7x24 Exchange 2013 Spring Conference: Field Report

The 7x24 Exchange 2013 Spring Conference is designed for anyone involved with 7x24 infrastructures — IT, data center, disaster recovery and network/ telecommunication managers, computer technologists, facility or building managers, supervisors, and engineers

Michael Eby

June 3, 2013

Editor-in-Chief Mike Eby is in the field tracking the activities taking place at the 7x24 Exchange 2013 Spring Conference in Boca Raton, FL. This event is designed for anyone involved with 7x24 infrastructures — IT, data center, disaster recovery and network/ telecommunication managers, computer technologists, facility or building managers, supervisors, and engineers. The event attracted nearly 700 attendees interested in the design, build, and operation and maintenance issues for mission critical infrastructures. The 7x24 Exchange is a not-for-profit organization that promotes dialog among industry professionals facing the challenges that owners and operators of these facilities meet on a daily basis.

A brief summary of each session photo is shown in the upper right box.

About the Author

Michael Eby

Mike received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1986 and an M.S. degree in engineering management in 1994 from the University of South Florida. He is currently a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), and American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Prior to joining EC&M as Editor-in-Chief in September 1999, Mike served as the Executive Editor of Transmission & Distribution World magazine for five years. He currently serves as the Senior Director of Content - Buildings Group in the Infrastructure & Intelligence Division at Informa. Before joining Informa, Mike held various engineering titles within the Substation and Transmission Engineering Groups at Florida Power & Light Co., Juno Beach, FL.

Mike was awarded the Southeastern Electric Exchange (SEE) Excellence in Engineering Award in 1993 and has received numerous regional and national editorial awards for his reporting and writing work in the electrical market.