Robert McFarlane Blogs About Data Center Design

Oct 20, 2005 4:53 PM

Robert McFarlane, a principal at Shen Milsom & Wilke and an expert on the physical design of data centers, will write 10 expert guest blogs for TechTarget’s Online Expert Answer Center.

Written specifically for IT professionals, facilities managers, and business owners, McFarlane’s blogs, available for free at the website, will highlight common mistakes in the design and management of data centers and suggestions for solving problems, avoiding expenditures on ineffective solutions, and minimizing risk of failures. Some specific topics include the “interruptibility” of uninterruptible power supplies, data center security, building an addition to or renovating a data center, and that all-important subject: keeping the data center cool.

His blogs will also include answers to two to three questions from readers each day.

McFarlane has more than 30 years experience in communications consulting, including data centers, cable design, fiber optics, data communications, telephony, financial trading systems, satellite earth stations, video and multi-media, and acoustics. He is a pioneer in the field of building cabling design.

For more information about McFarlane’s blogs, visit www.techtarget.com.