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Case Studies on Data Center Virtualization
April 28th, 2011 : Kevin NormandeauOngoing power and cooling costs are forcing many data center operators to look for ways to reduce costs and tackle the complexity of their legacy IT infrastructures. One way many organizations attack this problem, as highlighted in this white paper from HP is to consolidate the existing number of systems, using virtualization. Read More
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Storage Failures Hamper Cloud Foundry
April 25th, 2011 : Rich MillerCloud Foundry, the new cloud platform hosted by VMware, has experienced "multiple failures" in its storage infrastructure today. Cloud Foundry says the issues are limiting users' ability to log in and manage their applications. Read More
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Benefits of Data Center Consolidation
April 25th, 2011 : Kevin NormandeauAre low cost servers, used for applications such as sales force automation and workgroup collaboration creating server sprawl in your data center? This is a typical situation for many data center operators and before long your find you outgrow your available power and cooling capacity. Read More
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Protecting Data on Virtual Servers
March 25th, 2011 : Kevin NormandeauServer virtualization is firmly embedded in the mainstream of enterprise IT. The efficiencies and flexibility of virtualizing server operations have been demonstrated time and again in large enterprises: server virtualization makes it possible to increase server utilization, reduce power consumption, simplify IT workload, and rapidly adapt to changing business needs. Small and mid-sized businesses are now seeking to achieve many of the same advantages of server virtualization as large enterprises. Read More
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Mobile World Congress to Spotlight Networks
February 11th, 2011 : John RathThe Mobile World Congress is set to kick off next week in Barcelona, Spain, at a time when the mobile industry continues to experience dramatic growth. Read More
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Cloud News: Netuitive, Wyse, Virtela
February 1st, 2011 : John RathNetuitive announces "predictive analytics" for the cloud, Exodus alum Jagadeesh joins Virtela, Wyse Technology introduces thin client for VDI. Read More
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Reduce Power and Cooling Costs with Virtualization
January 14th, 2011 : Kevin NormandeauThis white paper discusses the benefits virtualization offers and how the next generation of servers can provide up to 27 times more compute capability than the previous generation servers. Best of all, in the examples shown some operators found these strategies paid for themselves in as little as two months. Read More
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2010 the Year of Data Center Transformation
December 27th, 2010 : Kevin Normandeau2010 marked the beginning of trend toward serious data center transformation effort for many data center operators. Much of the focus for data center transformation spending will be designated for virtualization efforts. Unfortunately, legacy servers lack flexibility and have limited I/O and memory capacity, and thus cannot scale to meet the new demands of the business. This white paper from HP and AMD looks at the forces that are driving data center transformation and provides an overview of how the ProLiant servers are designed for to meet the needs of today’s modern data center. Read More
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Roundup: Citrix, Juniper, Interxion, NetApp
December 8th, 2010 : John RathJuniper Networks (JNPR) acquires Altor Networks, Citrix (CTXS) previews receiver app, Interxion selected by CFN, Asigra and Artisan team up on NetApp cloud backup offering. Read More
RESOURCE LINKS:
Building A Cloud-Savvy Model for TCO and ROI
How Storage is Shaping The Cloud Data Center
Bringing Colo to the Customer: Modular Gets Local
Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center
