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Microsoft's online plan: Spend, spend, spend: If you think Microsoft's been spending like crazy in the online space, you ain't seen nothing yet. (And that's not counting when or if Microsoft's multi-billion-dollar bid for Yahoo's search business is ever consummated.) by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Investment, Data Centers, Finance, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-07-18
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: The controls that developed around the 360 environment were all predicated on the primary concerns expressed by Finance management: that nothing interrupt processing critical to Finance. Thus virtually all of them derive from, or are subsidiary to, the service level agreement. by Paul Murphy; Tags: SLA, IBM Mainframe, Data Center, Mainframe, Data-processing, IBM Corp., CoBiT Framework, CoBiT, Systems Documentation, Disaster Plan, Data Centers, Service Level Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations, It service Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-18
The edge-centric Internet: Why isn't the edge of the network the center? More computes and storage gets shipped to consumers than to Internet data centers, so consumers should help power the Internet. And get paid for it. P2P vs Internet data centers A new project, spearheaded by National ICT...; Tags: Consumer, Internet Data Center, Data Center, Internet, Data Centers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Sun Exec: Your 'Eco Data Center' doesn't have to cost millions. Some tips for getting there.: OK, so here's the $100 million question: Do you really want to spend that much to make your data center more green or at least more efficient? I thought not, which is why I agreed to speak with Sun Chief Technologist for EcoDC and Virtualization Services, Phillip Morris, about more...; Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Sun Microsystems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Transitive's magic - Solaris/SPARC Apps and Hyper-V: In the past, I posted about one of the important requirements of the next generation datacenter NGDC, the ability to consolidate diverse applications on a unified hardware platform. Both IBM (see What would a next generation datacenter look like?) and HP see HP and the next generation data center and...; Tags: Application, Sun Sparc, Transitive QuickTransit, Sun Solaris, Data Centers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Processors, Servers, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-16

A new look at technology visualization: Most organizations have no way to gain a comprehensive view of all technical components and their impact on the enterprise but consolidating and streamlining can do the trick, says Planet Associates' William Spencer. Commentary--Now more than ever, businesses and government agencies are dependent on clear,...; Tags: visualization, infrastructure, data centers, William Spencer, CEO, Planet Associates, Special to ZDNet; News items 2008-07-10
Juniper Networks gets its green on: Turns out that Juniper Networks is one of the anchor tenants in IBM's new "greenest" data center in North America,which it opened last month in Boulder. The networking powerhouse has signed a five-year data center hosting agreement under which IBM will run its worldwide ERP and...; Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., IBM Corp., Networking Powerhouse, Data Centers, Storage, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-09
PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0: PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...; Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-08
UPDATED: Learning how to use "green" and Microsoft in the same sentence: NOTE: I've updated this post to include another link with tips on other Microsoft technologies that can contribute to your company's green credentials as well as the link for the Imagine Cup winners. It being the week of Microsoft's annual big-deal partner conference and all, I thought...; Tags: Data Center, Green Technology, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-07
An IT productivity horror story: This is a story based on extrapolation from hear say where all the questions are unanswered: is a user rebellion against excessive automation coming? is there an economic national accounts consequence to this? how about a business cost? by Paul Murphy; Tags: Information Technology, Story, Carrier, Insurance, Financial Planning, Data Centers, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-07
Amid ugly job picture, tech related employment holds up: The U.S. economy lost 62,000 jobs in June for the sixth straight month of employment losses with an unemployment rate of 5.5 percent, but underneath the technology sector is holding up well, according to Labor Department statistics. What a difference a downturn makes. Last...; Tags: Job, Technology Sector, Industry, U.S. Department Of Labor, Recruitment & Selection, Data Centers, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Dell strives to make it easier to be green with FlexAddress: In the scheme of green things, Dell's PowerEdge M-Series blades could be described as emerald. Now, the company is trying to make it easier for data center managers to opt for them, with a new patent-pending tool called Dell FlexAddress. Glenn Keels, director, global relationship marketing...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Blade, Data Centers, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Blade.org makes energy efficiency a rallying cry: The powers-that-be at Blade.org (now representing close to 200 companies) have made advanced energy efficiency the focus of some of the organization's collaborative working groups. The consortium actually has latched onto what it's calling three megatrends that it highlighted at its recent conference in New York:...; Tags: Energy Efficiency, American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, Collaboration, Kell Systems, Data Centers, Groupware, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-29
Facebook VP of technical operations: Jonathan Heiliger: Jonathan Heiliger, vice president of technical operations at Facebook speaks to CNET News.com's Dan Farber about the balancing act between innovating quickly and building a stable infrastructure at a company moving at breakneck-speed. Heiliger also discusses what he's doing to scale data center operations and support the addition of more...; Tags: Facebook, Operation, Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2008-06-27
Embotics V-Commander 2.0: Management of virtualized resources appears to loom large in the thoughts of suppliers. The most recent supplier to present their view of how to regain control of the environment is Embotics. The company's V-Commander V2.0 was the topic of the day. Embotics insists that this product will help organizations with...; Tags: Data Center, Virtual Machine, Tool, Embotics V-Commander 2.0, Desktop Virtualization, Data Centers, Productivity, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-27
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: CICS and IMS, IBM's two of IBM's three original software products are still going strong - and so is the culture that adopted them in 1969. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Card, IBM Mainframe, Disk, Memory, Data-processing, Payroll, IBM IMS, IBM CICS, IBM Corp., GL, Mainframes, Operational Accounting, Data Centers, Payroll Solutions, Servers, Databases, Hardware, Finance, Storage, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-06-27
Live Webcast: Where Do Containers Fit in Your Data Center Strategy?: The humble shipping container is transforming the data center and the jobs of data center managers--the longshoreman of the IT world--may never be the same. Mobile, containerized computing introduces a new scalable unit of growth and deployment that promises to change the dynamics of how and where information is...; Tags: Data Center, Webcast, Rackable Systems, Intel Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; Webcasts 2008-06-27
The top Sun Ray myths: When you look closely at the top eight reasons people cite for not using Sun's Sun Ray based central processing architecture in business you get a surprise: they're all wrong. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Notebooks, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-06-25
Gates hints about Microsoft's cloud futures on his way out: I've been wading through lots of the "Goodbye Gates" coverage over the past few days. An interview Gates did with former PC Magazine Editor Michael Miller caught my eye -- mostly because of a few interesting new hints it included. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Data Center, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-06-23
Interview: HP SOA Center director Tim Hall on new business drivers and efficiency benefits from SOA: benefits and pay-offs are accelerating. Green and energy-conscious companies are seeing SOA through the context of data center and applications modernization. Toss in a surge of interest in virtualization, ongoing methodological on-ramps to SOA and a budding fascination in cloud computing methods, and we're looking at the...; Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Benefit, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Data Centers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-06-23