The bi-annual conference offers a hands-on, educational program to enable data center professionals to better balance the management, business and technology of running a data center. AFCOM Data Center World Spring 2008 will be held on March 30 to April 3, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Perkins will discuss "green-ness" regarding the data center environment, including power and space requirements, pending legislation, program certifications and Green Grid efforts. In his presentation, "Peeling the (Green) Onion: What Does Green Really Mean for Data Center Power?" held on April 1 at 2:45 p.m., Perkins will analyze the viable energy alternatives at the facility level. He will also participate on an interactive industry expert panel focused on "Going Green" on April 3 at 11:00 a.m.

Olsen will present on April 2 at 9:15 a.m. in a presentation titled, "Modular Power and Cooling Utility in a Box - Driving Efficiencies through Rapidly Deployed and Right-Sized Power and Cooling." He will highlight the latest modular power and cooling utilities as well as the emergence of right-sized, energy efficient and environmentally neutral systems.

Olsen's presentation will also look at new practices to overcoming space, power consumption and operating temperature constraints in the data center, as well as how facility operators can save energy by right-sizing the infrastructure to avoid excessive oversizing that leads to idle and inefficient systems.

Those interested in attending AFCOM Data Center World Spring 2008 can get more information about the conference as well as register here.

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