Recently presented with the first ever 7×24 Exchange International Lifetime Achievement Award, Ken Brill has been recognized for his success. Data Center Knowledge just posted a piece about this special event. From the article:
Ken Brill, one of the founders of 7×24 Exchange International, an organization for those who design build, operate and maintain mission critical infrastructures, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its spring conference.
“7×24 Exchange International is honored to recognize Ken for his lifetime of accomplishments,” said Bob Cassiliano, Chairman & CEO of 7×24 Exchange International and President & CEO of Business Information Services. “It is a uniquely special individual that influences an industry with their leadership. Ken Brill is such a person with his significant and demonstrable contribution to the Mission Critical Industry.”
In 1989, Kenneth Brill co-founded the Uninterruptible Uptime Users Group (UUUG), now known as 7×24 Exchange International along with Dennis Cronin, the late Alan Freedeman, Frank Gialanella, Paul Fox, Jon Jackson and Howie Levison . Mr. Brill also founded both Upsite Technologies and the Uptime Institute, a leading authority dedicated to improving data center performance and efficiency through research, collaboration, innovation and education. Described as brilliant, curious, independent and unyielding, Mr. Brill has worked extensively to promote data center uptime and IT energy efficiency. Brill was the originator of a number of data-center innovations, such as the industry’s widely-adopted tiered system for evaluating and classifying data center availability levels. Mr. Brill has also been recognized by the Uptime Institute Symposium and the British Computer Society.
