Slide presentation at http://www.open-ix.org/ on April 8th, 2015 presented by Adam Rothschild from Packet (www.packet.net) Synopsis: Choosing the right datacenter is a key component for a successful infrastructure deployment, and something often overlooked, with disastrous consequences. Only when the purchaser and provider are truly aligned, can success be achieved. This presentation will provide “tricks of the trade” for dealing with the RFP process, and subsequent facility and TCO analysis, leaving attendees with a sample document and financial model they can tweak to suit their own needs. About Adam Rothschild Adam Rothschild is Packet’s Senior Vice President of Network and Datacenter Infrastructure; he is responsible for all facets of the company’s next-generation infrastructure strategy and engineering. Adam was previously a member of Voxel dot Net’s founding technical team, where he served as Vice President of Network Architecture. Following Voxel’s sale to Internap in 2011, he held several leadership positions at Internap, and was most recently Senior Manager of Network Architecture and Product Development. - See more at: https://www.packet.net/about/team/adam-rothschild