comes from our work in CIX on delivering a hyper energy-efficient data centre and my working … Continue reading →

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Fast food lies

Posted on November 19, 2007 by

I saw fellow CIX director Adam Beecher’s post on fast food, the ads and the reality last night and it reminded me that I had taken similar photos in Supermacs Hueston Station, a couple of months back and never uploaded … Continue reading →

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CIX open day

Posted on November 19, 2007 by

Cork Internet eXchange (aka CIX) are having an Open Day on the morning of November 29th at 10am. This will be your final opportunity to have a gander around the innards of a data centre in the making. After the … Continue reading →

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See if this doesn't terrify you

Posted on October 26, 2007 by

I have always wanted to fly. And I have no fear of heights – hence I have climbed the CIX mast numerous times (with appropriate safety gear!). However, just watching these guys in wingsuits scares the hell out of me! … Continue reading →

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Embeddable Google maps

Posted on August 21, 2007 by

According to this post on the Google Maps blog site, it is now possible to embed Google Maps on your own site in the same way you can embed YouTube videos. The image below is of the industrial park where … Continue reading →

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