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When just updating the news isn't quite enough -- The ES editorial staff, columnists, and other friends of the magazine weigh in here with passing thoughts, a news item that deserves a boost, follow-up on articles in the magazine, and possibly the occasional rant.

Truest Grit

April 12, 2011

By Tim Fausch

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Construction and maintenance pros, do you have what it takes to takes to excel today? I'm not talking about aggressive cost cutting or crazy-efficient management techniques. Chances are you are already doing those things.

What's Good for Facebook Is Good for the Country, and Vice Versa

April 8, 2011

By Kevin Heslin

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Facebook’s Open Compute Project Should be a Model for Others

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April 1, 2011

By Tim Fausch

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Al Levi could have packed it in, gone to Arizona, and led the good life. After all, he sold his contracting company back when the economy was still vibrant.

Data Centers are Not Prepared for Disasters

April 1, 2011

By Kevin Heslin

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AFCOM’s “State of the Data Center” Highlights Data Center World

Time to Reset

March 24, 2011

By Kevin Heslin

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Sharing my calendar

Providing Eye Candy for Your Customers

March 24, 2011

By Tim Fausch

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Last week I spent a couple days at the Coverings Show in Las Vegas. Usually, I’m very focused at trade shows on meeting readers or advertisers and talking about their specific interests.

Market Growth Promising, Not Guaranteed

March 18, 2011

By Kevin Heslin

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States compete to make themselves attractive for data centers

The Interdependency Dependence Conundrum

March 11, 2011

By Kevin Heslin

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Notes from DatacenterDynamics NY

ASHRAE funds research project

March 9, 2011

By Caroline Fritz

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ASHRAE has voted to fund research designed to help engineers and designers use building data to improve building operations. Readers of Engineered Systems are familiar with using data as Howard

A Day in the Clouds at Intel

March 3, 2011

By Kevin Heslin

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