Events:

The Productivity Proxies, Economizer Survey, and Forum 2012 webcast will take place on Thursday, February 9 at 10:00am-11:00am EST and 4:00pm-5:00pm EST. This session will present a preview of what attendees can expect at The Green Grid Forum 2012, specifically highlighting the Measuring Data Center Energy Productivity through Productivity Proxies and Economizer Survey Results sessions.

The Green Grid’s 5th annual Forum will be held on March 6-7 in San Jose, CA and will include an in-depth look at industry trends affecting the future of resource efficient IT and showcase emerging tools, metrics, best practices, and case studies to help technical, sustainability and business decision makers improve performance. 

Members-only registration is now open. Please contact The Green Grid Administration if you have any questions.

Measuring Data Center Energy Productivity through Productivity Proxies
The Green Grid introduced the Data Center Energy Productivity (DCeP) metric to track the overall work product of a data center per unit of energy used to produce that work. Since DCeP can be difficult to implement we proposed eight productivity proxies that would be used as simple indicators of productivity. Last year, The Green Grid performed a validation study at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to evaluate the ease of use and accuracy of the proxies. In this session. Zeydy Ortiz will present the results of the validation study, examine measuring productivity in the context of the Data Center Maturity Model, and discuss future direction.

Economizer Survey Results  
In early 2011, The Green Grid conducted a survey to learn more about current economizer awareness, perceptions, and use in the data center industry. The survey’s results indicate that economizers are well-known throughout the data center industry and that adoption is becoming fairly widespread. In this session, Jessica Kaiser and Mark Monroe will highlight some of the most interesting results from this survey.


Speakers:

Jessica Kaiser, Emerson Network Power

Jessica Kaiser is Manager, Sales Strategy for Emerson Network Power. In this role, she is responsible for strategic analysis, planning and program implementation for the Liebert North America sales organization. Jessica has 10 years of sales and marketing experience and began with Emerson Network Power in 2004, first holding the position of Customer Insights Manager and most recently serving as Solutions Marketing Manager. Prior to joining Emerson Network Power, Jessica obtained her Master’s of Business Administration from The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business. Jessica also holds a Bachelor’s degree from Boston University in Environmental Studies and Chemistry. Jessica is an active member of The Green Grid and new Vice Chair of the Data Collections & Analysis work group.

Mark Monroe, The Green Grid 

Mark is the Executive Director of The Green Grid. An expert in corporate sustainability, data center efficiency, and many aspects of Information Technology (IT), Mark has more than 28 years of experience in the IT industry. His duties have included responsibility for internal, customer, and industry thought leadership on sustainability and energy efficiency topics. His IT background includes experience in data center design and operations, application and system design, service level management, process design and analysis, professional services, sales, government and commercial program management, and outsourcing management.

Mark is also on the Board of Directors for the Center for ReSource Conservation in Boulder, CO. He works on sustainability advisory boards with the University of Colorado and local Colorado governments and is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt. As a founding sponsor of the University of Colorado's Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), Mark helped lead the university and industry partners into detailed programs around the New Energy economy in Colorado.

Zeydy Ortiz, Ph.D., IBM 

Zeydy Ortiz is a Senior Performance Engineer in the IBM System x Performance Group at Research Triangle Park, NC. She is responsible for optimizing future system designs for performance, energy efficiency, and virtualization. Dr. Ortiz joined IBM in 1998 after completing her doctoral degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University. She has a Master's in Computer Science from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico.