By conducting work with a single department utilizing consistent procedures and training methods, risk is further diminished.

No doubt somebody somewhere is pitching an executive about the wonders of robotic IT staff or a data center completely run by HAL or IBM Watson. A better approach for data center managers is to gravitate toward the tangible, obvious implementations.

Whether you’re a US company or one of the 50 percent of affected organizations worldwide that will be unprepared one year from now, most of the provisions and stipulations boil down to one simple thing: data governance.

Ellen Rubin founded e-commerce startup Manna at the height of the dot-com boom, and when the bubble burst, Manna went with it, but that didn't stop her from moving forward.

'I’m not offering arc flash education or providing safety rules or guidelines, I am simply telling what could happen if you don’t follow your safety procedures,' says one electrician who learned this lesson the hard way.

QTS' Lorraine Swickick tells young women: 'Push past the thought that you may not be successful'.

If you believe, like one Data Center World speaker does, that millennials will continue to command the attention of smart organizations, then MILN might provide an interesting investment opportunity.

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VP of business development for FORTRUST and Data Center World panelist Cindy Choboian talks about starting her technology career as a broadcasting major at Penn State and explains why she's not just another pretty face in this second in a series...

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