I blogged about Mike Manos’s talk at Uptime last week.
Mike Manos keynote question are you Donkey or a Chaos Monkey?
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2011 AT 5:42AM
Mike Manos gave a keynote at Uptime Institute in his new role at AOL as VP of Technology, and was back with his entertaining presentation style. Mike's talk was on "Preparing for the Cloud: A Data Center Survival Guide", but Mike wisely changed his presentation to challenge the attendees to stop being Donkeys.
And, Mike just posted his own summary of his observations at Uptime.
Chaos Monkeys, Donkeys and the Innovation of Action
May 19, 2011 by mmanos
Last week I once again had the pleasure of speaking at the Uptime Institute’s Symposium. As one of the premiere events in the Data Center industry it is definitely one of those conferences that is a must attend to get a view into what’s new, what’s changing, and where we are going as an industry. Having attended the event numerous times in the past, this year I set out on my adventure with a slightly different agenda.
One of the best parts Mike posts is his observation of the patterns he saw.
By listening the audiences, the hallway conversations, and the multitude of networking opportunities throughout the event a pattern started to emerge, a pattern that reinforced the belief that I was already coming to in my mind. Despite a myriad of talk on very cool technology, application, and evolving thought leadership innovations – the most popular and most impactful sessions seemed to center on those folks who actually did something, not with the new bleeding edge technologies, but utilizing those recurring themes that have carried from Symposium to Symposium over the years. Air Side economization? Not new. Someone (outside Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, etc) doing it? Very New-Very Exciting. It was what I am calling the Innovation of ACTION. Actually doing those things we have talked about for so long.
As Mike says.
As you contemplate your own job – whether IT or Data Center professional….Are you a Donkey or Chaos Monkey?