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Do You Know the Hydro-Footprint Of Your Data Center?
March 15th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
RON VOKOUN
JE Dunn Construction

The complex relationship between water and energy use in the data center is outlined in this column by Ron Voukum of JE Dunn and Harold Simmons of United Metal Products. Read More
Consolidation: Shrinking Our Way to Data Center 3.0
March 14th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
ANTONIO PIRAINO
ScienceLogic

Like everything in the IT industry, there is no magic solution to all situations. However, the trend toward shrinking, just-in-time, data center deployments is growing, and becoming a significant option in the arsenal of data center operators, writes Antonio Piraino of ScienceLogic. Read More
Six Tips for Selecting HDD and SSD Drives
March 13th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives

Today selecting the right drives can be a challenge, says Gary Watson of Nexsan. This article offers six tips for navigating through this complexity to help you pick the right solutions for your needs. Read More
Why eBay’s Digital Service Efficiency Changes the Game
March 12th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
WINSTON SAUNDERS
Intel

eBay has provided a role model, which is organized around common metric, to optimize the overall effectiveness of IT, and has openly disclosed the metrics and indicators used to do it. This is a step forward in transparency, writes Winston Saunders of Intel. Read More
Reducing the Storage Footprint & Power Use in Your Data Center
March 11th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
ERIC BASSIER Quantum

When space is tight and storage costs are mounting, deduplication is a method to squeeze more out of current data center space, according to Eric Bassier of Quantum. Read More
HIPAA and PCI Compliance Are Not Interchangeable
March 7th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
MIKE KLEIN
Online Tech

When thinking about compliance, many companies assume PCI DSS is interchangeable with HIPAA or it is assumed that the gap between the two is small, writes Mike Klein of Online Tech. The real issue is thatt HIPAA and PCI DSS compliance protect different types of information, with different audit guidelines, safeguard requirements, and consequences for non-compliance or breaches. Read More
Improving Capacity Planning Using Application Performance Management
March 6th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
JASON MESERVE
CA Technologies

Jason Meserve of CA Technologies writes about how to ensure an exceptional end-user experience for business-critical applications while reducing risk and without over-provisioning IT infrastructure. Read More
Understanding IT Risks
March 5th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
HANI ELBEYALI
Dell

Most IT risk comes from failure of the enterprise to properly oversee or govern its projects, not from technical or low-level people issues. Hani Elbeyali of Dell writes on how to further your understanding of IT risks to lead to better management of potential issues. Read More
Mind the IT Skills Gap and the STEM Cliff!
March 4th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
BOB SUPNIK
Unisys

However, the demographic “time bomb” is about more than the loss of programmers who know COBOL or of test engineers who know transaction processing. There’s also been a major shift in how companies organize their IT staffs, and their roles and skill sets, writes Bob Supnik of Unisys. Read More