I Love Data Centers
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Customer Defines The Edge - Episode 53 - Phillip Marangella
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Customer Defines The Edge - Episode 53 - Phillip Marangella by I Love Data Centers
The Greenest Electron is the One you Never Need to Use - Episode 52 - Shawn Mills
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Greenest Electron is the One you Never Need to Use - Episode 52 - Shawn Mills by I Love Data Centers
Data Centers and Interconnection in Omaha - Episode 51 -Todd Cushing
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Data Centers and Interconnection in Omaha - Episode 51 -Todd Cushing by I Love Data Centers
Measuring What Matters on the Edge - Episode 50 - Bruce Lehrman
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Measuring What Matters on the Edge - Episode 50 - Bruce Lehrman by I Love Data Centers
I Love Underground Data Centers - Episode 49 - Todd Murren
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I Love Underground Data Centers - Episode 49 - Todd Murren by I Love Data Centers
Data Center Industry Gateway for Military Veterans - Episode 48 – Jason Okroy
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I spend time talking with Jason Okroy, Co-founder and CEO of Salute Mission Critical, a US military veteran focused data center servic...
Balance is Important. Words Matter. - Episode 047 - Jeff Wabik
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Early on in our conversation, Jeff politely made me aware that he has socks older than me. Apart from this telling me that he definitely needs some ne...
Focused on Strong Business Fundamentals - Episode 046 - Rich Lee
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Staying on topic re: demystifying the Interconnection Services Industry and our recent Interconnection Playbook launch, I spent time with successful d...
Drive Quality in Everything You Do - Episode 045 - Chris Downie
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Excited to share with you a few stories from Chris Downie on his professional experience growing into the data center industry. His unique perspective...
Megaport & Interconnection Services 101 - Episode 44 - Misha Cetrone
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Interconnection Services Playbook, which serves as an attempt to demystify the Interconnection Services Industry, is now released into the wild! K...
Fascinating, Exciting, and So Much Opportunity - Episode 43 - James Grice
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I was lucky enough to grab some time with attorney James Grice for this episode to do a serious knowledge drop regarding data center tax frameworks ap...
Hyperscale Level Performance to the Multi-tenant Colocation Market - Episode 42 - Jake Ring
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Given how little innovation has gone on in the commercial data center colocation industry as of late, I was skeptical when someone told me the GIGA Da...
Great Culture Makes Great Business - Episode 41 - Ed Henigin
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Data Foundry is one of the oldest privately owned data center companies in the world. They've managed to build a highly profitable business and surviv...
Network is the Wild Wild West - Episode 040 - Erik Knight
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
SD-WAN has been hyped for a few years now as a "game changer" in the industry that will replace WAN MPLS networks. I have definitely seen a rise in th...
Unveiling the Data Center - Episode 39 - Ryan Barbera
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
While advancements in the data center industry have made shopping the scene as a consumer seem more complicated, it's actually more accessible than ev...
Your IT is Likely Less Automated than Dominos - Episode 038 - Josh Williams
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Now that the dust has settled with INAP's acquisition of Singlehop, I wanted to speak with one of the brains at the company who was front and center d...
All Things Data Center Interconnection - Episode 037 - ChristianKoch
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I've been trying to make sense of how Megaport, Packet Fabric, PurePort, Equinix's ECX, Digital Realty's Service Exchange, DE-CIX, Epsilon, etc. all d...
Your Data is Getting Safer... Sort of - Episode 036 - Aaron Hughes
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Hughes has spent decades architecting, building and managing various components that make up the internet we all use today. Ever heard of Peerin...
Finding Packet - Episode 035 - Jacob Smith
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob and I are aligned on a mission to bring sexy back to the infrastructure that runs the brave new digital world we live in. Our conversation cover...
Episode 034 - Paul Croteau - Stories from an Early Racker
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You know those moments when numerous people tell you that you "NEEEED" to talk to someone because they think you'll instantly get along, and then you ...
Episode 033 - Sam Barhoumeh - All Things Public Cloud
31 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I spent some time with my new friend Sam Barhoumeh, Founder and CEO of ReadyNetworks, a full service technology solutions firm based i...
Episode 032 - Hugh Carspecken - EDGE is the new Cloud
10 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The “Edge” has become one of the new buzzwords that unfortunately means both everything and nothing at the same time, much like the term “Cloud....
Episode 031 - Ken Male - IT Spend Visualization is a Game Changer
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: CxO NExUS, I interview the Chief Executive Officer of CxO NExUS, Ken Male. With more than 25 years of l...
Episode 030 - Mark Houpt - All Things Data and Data Center Security
26 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: All Things Data and Data Center Security, I interview the Chief Information Security Officer of Databank...
Episode 029 - AJ Byers - The Montreal Data Center Market is so Hot Right Now
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: The Montreal Data Center Market is so Hot Right Now, I interview the President and CEO of Root Data Cent...
Episode 028 - Alan Fagan - IT Components, SDN and The Irish Technology Boom
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: IT Components, SDN and The Irish Technology Boom, I interview the North America Sales Manager at EPS Glo...
Episode 027 - Mark Del Bianco - Drones and PII
07 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast, we interview Mark Del Bianco, an attorney who represents direct sales agents and services providers in t...
Episode 026 - Sean Patrick Tario - How I Got Here; Rich Miller Interviews the Interviewer
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: How I Got Here, Rich Miller Interviews Sean Patrick Tario, the voice and vision behind the I Love Data C...
Episode 025 - Rob DeVita - Past, Present & Future of OPEN IX & Carrier Hotels
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rob attended one of my data center bootcamps in Denver years ago and instantly became an advocate for the education I was providing the industry. It t...
