Post Tagged with: "Ken Brill"

“Reduce Excess Cooling Capacity” by Upsite Technologies Featured on The Data Center Post

“Reduce Excess Cooling Capacity” by Upsite Technologies Featured on The Data Center Post

The Data Center Post recently featured a piece by Upsite Technologies’ president John Thornell, reflecting on previous wisdom from Ken Brill and applying it to 2014 cooling best practices. From the article: Ken Brill’s Original ‘Gold Nuggets’ of Wisdom Several years ago at an Uptime Institute Symposium, Ken Brill outlined five “gold nuggets” that could curb skyrocketing energy consumption in the data center: 1. Consolidating servers 2. Enabling server power-save features 3. Turning off servers no […]

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Upsite Technologies Mourns The Passing of Its Founder, Kenneth Brill and Celebrates His Many Contributions to The Data Center Industry

Highly respected and influential data center pioneer created standards that are now the foundation for the data center industry ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Upsite Technologies, Inc., a leader in data center airflow management solutions, today announced with deep regret that its founder, Kenneth Brill passed away on July 30, 2013. Mr. Brill founded Upsite Technologies in 2001. “Ken was a highly respected and influential leader in the data center industry” Mr. Brill’s thought leadership in the data […]

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Business Cloud Says – Ken Brill, father of the modern data centre, passes away

One of several notices respecting and remembering Ken Brill, the Business Cloud piece recognizes Mr. Brill’s far-reaching influence across the data center industry. From the article: Kenneth G. Brill, known to many as the father of the modern datacentre, passed away on Tuesday. He was 69 years old. Brill, who was an electrical engineer by trade, helped pioneer a number of datacentre innovations including dual power topology, the tiered system used to rank datacentre performance, […]

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Data Center Dynamics Remembers Ken Brill

Ken Brill, founder of the Uptime Institute our of which developed Upsite Technologies, recently passed, and his legacy is remembered by Data Center Dynamics. From the article: *The article has been updated with a statement from Brill’s colleague at Upsite Technologies Ken Brill, founder of the highly influential data center industry organization Uptime Institute has passed, according to a statement issued by the organization. In a statement, Martin McCarthy, chairman and CEO of the 451 […]

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Ken Brill Remembered by Data Center Knowledge

Ken Brill Remembered by Data Center Knowledge

Founder of The Uptime Institute, out of which Upsite Technologies was born, Ken Brill passed away. His influence in the data center industry is noted by Data Center Knowledge. From the article: Kenneth Brill, one of the data center industry’s thought leaders for decades, passed away on Tuesday. Brill was the founder of The Uptime Institute, and developed the Tier System that continues as one of the primary measures of data center reliability. He was […]

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Data Center Knowledge Writes About Upsite Founder Ken Brill’s Lifetime Achievement Award

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 […]

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Mission Critical Writes About Ken Brill’s First Ever Lifetime Achievement Award From 7×24

Upsite Technologies’ founder Ken Brill was recently featured in a piece by Mission Critical for receiving a first ever award from 7×24 Exchange. From the article: Upsite Technologies, Inc.has announced that its founder, Kenneth G. Brill, will receive the first ever 7×24 Exchange International Lifetime Achievement Award during 7×24 Exchange’s next annual conference, which will occur June 2-5 in Boca Raton, FL. Kenneth Brill founded both Upsite Technologies and the Uptime Institute, a leading authority dedicated […]

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Upsite Technologies Founder Recently Featured in Green Computing Report

An original founder of Upsite Technologies, Ken Brill was recently recognized by 7×24, as covered here by Green Computing Report. From the article: “Ken’s leadership in the data center space over the last thirty years has led to increased efficiency and operational excellence within the industry.” Kenneth Brill 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. Additionally, Mr. […]

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Upsite Technologies Founder Ken Brill to Receive First Ever Lifetime Achievement Award from 7×24 Exchange International

At a ceremony during next week’s 7×24 Exchange International conference, data center pioneer, 7X24 Exchange co-founder and Uptime Institute founder Ken Brill will be recognized for his many years of leadership and innovation in the data center space. BOCA RATON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Upsite Technologies, Inc., a leader in data center airflow management solutions, today announced that its founder, Kenneth G. Brill, will receive the first ever 7×24 Exchange International Lifetime Achievement Award during 7×24 Exchange’s next annual conference, which […]

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