 Hey everybody, it's that time again. It's the end of month once again. And you know what that means. It's time to welcome you to another edition of JSA's Fast Forward. That's right. Thanks for joining us as we broadcast live online via LinkedIn and YouTube and through our very own JSA TV newsroom. I'm Dean Perine, Executive Vice President at JSA. And I'm Jamie Scottokataya, Founder and CEO of JSA. Today we're going to bring you all the biggest headlines from the world of tech, telecom and data centers. That's right. We're going to review a busy month in the industry by recapping the biggest stories from JSA's telecom news now blog. So Jay, I'm going to kick things off. What was your favorite article of the month? Oh, tough one. A lot of really great articles I will say, but when I think about my very favorite one, it kind of hits my heart here because it's actually an editorial from JSA's our own media partner, Zhao Marquez Lima, who does incredible reporting on European headlines for us. He did a fascinating piece looking at Italy's data center sector and all of its future growth potential. And of course, you know me, Italy near and dear to my heart, data centers, love. So I would say yes. I encourage everyone to go ahead and read that article. Very good. So are you ready to hit the rest of the headlines, Jay? Of course. And this time we are doing it quiz style, just live, but go wrong, right? I haven't the writers do this to us though. And I, you know, it's just like, okay. But anyway, we're going to take turns asking each other trivia questions. Some easy, some not so easy. The questions and topics will each relate to the headline from the past month. So let's go ahead and kick things off, Jay. All right, Dean. Here we go. Here's your first question. What is the capital city of Denmark? Okay, I do know this one. It's Copenhagen. Oh, well done. Well done. Okay. So this harkens back to my Shakespearean acting days. Of course it does. Yeah. It does. Something's rotten in the state of Denmark. Ooh, that was great. Bravissimo, do you know? Yeah, what do? It's well done. Thank you. But okay, the reason guys that we're talking about Denmark is that it is the site of a new announcement from Prime Data Centers. They are building 124 megawatt data center in Denmark that will be powered by 100% renewable energy. Yay. Way to hear. Yep, yep, yep. Awesome, awesome. Okay, Jay, this is your first question. Lassi has a popular drink in India and it's made from which product? Oh dear. Okay, I'm not really sure about this one. When you said Lassi, I went to Lassi and that's a dog, not a drink. Okay, I've definitely never had it before. So I don't know, some type of fruit juice, maybe a drink. Sorry, sorry, I'm sorry. It's actually yogurt, Lassi. Lassi fell down the well. Or Jimmy fell down the well room. I would, I would have never. Okay, but thank you. I'll have to try that one again next time I'm out for Indian food. Yeah, that's right. And I suspect that the reason it's yogurt is because of the spicy dishes, the milk base and all that stuff. But anyway, we're talking about India because there is big news on the TNN blog this month from Airtel, India's leading communications solutions provider. They announced a partnership with Volter that's VULTR, the world's largest privately held cloud computing company. That's huge news for enterprises in India, looking to move workloads to the cloud. The cloud is a big, big topic of discussion still and probably will continue to be through the end of the year. And next. Yeah, definitely, definitely. Okay, Dean, you are a music guy. So this is a good one for you. In 1951, the Fender Precision was introduced as the name of the first electric version of what instrument, the Fender Precision. Yeah, the Fender Precision is a bass guitar otherwise known as the P-Bass for those in the know. And I even once played it. My dad actually was a bass player in blues bands when I was a little kid. And so that's kind of how I got my musical taste moistened at the time. Very cool, very cool. I knew that would be right up your alley. So Precision, by the way guys, isn't just the name of a bass guitar. It is also the name of a great data center industry vendor, Precision OT, we love. Great people, great company. Precision OT made the news big time this month, including new facilities, new demos, lots of industry events. Their EVP Keith Haberfield appeared on our very own JSA TV last month at Metro Connect with, let me guess, who was his host? Oh yeah, our own Dean Prine doing him at Metro Connect. I got two thumbs and they both point to this guy right here. And it was a great chat. We talked a lot about industry trends and lots of current and future things going on with Precision. So it was all good stuff. Jamie, are you ready for your next question? Actually, not sure, but I'll quest my fingers and say yes, so go ahead. You're gonna love this one. You might wanna cross your toes to Jay because this is a sports trivia question. What is the name of Tennessee's professional football team? Oh, okay, all my Tennessee friends are, please don't be mad at me, Tennessee Tacos? No, although