By understanding the various models of multi-tenant, hosted resources, whether they are software (SaaS cloud model), platform configurations (PaaS model) or infrastructure (IaaS cloud model), you can tailor a solution to suit your business...
Companies have tried to build these energy-intensive facilities in inexpensive regions of the United States, drawing from the cheapest power sources in the area. Unfortunately, the cheapest sources of energy today tend to be carbon-emitting fossil...
To help prevent electrical injuries and deaths, the new 2012 version of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E: Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace makes important changes in the areas of safety, maintenance and training...
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.