Over 200 Data Center professionals converged on the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ on September 20-21 to hear about best practices, latest trends, newest innovations in the mission critical world for this year's local 7x24Exchange Fall Conference.

eBay's Dean Nelson delivered this year's keynote address via 2-way web cameras.  Dean spoke of eBay's expansion and how they are rethinking the way data centers are being designed, built, and used.  Other presentations from industry experts included end-user panel discussions, CoLo markets, Cloud Computing, RFID technology, medium voltage UPS, and energy usage in the data center.

The day and a half long conference is an annual event held at the Borgata by the 7x24Exchange Delaware Valley Chapter and Metro New York Chapter.  

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DVL Group is a founding member of the 7x24 Exchange Delaware Valley Chapter.

Stung by concerns that using Google is bad for the planet, the Internet search giant has revealed exactly how much electricity the company uses and how much greenhouse gases it produces in an effort to show its business model is environmentally friendly.

Experts say it's true: Watching a video on Google's Youtube site is indeed more energy-efficient than watching a DVD that had to be manufactured, packaged, shipped and purchased. 

> Read the BusinessWeek Google article now

Data Center power use didn't grow nearly as fast as predicted the past five years.  You can thank new data center designs and becoming cloud ready.

- Are you fully ready?  The types of stresses that a cloud initiative can place on your data center are changing as quickly as the definition of cloud computing itself.  

- Learn the best practices now.  With Avocent from Emerson Network Power, you have a proven set of hardware and software options that can help you improve efficiency, adapt quickly, manage power and connectivity, and ensure availability.

> Learn the steps to making your data center cloud ready.

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