The new buzz word is “Agility”, but, what does agility mean to the business? Does “IT Agility” align with “Business Agility”? This column by Hani Elbeyali of Dell analyzes the issues.
Mannix O’Connor of MRV Comunications writes about maintaining efficiency and high QoS on a complex, next-generation network. When it comes to high-density transport in the data center, operators can maintain efficiency and high QoS for advanced...
A new approach to the cloud – one based on a federated model – will be increasingly important for cloud providers and users alike. The future of the cloud is federated, and when you look at the broad categories of apps moving to the cloud, the...
Even for organizations that use tape to meet legal requirements for archiving, perhaps this anniversary should serve as a reminder that tape – like the rotary phone or snowy TV reception – is a technology whose time has come and gone, writes Bill...
The idea behind cloud computing is to efficiently utilize shared resources and maximize computing density. Bill Kleyman of MTM Technologies takes a look at some of these offerings and how the cloud plays a role in their delivery.
Internal Cloud delivery is about managing your supply and demand to meet and exceed your client’s expectations, writes Dick Benton of Glasshouse Technologies. In this series of posts, he explores what teams can do to build a better strategy of...
By outsourcing data center monitoring to a third-party service provider, organizations can take preventative action before a problem occurs, writes Patrick Bourke of Akibia. There are multiple considerations when choosing a monitoring solution.
The need for bandwidth is not restricted to one industry. Healthcare, financial, enterprise and media are industries experiencing surges in their broadband fiber requirements, writes Herb Boynton of Lightower.
It’s safe to say the likelihood of “data center” ever finding an industry-wide definition is slim to none, writes Mannix O'Connor of MRV Communications. This article outlines current business models that represent how today’s data center has...
There’s been a lot of buzz about real-time data and everyone wants to know – how significantly does it help you manage your physical ecosystem?, asks Gary Bunyan of iTRACS. This column describes how DCIM users can leverage real-time data.