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- Green IT tips for small businesses: Analysys moves data center offsite for big power savings
- Many of us who write about green technology issues often get dinged for focusing just on case studies that involve BIG companies. So, here's some information about a much more modestly sized company in Baltimore that was able to get greener AND save a bunch of money on its power...
- Tags: Analysys, Data Center, Green IT, Small Business, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-07-03
- DataCore Advanced Site Recovery
- It's been quite a while since I last spoke with the folks from DataCore. I believe that the last post on this company was back in August 2008 (see Datacore - nothing but storage.) Last time the discussion focused on the need organizations should recognize to pair virtual storage solutions...
- Tags: Data Center, Recovery, Approach, DataCore, Data Centers, Storage, Disaster Recovery, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Microsoft to turn on Chicago, Dublin datacenters in July
- Microsoft to turn on Chicago, Dublin datacenters in JulyBing? [nt][b][/b]
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, Dublin datacenter, Dublin, data center, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- Microsoft to turn on Chicago, Dublin datacenters in July
- Microsoft has been building out its datacenter network for the past few years. In July, the company plans to bring its Chicago and Dublin, Ireland, datacenters online. According to a June 29 post to the ms datacenters blog, the Chicago facility will go live on July 20 and Dublin on...
- Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Corp., Chicago, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Are economic conditions changing how you manage server turnover?
- Guest post: TechRepublic's Scott Lowe, Chief Information Officer for Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, examines some of the reasons server sales have dropped and handicaps the recession's impact. For more posts like this see TechRepublic's data center blog. Between cloud computing, virtualization and economic...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Data Center, Virtualization, Sales, Server Sale, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- AMD: Creating the building blocks for cloud computing
- I met with Margaret Lewis, she is director of commercial solutions and software at Advanced Micro Devices. She spends a lot of time talking with data center managers about their needs and the transition to cloud computing. Here are some notes from our conversation: ...
- Tags: Software, Processor, Cloud Computing, Data Center, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Netbook, Data Centers, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- 10 data center paradoxes -- widening area networks; iPhone inspiration (2)
- Last week, I published the first five megatrends reshaping today's data centers, pulled from my latest article in Database Trends & Applications. Here the remaining five of the top 10 shifts, or paradoxes that are turning data centers upside down, rightside up, and many other directions: ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Data Center, Network, Information Technology, Data Center Planner, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Juniper, NYSE Euronext partner on efficient data center design
- Juniper Networks and NYSE Euronext are teaming up on an effort to consolidate and enhance the data center networks that power billions of transactions every day. Statement NYSE Euronext's two new data centers will be a key part of the work being done to consolidate the number...
- Tags: NYSE Euronext, Data Center, Juniper Networks Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- RNA Networks launches RNAcache
- RNA Networks is launching RNAcache, a product that lives along the border of processing virtualization, network virtualization and storage virtualization by offering the capability to use server memory on many systems as a shared network resource. RNA Networks is one a number of suppliers that are melding high performance computing,...
- Tags: RNA, Data Center, Virtualization, RNA Networks, RNACACHE RNA Network, Biotechnology, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Automated Energy Efficiency for the Intelligent Business
- Efficiency is emerging as a major tool to extend the life of existing data centers and ensure that new data centers will deliver the highest ROI. This whitepaper looks at how The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series with Intel Microarchitecture Nehalem empowers IT to maximize the business value of servers...
- Tags: Energy Efficiency, Data Center, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Data Centers, Roi/Tco, Storage, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2009-06-22
- 10 data center paradoxes -- out of complexity comes simplicity
- 10 data center paradoxes -- out of complexity comes simplicityOut of complexity - comes profitConsolidation is key to squeezing the most out of your IT dollars. This is the universal "need" that all companies have today. Actually it's been a need for as long as I can remember. But in...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, data center, server, beancounter
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- 10 data center paradoxes -- out of complexity comes simplicity
- For every action there is an equally potent reaction, and that is certainly the case in IT developments we've been seeing as of late. Call them paradoxes if you will, and I just published some of them in an article for Database Trends & Applications on the...
- Tags: Data Center, Paradox, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- Some like it cool: HP/EDS fellow shares data center best practices
- I spoke last week with Ed Kettler, a fellow for Hewlett-Packard who comes to the company via HP's acquisition of systems integrator EDS. Kettler has been involved with two major data center overhauls that EDS undertook before it became part of HP, including the retrofit of a facility in Wynyard,...
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Best Practice, Kettler, Tulsa, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- Putting a cloud into a box (container) the HP way
- Putting a cloud into a box container the HP wayPortability cuts both ways!Imagine having somebody back up a rental truck and driving away with your datacenter, that would suck!Very nice. NT.1.25 PUE inst so impressive anymoreand neither is 1.4M for the shell/cooling. I dont think anyone else building containerized datacenters...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, data center, HP Way, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- IBM System x: Enterprise Servers in the New Enterprise DataCenter
- Virtualization changes everything! Once you start to virtualize your servers and storage, you will find that you can enjoy a higher degree of server utilization and simpler, more comprehensive server management. But you must have the right partner and the right tools in order to get the...
- Tags: Data Center, Enterprise Server, IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-06-18
- Putting a cloud into a box (container) the HP way
- At the HP Technology Forum in Las Vegas I got to a chance to tour a HP POD Performance Optimized Datacenter. A more suitable acronym would be "Portable Optimized Datacenter" because it is in a specially reinforced and equipped standard sized container and delivered on...
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Dell bolsters virtualization, data center portfolio
- Dell on Wednesday said it has revamped its enterprise portfolio with data center and virtualization services, new configurations and a new PowerEdge server and EqualLogic storage array. The lineup, designed for high performance computing and virtualized data centers, includes the following: Pre-configured infrastructure that...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, EqualLogic, Small-to-medium-sized Business Configuration, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Why Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are racing to run your data center
- Why Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are racing to run your data centerOld news repackagedCloud and utility computing which might be one and the same are a multibillion dollar business in 2009. Are you guys for real about reporting this like news? We have been running our business at...
- Tags: Data centers, cloud computing, Network technology, Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., data center
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- Why Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are racing to run your data center
- Several big technology vendors are racing to build a fleet of big data centers that will enable them to offer more Internet-based services to consumers and enterprises in the next 5-10 years. See why they think they will be able to talk you out of running your own data center....
- Tags: Google Inc., Data Center, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- The ultimate green data center reference design?
- Microsoft vs. Intel in netbook operating systems. Cisco vs. Hewlett-Packard in the data center. Traditional high-tech rivalries and partnerships are certainly up for grabs right now. So I found this story about a proposed $100 million data center facility in Massachusetts, a project likely to include Cisco and EMC in...
- Tags: Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-11

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