Technology Updates

Four considerations for SSD deployment
Nov. 02, 2009
While solid state drives offer increased performance, the key to figuring out the role they can play in the data center is balancing that performance against cost.

Merchant silicon means low TCO
Oct. 14, 2009
Now more than ever enterprises need to reap the largest possible returns on their network infrastructure investments, and while competitive pricing is an important up-front consideration, total cost of ownership is even ...

Lose your cell, land your boss in court?
Oct. 06, 2009
The IT security industry has been around for almost as long as the 25-year-old PC, but has changed more in the last 2.5 years than all of the rest of that time combined.

Toll fraud is alive and well
Oct. 01, 2009
Almost as long as there have been toll calls there has been toll fraud. From phone phreakers to corrupt insiders to external hackers, fraudsters have found a way to make crime pay. But three trends related to this old ...

Fix data before warehousing it
Sep. 22, 2009
Many data warehouse operators have attempted to implement Master Data Management to improve data quality, but most have focused on mastering data after transactions occur. This approach does little to improve quality ...

Deploying next-generation PoE-powered networks
Sep. 21, 2009
With the ratification of the IEEE802.3at standard this month, Power over Ethernet will be ready to deliver 30W of power per port to a broad range of gear -- everything from 802.11n equipment to IP video and thin clients ...

Inside dynamic workload management
Sep. 10, 2009
Dynamic workflow management -- the ability to sense changes in demand and automatically invoke requisite application and server resources to meet new workloads -- is quickly becoming a fundamental requirement in the new ...

How to reduce international roaming costs
Aug. 12, 2009
For companies with employees traveling internationally, the ability to stay connected with mobile devices is imperative. Unfortunately, this generally means astronomical roaming fees.

Opensville meets the real world
Jul. 29, 2009
You can think of open source as a utopian "town" called Opensville, somewhere near the community of Proprietary. People like to visit Opensville, yet no one wants to live there. Why? Because no one pays to keep the city ...

Hybrid clouds the way to go
Jul. 27, 2009
In these tough economic times it has become rather common to hear upper management ask questions such as, "I've read about that cloud computing thing. Why aren't we using the cloud instead of buying so many servers?" ...

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