Best of the blogs: Reporting from our Lab in Hawaii for “Pimp your datacenter” Brian Chee writes “little did we know we were in for a huge education in industrial air conditioning.” That, despite running some pricey Dell clusters that do not get hot and sweaty. That lesson comes in three parts presented in this Geeks in Paradise post. “The big gain over traditional air conditioning systems is that we’re putting the cooling right where we actually need it.” Columnist’s corner: So, a suggestion that any industry adopt some of the airlines’ practices might not qualify as polite conversation, but that’s exactly what McKinsey is saying in its report “Improving Field Service Productivity.” David Margulius parses the study in IT meets the cable guy. “Field service guys are spending too much time sitting (or driving) around and chasing canceled appointments. If they were scheduled better, IT would be the hero,” Margulius suggests. “The point of all this is that there’s still plenty of low-hanging fruit in terms of creatively using IT to improve the business.” The news beat: Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin predicts at LinuxWorld that as the OSS moves into its second growth stage the computing world will be dominated by two platforms, those being Linux and Windows. Dell says it will pay ousted CEO Kevin Rollins $48.5 million for his stock options. Vodafone joins the WiMax Forum declaring itself technology neutral. And Paris moves ahead with municipal Wi-Fi plans though some say the biggest problem is actually finding such access. Technology Industry