There are five questions every IT team should ask about the role of mobility in business continuity and data backup plans, writes Ryan Kalember of WatchDox.
Deploying devices with greater functionality including multi-protocol support, data logging, and an onboard web interface can greatly reduce the Total Cost of Ownership of your overall DCIM solution, writes Stephen Prueger of Trendpoint.
Everyone seems to now understand the value of DCIM, but the market continues to grow at a much slower pace than projected, writes Daniel Tautges of Pinpoint Worldwide Consulting. What are the barriers to deploying DCIM?
More connectivity brings benefits, but also the potential for security vulnerabilities and even malicious code, whether intentional or unintentional, writes Winston Saunders of Intel.
Software Defined Power requires creating a layer of abstraction that isolates the application from local power dependencies and maximizes application uptime, by leveraging existing failover, virtualization and load-balancing capabilities, writes...
Once even part of your business is in the cloud, the need arises for cloud security. Different, cloud-oriented, security measures must be considered, writes Gilad Parann-Nissany of Porticor.
As we head to the conclusion of March Madness, it’s also a good time to evaluate your data center playbook and make the right picks for your big data strategy, writes Adam Wray of Basho Technologies.
As a data storage and retrieval option, NoSQL, with its less-restrained consistency models (vs. relational databases) has long been viewed as a way to achieve design simplicity, horizontal scaling and more granular control over availability...
Implementing DCIM software requires leadership, writes Laura Greden of CA Technologies. This article outlines three key principles of effective leadership, demonstrated by true stories of how DCIM software is helping real people lead change for...
Hot- and cold-aisle containment is a data center best practice that is experiencing hyper-growth in adoption because of its large impact on energy efficiency and operating cost savings. Interestingly, there is still no clear ownership of...
