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7×24 Exchange International’s Board of Directors announced the creation of a Technical Committee to advance the organization’s goal of improving end-to-end reliability in the mission critical industry. The Technical Committee’s first task is supporting 7×24 Exchange’s strategic partnership with the National Science Foundation’s Center for Energy Smart Electronic Systems (ES2).

Upsite Technologies, Inc., a leader in data center airflow management solutions, today announced that its founder, Kenneth G. Brill, will receive the first ever 7×24 Exchange International Lifetime Achievement Award during 7×24 Exchange’s next annual conference, which will occur June 2-5 in Boca Raton, Florida.

Veteran Board member Robert J. Cassiliano has been appointed the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of 7×24 Exchange International, the leading knowledge exchange for those who design, build, operate and maintain mission-critical enterprise information infrastructures, 7×24 Exchange’s goal is to improve end-to-end reliability by promoting dialogue among these groups.

As business demands and energy costs for data centers rise, owners and operators have focused on the energy efficiency of the data center as a whole, frequently using energy efficiency metrics. However, the metrics are not always applied clearly and consistently.