"Energy Efficient Data Centers: Best Practices"

Cisco Live 2013, Orlando, FL

Energy efficiency needs to be approached holistically, understanding that the Data Center is a System of Systems. This was a major update from the prior year presentation in San Diego.

Collaborative Infrastructure Modeling (CIM)

Visualizing and Educating in 3D

Rob Aldrich and I created CIM modeling as we were spooling up the Cisco Advanced Services Facilities and Energy Management Practice a few years ago. It's based on Google (now Trimbal) SketchUp. As an Enterprise Architect I am continually impressed by its power as a tool for communicating complexity. Here's a selection of use cases for it, but there are many more.

Mind Mapping

Introduction to Mind Maps

I've been using mind maps for a long time in a variety of contexts. This clip introduces mind maps as a tool in the toolbox for communication and governance.