I've worked with quite a few clients, and seen many posts, related to understanding service provider / site selection and total cost of ownership. Are you familiar with the power-based TCO model?
We've (
Wired Real Estate Group - New IT Data Centers) produced some upcoming events to help...I hope you will come out for these seminars and cocktail networking hour:
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE DATA CENTER: CLOUD, COLOCATION, & DATA CENTER REAL ESTATE
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Hyatt, Denver Tech Center
NOV 4, 2009 – 2:00 PM TO 6:30 PM
Sheraton, Silicon Valley (Palo Alto)
NOV 18, 2009 – 2:00 PM TO 6:30 PM
Crown Plaza, Los Angeles (LAX)
NOV 19, 2009 – 2:00 PM TO 6:30 PM
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KEYNOTE - CLOUD COMPUTING : FACT AND FICTION
JAMES STATEN, PRINCIPAL ANALYST, FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.
END USER PANEL - INTERNAL CLOUDS, HIGH-DENSITY COMPUTING, & EXTERNAL DCS
Agilent, CBS Interactive, USA.net, Facebook, MySpace, other
Moderated by Forrester Research
PROVIDER PANEL - TECHNOLOGY, NEW SOLUTIONS, PRICING TRENDS
SunGard, Travelport, InfoBunker, ColoHouse, Bastionhost, McKinstry, Lee Tech, Peak Web Hosting, Grupo SMS
Moderated by Wired Real Estate Group
COLOCATION, DATA CENTER PRICING & POWER-BASED TCO ANALYSIS
Presented by Wired Real Estate Group
GREENING OF THE DATA CENTER & SUSTAINABILITY
Presented by Megawatt Consulting
INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTER MARKET COMPARISON
Presented by Byrne Dixon Associates
HOSTED COCKTAIL RECEPTION