that would be an amazing team name. It's actually the Titans. Oh, of course it is, so sorry. But we're going from the Titans to Titanium, that is Titanium platform LLC, who just announced a partnership with Deutsche Telecom, which many of us know for their T-Mobile brand. It's a huge deal for Titanium, who will offer their framework solution to support Deutsche Telecom's 5G roaming environment. So very cool stuff there coming from Titanium. Yes, yes, love those guys too. Okay, here comes your next trivia question, Dino. What is photophobia? Oh my God, okay. Fear of getting your picture taken? You know, that's a good, yeah, both great, great guess, but actually a sensitivity to light. Oh, interesting, oh, interesting. So I'm like, you know, when you're on antibiotics, you have four to extra foot, it doesn't really matter. So anyway, I'll keep things going here. So sorry, yeah, I'll remember that one. So Dino, we're talking light because our friends at LightPath just published some popular editorials on the JSA blog that are definitely worth checking out. We're talking the first one all about how to build resiliency of cloud-based connectivity. There's that cloud word again. And second, we're talking SD-WAN and its place in our industry. So lots of good thought pieces, again, from LightPath. Yeah, excellent. And we're gonna go ahead and stick to the light theme for another new story for this month. This time, it's Light Edge who announced two big new hires, Dale Dawson as VP of Product and Sergio Torres as Director of Managed Services. So congratulations to Dale and to Sergio. Yeah, Dale and Sergio, congrats. All right, Jay, you are up and it's a history question for you. The, yeah, yay, I get the excitement in your voice. The show guns ruled over which country? The show guns ruled over which country? Okay, not 100% sure here, like ever in my whole life, never. But I'm gonna go ahead with Japan. That is correct. I guessed all those Kung Fu movies from our youth have paid off. It is correct, it is Japan, that's right. Well, actually it's the only Kung Fu that I'm watching these days is Kung Fu Panda with my daughter, but yes. I love Tanskadoosh, that's one of my favorites. You know what I'm talking about. Well, either way, you got it. So although the show guns may be gone, there is some telecom industry news coming from Japan this month. We don't often get the chance to talk about Japan, but today is the day Princeton's digital group has appointed Yoshinaga Takahashi as Managing Director of their Japanese operations. They're Asia's leading data center provider. So that is a big hire. Congratulations to Yoshinaga Takahashi. I believe I even pronounced that correctly. I was gonna say great pronunciation and absolutely huge move there for Japan and PDG. Great news. Okay, so you're up next Mr. Dino for our trivia. Here's a test of your memory from, oh, 90s TV. I love the 90s. I know, like you can't give me these types of, I'm giving you good ones, just FYI. All right, so what were the names of the two special agent characters in the X-Files? Nuts. I honestly, I've never watched this. It's, you know, too scary or so that I have no clue. Fred and Wilma. Fred and Wilma, excellent guess. But I gotta say it was very scary for me too. I think I watched half of one and then I was like, I know, but the correct answer is Dana Scully and Fox Mulder. Right, Fox Mulder, yeah. And I think the ladies really like that guy too at one point, way back in the 90s, right? Oh yeah, he was like, heartthrob city. But also super cool names, right? Very cool names, definitely. So here we go guys from X-Files to AwareX now. AwareX, the leading digital customer experience provider for the telecom industry. AwareX recently awarded elite certification from the TM Forum. So congratulations to AwareX. Yes, congratulations to our friends at AwareX. And we're gonna go ahead and double dip on the letter X to talk about the news from EdgeConnex, right? Yeah, we know and love them. They recently joined the European Data Center Association, a not-for-profit industry association established to support the interest of the European data center community of which they are a relatively really big one these days. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, so great, so great. We can actually triple dip on the X with X-Tanette, ah, E-X-Tanette. And they published a great interview this month with VP Jay Floyd and Senior VP Roy Hilliard. We love those guys. They talk about a big project, actually several, with organizations like MGM Resorts. We all go to, you know, we all know MGM from their biggest takeover and the Dallas Cowboys. So yeah, we're talking some very big clients. Yeah, congratulations, X-Tanette. Those are very, very big clients. Congratulations to the folks at X-Tanette. Okay, Jamie, you're gonna love this. This is a car question, which is usually my specialty, but you get the car question. But I do think that you have a good chance of getting it because you actually talk about this person from time to time. Oh, interesting. All right, well, I'm kind of nervous, but hey, can't be as hard as the crankshaft