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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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