Most RecentMost ViewedMost LikesData Center Optimization Initiative Redux There are a number of new metrics in the Data Center Optimization Initiativearound availability, virtualization, and power efficiency. These are important, but in the end, the only metric that really counts is mission delivery. Your influence is your greatest asset The idea of being influential is all around us. From politics to pop culture, lists of influencers are published all the time. Open your data to inspire trust We live in a time of historic distrust in institutions, especially governments. As a former Fed and a believer in public service, this greatly troubles me. Look before you leap to the cloud Given rising storage and egress costs for data, it becomes even more important to be able to think about cloud migrations and data together.