CBRE's Novak to preview trends at city's newest data center

As we all sit fully immersed in the 'Age of Data', information storage solutions weigh heavily on the minds of virtually every business, large or small. With that in mind, Continuum Data Centers and Schneider Electric have asked CBRE Data Center Solutions expert Shawn Novak to make sense of the current marketplace and offer advice on the best way forward.

Novak will be the featured speaker on Thursday, Nov. 6, at an 'Open House' for Continuum's newest '603' facility, which opened just last month in West Chicago. The 80,000-sf, purpose-built, high-density, Tier III+ data center is situated on some 20 acres that neighbor both the CME Aurora data center and Fermilab.

"We are truly excited to welcome Shawn to our new data center to engage in a conversation about the changing landscape in IT infrastructure," says Eli Scher, chairman and CEO of Chicago-based New Continuum Holdings Corp., West Chicago. "We are confident that our guests will enjoy food, drinks, and a tour of our facility, but more importantly, they will gain from the information Shawn will share, garnered from his many years of unique industry experience."

Novak joined CBRE last spring as a vice president within its Data Center Solutions Group, based in Chicago. In that role, he leads consulting engagements nationwide for organizations requiring data center mission critical facilities strategies.

Prior to joining CBRE, Novak served as a managing director at the 451 Group within the Digital Infrastructure planning advisors and was responsible for managing multiple projects and advising clients on data center strategies. Prior to this, Novak served as a Principal Consultant at Uptime Institute, a sister company of the 451 Group, where he led global data center strategies. Novak also held a position at EYP Mission Critical, which was acquired by HP, where he held a position as a Senior Consultant for the Critical Facilities Consulting practice.

For more information and to RSVP, go to: http://www.burnhamworks.com/events/calendar/continuum-schneider-open-house-with-shawn-novak