question from last time, so let's go for it. That was a good one. Okay, you gotta be confident. You got this, Jay, I promise. All right, Zen Space, go for it. All right, introduced in 1908 by Henry Ford. This is the first highly successful mass-produced automobile. Hey, hey, hey, I'm your right. I love quoting Henry Ford. All right, this is, what is the Model T? The Model T is absolutely correct, Jamie. Congratulations. Woo, thanks for believing in me, Mr. Dino. Oh, yeah, they had it the whole time, Jay. But maybe this is the start of your new hot rod phase. Hot rod, unless you mean like those little hot wheel cars, the toy cars in the track that Ava likes to see. I don't know, doubt it. But anyway, why are we talking cars again? We're talking the Model T4 because that brings us to T5 data centers, specifically their CMO, Craig McKesson. He gave a great interview on JSA TV and you can read the transcript on the TNN blog. It's an interesting discussion about facilities management with the goal of a smaller carbon footprint. Another jumping right on the back of the greener data and we'll talk about greener data later, I think. But anyway, a smaller carbon footprint. So I definitely check that out, the transcript of that JSA TV on our TNN blog. Awesome, awesome stuff. Okay, Dino, you ready for your next question? I am, yes. It's a geography one. Damn you, Jamie. Well, we as Americans traditionally just didn't get this one. So anyway, do our country proud, ready? Here we go. Which North African city has a name which means White House in Spanish? This is ridiculous. I don't know, Cairo? Cairo, okay. No, I thought you might be able to break it down with your high school Spanish. House Casa White Blanca, Casa Blanca. See, I love that movie. I know, you know what? We know the name so much, we never break it down. Yeah, that's true. Okay. Yeah, and that would have been a perfect time for that Humphrey Bogart impersonation. Exactly, I did. I did Jimmy Stewart on the last one. I could have done Humphrey Bogart this time, but alas, not alas. All right, well, I better get going before you try that. So we're going from White House to Powerhouse with Powerhouse Data Center's VP, Luke Kipfer. Yeah, you know you liked that one. Making waves this month, he appeared on a recent episode of the Inside Data Center podcast which has been getting some attention in the episode. He comments on both sustainability and speed to market. No word on his knowledge of North African geography though, but we will check in and... Yeah, I wonder if you have more difficult questions on his podcast than I'm facing right now. So... We'll have to get that from Luke. Yes. All right, I'm going to guess that he never also got asked about thunder guitars. Yeah, you know, I'll bet you're right on his podcast probably not, but okay, here's the next question, and this one is for you, Jay. Flamenco is a traditional dance style associated with which country? Ooh, I love... Isn't that the one where we're like dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. Yes, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. And I should say my sister, my older sister. Five years older. I always like to get that in. Yeah, she's watching. I'm sure she loves this. The only, my family watches, Hank, that's our audience. Yeah. She actually is a beautiful ballroom dancer. So I feel like I've got this one. Flamenco, beautiful to watch. The shoes, the flowers, the cast and nets, everything. So I'm going to go with Spain to see some expert Flamenco dancers too. Yep. That's correct. Spain is right. And that's where Myriad 360, a global solutions provider, recently accepted their latest award at the 2023 Executive Partner Summit hosted by Juniper Networks. That's correct. Myriad 360 received the title of Worldwide Cloud-Ready Data Center Partner of the Year in Madrid. So congratulations to our friends at Myriad 360. Oh, awesome. Awesome. Well deserved, guys. All right. Just in case you weren't tallying like I have been, Dina, there are four questions left right now. I'm at the lead by three and you've got two. Just saying. Okay. Don't call it a comeback, but here we go. Give me the next one. All right. Hey, that's the spirit. And guess what, guys? The next one is about ice cream dino. So hopefully that'll spur you on. Yes. Here's the question. Ready? Yes. What are the three flavors of Neapolitan ice cream? Okay, Jamie, you probably already know this about me, but I am an ice cream expert. So this one is a slam dunk. But for me, so first I usually eat the chocolate, then the strawberry, then the vanilla, but the key honestly is to mix it all together and eat it all at once. Oh, okay. I was going to say just as long as you're not one of those weirdos, I'd eat all three kinds on the same spoon all mixed together. No, no. Oh, yeah, that is. I am one of those weirdos. Okay. Well, anyway, chocolate is my favorite. So usually I do say that one for last. You know, I can get by us. I honestly, I can, I can get behind any, any eating of any ice cream. Well, guys, it is an ice cream question because of Isiotope Technologies this month naming a new chief