Episode 024 - Phil Keenan - MicroCorp's Cloud Elements Division and The Anatomy of a Master Agency
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: MicroCorp’s New Cloud Elements Division and the Anatomy of a Telecom Master Agency, I interview the Pr...
Episode 023 - Rich Miller - Founder & Editor of DataCenterKnowledge.com and DataCenterFrontier.com
17 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Founder & Editor of DataCenterKnowledge.com and DataCenterFrontier.com, I interview the one and only Ric...
Episode 022 - Heather Vescent - Strategic Foresight and The Cyber Attack Survival Manual
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Strategic Foresight and The Cyber Attack Survival Manual, I interview author and bona fide futurist Heat...
Episode 021 - Rob Butler - Unwrapping the Indirect IT Sales Channel
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Becoming an independent IT consultant and navigating the indirect sales channel ecosystem can appear daunting. It appears daunting, because it is daun...
Episode 020 - Kevin Miller - Network Infrastructure Deep Dive for Terrestrial Fiber Optics
16 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The interview I did with Gil Santaliz in Episode 18 got my wheels turning on the topic of fiber optics and I wanted to learn more. It just so happens ...
Episode 019 - Cost Wellness - Introduction to Telecomm Expense Management
30 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: An Introduction to Telecom Expense Management (TEM). This is a data center podcast, so you may ask ...
Episode 018 - Gil Santaliz - Network Infrastructure Deep Dive Undersea Cables & Landing Stations
26 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Network Infrastructure Deep Dive for Undersea Cables and Landing Stations, I interview Gil Santaliz. Yo...
Episode 017 - Jeffrey A. Moerdler - Data Center Industry Attorney Perspectives
29 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Data Center Industry Attorney Perspectives, I interview Jeffery A. Moerdler. My favorite interviews are...
Episode 016 - Atlanta's 55 & 56 Marietta Data Centers - Tim Kiser
23 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Atlanta's 55 & 56 Marietta Data Centers, I interview Tim Kiser. Tim Kiser served as an Air Force B52 ...
Episode 015 - Meet Me Room and Internet Exchange Innovation in the Data Center Industry Hunter Newby
28 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the I Love Data Centers podcast: Meet Me Room and Internet Exchange Innovation in the Data Center Industry, I interview Hunter Newby. If...
Episode 014 - Systems Theory, Technology, Ethics, and Corporate Transformation
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"We Need a revolution in our behavior, in our ethics, rather than just a revolution in our technology." -Brian Patrick Green I was introduced to Stua...
Episode 013 - Data Center M&A, Elite Sales DNA, and Women in IT - Shelagh Montgomery
18 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When I was a fast moving young sales executive working for the national data center company QTS from 2009-2011, Shelagh was one of my favorite people ...
Episode 012 - Selling the Data Center Marketplace to IT and the C-Suite - Todd M Smith
01 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When we started the I Love Data Centers podcast a few months ago I committed to providing you with raw, honest advice and entertaining stories that w...
Episode 011 - Data Center Patents And Perspectives On Artificial Intelligence - Scott Noteboom
17 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the I Love Data Centers podcast, Data Center Patents and Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence, we have Scott Noteboom. Scott is ...
Episode 010 - The Art of Troubleshooting from a Master Troubleshooter
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As the CTO and co-founder of an IT firm focused on delivering bleeding edge services to law firms, Jason was one of my first clients when I joined the...
Episode 009 - History of Internet Protocols, ISPs, SPAM, Internet Exchanges and Peering
19 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There are only a few dozen people on the planet, still working today, who both understand how the internet was originally developed and were actually ...
Episode 008 - A High Density Data Center Colocation Startup Story Sean Holzknecht
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have on deck Sean Holzknecht, the co-founder and CEO of Colovore, a high density colocation provider in Santa Clara, CA. Some rich conten...
Episode 007 - The Godfather of the Colocation Indirect Sales Channel
19 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s I Love Data Centers episode - The Godfather of the Colocation Indirect Sales Channel - Sean’s guest is Dany Bouchedid, the Founder ...
Episode 006 - The Evolution of Data Center and Cloud, Insights on AsiaPac and Canada - Philbert Shih
12 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode of the I Love Data Centers podcast, The Evolution of Data Center and Cloud, with Insights on AsiaPac and Canada, we have a more ta...
Episode 005 - Data Center Trials, Fiber Optics, and House Music - Garrick Sturgill
27 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s I Love Data Centers episode - Data Center Trials, Fiber Optics, and House Music - Sean’s guest is Garrick Sturgill, the Director or...
Episode 004 - Evolution of a Telecommunications and Data Center Industry Titan - with Raul Martynek
19 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s I Love Data Centers episode, Evolution of a Telecommunications and Data Center Industry Titan, our guest is Raul Martynek. Raul curre...
Episode 003 - DevOps, Selling Complex IT Solutions and Why the Future is Hybrid - Pete Sclafani
12 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 3 of the I Love Data Centers Podcast, you'll meet Pete Sclafani, COO and Co-founder of 6Connect. Pete's expertise allows him to speak up an...
Episode 002 - Data Center Industry Education On Capitol Hill - Christian Dawson
05 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 002 - Data CenterIndustry Education on Capitol Hill Raw and honest advice, plus some entertaining stories about the data center industry tha...
Episode 001 - The Heart and Soul of eBay's Infrastructure
28 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Raw and honest advice, plus some entertaining stories about the data center industry that drives the digital world in which we live. In this episode, ...