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Data Center Design Models and Trends
May 16th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
RON DIERSEN
Infosys Ltd.

Business drivers influence design, says Ron Diersen of Infosys Limited. The type of IT infrastructure in today's data center is designed to provide specific business services, which impacts the physical design of the data center. Read More
Smart Racks: The Deep End of the Pool
May 15th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
GREG MORE
Raritan

With increasing size and complexity there is an increased need to drive intelligence to the domain of IT devices, writes Greg More of Raritan. Aptly named, "smart racks" bring intelligence to the data center that is helpful for planning and managing equipment, power and more. Read More
Why Flexibility in a DCIM Tool Is So Important
May 10th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives

Gary Bunyan of iTRACS shares three very cool customer experiences that share one thing – the clients' ability to take advantage of the intuitive versatility of an open enterprise-class Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) tool. Read More
I/O Virtualization: Bringing It All Together
May 9th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
STEVE KNODL
Next I/O

I/O virtualization can be thought of as a hardware middleware layer that sits between the server component of a system and the various I/O available for the processing units, writes Steve Knodl of Next I/O. Read More
Moving Forward: Data Center Modernization
May 8th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
JOHN HUMPHREYS
Egenera

Converged infrastructure can be the foundation of a data center modernization project, writes John Humphreys of Egenera, because the technology increases security, automates management, improves SLAs and reduces time to deliver for new project. Read More
Power Dense Data Centers Seek Thermal Controls
May 3rd, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
JEFF KLAUS
Intel

To address the increase in data center heat production is to achieve a more efficient thermal cooling infrastructure, writes Jeff Klaus of Intel Data Center Manager Solutions division. Read More
Beyond Backup: Focus on Restoring Your Data
May 2nd, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
JEAN-PAUL BERGEAUX
SwishData

Too often, data protection is an afterthought, writes Jean-Paul Bergeaux of SwishData. Think beyond data protection as simply having backups, but also about how long data recovery takes. Read More
Why SOC 1/SSAE 16 is Still the King of the Hill
May 1st, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
CHRIS SCHELLMAN
BRIGHTLINE

While SOC 2 has potential, SOC 1 remains one of the most important assurance tools for hosting providers, writes Chris Schellman of Brightline. Decision makers should recognize that data centers are often valid candidates for both SOC 1 and SOC 2 examinations. Read More
Moving to the Cloud, One App at a Time
April 27th, 2012 : Industry Perspectives
JOSH CROWE
Internap

Top-notch IT organizations are moving apps to the cloud, because they are realizing that it's easier to consume quality infrastructure from vendors than to build out increasingly large numbers of assets into their own data centers, writes Josh Crow, of Internap. Read More