commercial officer. Nathan Blom is coming over from Lenovo. So huge hire. Best of luck in your new gig at Isiotope, Nathan. Yep. Congratulations to Nathan. Speaking of new gigs in Volta also announced a new appointment this month. They named Clark Duvall as the new sales account executive for their healthcare focused division. So congrats to Clark. Yay, Clark. And I have to say I am so glad we got off the topic of ice cream because my mouth is just starting to water. I've got like this tub of mint chocolate chip in my freezer calling my name. So yeah, moving on, moving on. We're not. Because you just said mint chocolate chip and that is absolutely my favorite ice cream. Mint chocolate chip has been my favorite since I was like five. Yeah, but let's let's eat ice cream next time I see you. Okay. Absolutely. Absolutely. We've got this. We're going through. We're not, we're not succumbing to the calling of the ice cream. So here we go. Okay. All right. Yeah. My turn, isn't it? We're sticking with the ice cream theme for the next question. It's the ice theme, not the ice cream theme. Okay. We're going to stick with the ice theme for the next question. 90% of the world's glacier ice is located on what continent? All right. Well, you know what? You've got Europe, Australia, South America. So can't be any of those. Of course, Antarctica. That's going to be the answer. Antarctica. Right. You are our friends at Kohler were in the news just this month for get this sponsoring an expedition to the South Pole. That's right. An expedition to the South Pole. The trek was done by famous explorer Robert Swan and Kohler supplied him with custom diesel generators fueled by HVO, which is a new clean type of fueled data centers are using to use for their backup power. Exciting stuff. That's some of the most innovative marketing I have seen in the data center space in a long time. This is a very, very cool thing. So cool. Literally cool. But also, you know, the guy's name is Robert Swan. So, I mean, you've got just so many layers of coolness to this whole expedition campaign, which I love. And a touch of the South Pole. I want to stick with my Neapolitan ice cream, though, and not join that expedition. I'll stay with you. Okay. Imagine that's like their company hurdle, like they go and they do a team building expedition to the South Pole. We do a team building expedition to the freezer. Yeah. All right. So I'm that note. Are you ready for your last question? Do you know? I am ready for my last question, Jay. All right. Last one. What is the national flower of the United States? Oh, man, I honestly do not know. I'm going to guess Tulip, the Tulip. I think Tulip is Denmark, which would be a nice little circle. But anyway, I'm going back to our first question. Okay. So it is not. Sorry. Wrong. It's the rose, which I hope are going to go into bloom soon. Uh-huh. Ready for spring. Speaking of bloom, let's talk bloom energy. See what I did there. I did. I did. I love blooming. Well, Jeff Barber, Vice President of Global Data Centers at Bloom Energy, has a great interview this month. Total, total must check out. Located on TNN blog, talking about the way data centers deploy energy. So check it out. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So that's it for the quiz game. I got to believe that I lost again this week. But we do have one more piece of news to share. Oh, yeah. Okay. Is it a big announcement and involves our very own Dino? That is correct, Amanda. Once again, Jamie, it's going to be a blast. I am actually going to be on site in Dubai for JSA and capacity media. And we're excited to announce that we are once again joining forces this time to deliver capacity media East extra powered by JSA. So I will be on site with two colleagues, Alexandria and Allison, our events director. And we are ready to meet with folks there in Dubai. Yes. Yes. Yes. And we should say this is an exclusive live streaming channel broadcasting from the floor of capacity Middle East, the largest carrier meeting for the Middle Eastern region. Dean, they are in person along with, of course, Alexandria and Allison are fabulous JSAers. Very cool. Awesome. Can't wait to see it. That all goes down March 7th through the 9th. I'm actually going to be leaving on the 4th so that I can fast forward 26 hours or whatever it is and be ready. So it, again, it goes down the 7th through the 9th in Dubai and you can follow along with the live interviews with all kinds of industry personalities on LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter. Cannot wait. All right, Jay. Let me have it. Who won the trivia this month? Oh, you know what, Dino? I hate to say it, but I think I came out just a little bit ahead four to three. Sorry, but better luck next time. You know, I'm not silly. They make sure that you win these. I know. And I'm glad that they do. Anyway, I'm going to be furiously reading the encyclopedia all the way to Dubai and back so that I can take you out next month. There you go. There you go. All right, Jay. Well, that's it for today. Thanks for watching, everyone. Thank you, guys. Until next time, happy networking.