Speakers

AFCOM Central Ohio is always looking for guest speakers to present at our monthly meetings. If you're a vendor or if you're involved in data center operations management and support and would like to share your experiences with our group, please e-mail

Paul Clark at Paul.Clark@osumc.edu

Topics considered will fall under categories such as:

  • Data Center Automation

  • Client/server

  • E-Business

  • Help Desk

  • Employee Career Paths

  • Capacity Planning

  • Motivation

  • Disaster Recovery

  • Scheduling

  • Channel Extension

  • Security

  • Internet

  • Optical Disk

  • Other?

Recent Presentations

2010

"Virtualization in the Data Center" Presented by EMC on February 10, 2010
"Virtualization in the Data Center"

2009

"GREEN - Leeds Certification" Presented by Technology Site Planners on January 14, 2009
"Going Green - LEED Certification for Data Centers"
"GREEN - Energy Star Ratings" Presented by Hewlett Packard on February 11, 2009
"GREEN - Energy Star Ratings"
"Data Center Metrics - Data Centers, Meeting Today's Demand" Presented by Server Technology on March 11, 2009
"Data Center Metrics" - Hand out
"Data Center Metrics - Data Centers, Meeting Today's Demand" Presented by Server Technology on March 11, 2009
"Intelligent Cabinet PDUs and Gathering Useful Metrics"
"The Advantages of Cold Aisle Isolation" Presented by Sub Zero on April 8, 2009
"The Advantages of Cold Aisle Isolation"
"Distributing Power Effectively in Today's Data Center" Presented by Eaton Corporation on May 13, 2009
"Distributing Power Effectively in Today's Data Center"
"Hot Aisle / Cold Aisle Containment" Presented by APC on August 12, 2009
"Hot Aisle / Cold Aisle Containment"

2008

"Data Center Efficiency" Presented by Tyco Electronics on November 3, 2008
"The Power and Cooling Impact of Cabling Choices"
"Data Center Efficiency and Virtualization" Presented by APC on October 8, 2008
"Discussion around Power and Cooling Trends, Data Center Efficiency, Elements of Highly Efficient Data Center, and Effects of Virtualization"
"Fire Alarm & Detection in Data Centers (featuring 'Project Buckeye')" Presented by Royal Electric & Technologies on June 11, 2008
"VESDA- Aspirating Smoke Detection Solutions"
"Power Trends in the Data Center for 2008 and beyond" Presented by Liebert on January 9, 2008
"Five Trends on Their Way to Your Data Center"
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