Ask The Data Center Expert: Meet the Experts
SearchDataCenter.com's Ask the Experts is the place to get your technical and implementation questions answered by some of the leading authorities in the data center field. Our experts have been chosen by our editorial team for their knowledge of specific technology areas. To get a faster response, please choose the appropriate category for your question.
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Categories:Governance, risk management and compliance strategies
Dr. Adrian Bowles, an expert in IT strategy and compliance, has been active as both an academic and practitioner in IT strategy and management for over 25 years. He is available to answer your compliance questions to help you keep the auditors happy.
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Categories:Data center security
JP Callahan is an expert in data center security and can your answer questions.
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Categories:Business continuity
A pro on business continuity, backup, and disaster recovery, Dorian Cougias will answer your questions on how to keep your data intact and available.
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Categories:CICS
Robert Crawford has been a CICS systems programmer off and on for 30 years.
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Categories:Solaris-OS
Tom Goguen, Vice President of Sun's operating platforms group, has overall management responsibilities for product marketing of Solaris, Linux, N1 and Availability Products. He has joined SearchDataCenter.com's expert panel to answer your Solaris questions.
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Categories:Contracts and negotiations
A seasoned technology related negotiator, Jeffrey Gordon will help you get the best deals for your data center.
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No one believes it could happen to them -- a fire in the data center. But all it takes is a malfunctioning power supply or an improperly maintained AC unit and your job and your data center is literally up in smoke. Check in with expert Lance Harry before you get burned.
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Carrie Higbie, our expert on emerging technologies, has been involved in the computing and networking industries for nearly 20 years. She's here to answer you questions on what's coming down the pike in networking for the data center.
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Charles King, an expert on infrastructure hardware, and product and technology evolution and its effect on the IT market, will answer your questions about short and long term strategies for the data center.
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Categories:Cooling
It's getting mighty hot in the data center—literally. As servers get smaller, but more powerful, managers are having an increasingly tough time keeping their data centers adequately cooled. Stuck in a quandary between updating to the latest technology and keeping your environmentals in check? Our cooling expert Steve Madara can help.
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Mark will answer questions pertaining to OS/390 and z/OS base systems, JES, ISPF, TSO, REXX, VTAM, NCP, TCP/IP, DASD, RACF and SMP/E.
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Matt Stansberry is Director of Content and Publications for The Uptime Institute.
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Coté is analyst at RedMonk covering primarily enterprise software, specializing in open source, cloud computing, IT management, software development, collaborative, the web, emerging technologies, new media, and social/collaborative software.
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Brien Posey is a freelance technical writer with more than two decades of IT experience.
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Sander van Vugt is an independent trainer and consultant living in the Netherlands.
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Frank Ohlhorst is an award-winning technology journalist, professional speaker and IT business consultant with more than 25 years of experience in the technology arena.
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Bill Bradford is a Solaris and Red Hat Certified Engineer system administrator with more than 15 years of industry experience.
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Christopher M. Steffen came to Factual Data Corp. in 1997 as the corporate system administrator.
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Sander van Vugt is an independent trainer and consultant living in the Netherlands.
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Julius Neudorfer is the CTO and founder of North American Access Technologies, Inc. (NAAT).
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Wayne Kernochan is the President of Infostructure Associates, an affiliate of Valley View Ventures and has been an IT industry analyst for 22 years.
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Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor with SearchDataCenter.com, has more than 20 years of technical writing experience in the PC/technology industry.
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Robert Rosen is the past president of the IBM computer user group SHARE Inc.
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