The keynote speaker at DataCentre Ireland has been announced. W. Pitt Turner IV, PE is the executive director emeritus of Uptime Institute. Since 1993 he has been a senior consultant and principal for Uptime Institute Professional Services (UIPS), previously known as ComputerSite Engineering. Uptime Institute includes UIPS, the Institute Uptime Network, a peer group of over 100 data center owners and operators in North America, EMEA, Brazil, and Asia Pacific, as well as the Uptime Institute Symposium, a major annual international conference. Uptime Institute is an independent operating unit of The 451 Group.

The Theme of Pitt’s address will be “The Argument for Holistic IT Efficiency (Or, STOP talking about PUE!)” which is just the start of a two day programme of information and debate. All Sessions are Free to attend – So invest the time and benefit from the experience.

To see the latest programme click here.

Opening Times

Registration opens at 09.30 on both days

· 11th November: 10.00 – 17.00

· 12th November: 10.00 – 16.00 

DCProfessional Development is a provider of mission critical learning & development solutions to the global data center industry. they work with an international network of data center, IT and domain experts to develop and deliver ground breaking training using the latest educational techniques. Through an internationally recognised range of classroom and online courses they empower data center professionals to enhance their skills sets and become Data Center Specialists in Design, Operations and IT. 

New Exhibitors

· Veeam Software

· Certification Europe

· Baker Security and Networks

· Dataracks

· SpliceGroup Europe

· Gen-x IT

· Gromtec Europe

· DC Professional Development

· Zinopy

· BIFM

· Butler Group

· Irish Cooling Towers

· SEPAM Group

To view the full list of Exhibitors click here.

Conference Programme Additions and Amends

Day 1, Tuesday 11th November

10.30 – 11.00 Keynote Address, Lansdowne Room

The Argument for Holistic IT Efficiency (Or, STOP talking about PUE!)

Pitt Turner, Uptime Institute

Day 1. Room 2

14.15 – 14.40

Confidence – Assurance – Certainty:

How certification improves Data Centres’ business strategy and operations.

John RyanCertification Europe

Conference programme now live on the website. Click here to view