Data center news from Network World Fusion

Smart Storage Options for Home PC Data

Bill Snyder — 2010-02-08T12:00:00-04:00

The amount of data flying around your home just continues to multiply, creating a storage squeeze. CIO.com's Bill Snyder shares the lowdown on three secure, convenient solutions, ranging from faster USB drives to RAID products for the home.

Cisco to unleash data center extensions

Jim Duffy — 2010-02-05T12:00:00-04:00

Cisco next week is expected to unveil new and enhanced data center products that are designed to more easily interconnect and allocate resources among multiple data centers and are optimized for cloud computing and virtualization.

Government Carbon Reduction Commitment 'has loopholes'

Anh Nguyen — 2010-02-05T12:00:00-04:00

Morse, the IT services company, has called for the government to amend its Carbon Reduction Commitment after identifying “loopholes” that it said could undermine the commitment’s principles.

Data center service provider helped develop Cisco OTV

Jim Duffy — 2010-02-05T12:00:00-04:00

Terremark Worldwide plans to use Cisco’s Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) feature to eventually connect 12 data centers worldwide.

IBM will inch up heat in new data center

Patrick Thibodeau — 2010-02-05T12:00:00-04:00

IBM has opened a football field-size data center in North Carolina it says will rely heavily on outside air for cooling as it turns up the heat inside, gradually.

Energy Star for data centers coming in June

James Niccolai — 2010-02-05T12:00:00-04:00

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is wrapping up work on an Energy Star program for data centers that it hopes to launch in June, EPA officials said this week.

Green Grid to release new data center efficiency tools

James Niccolai — 2010-02-04T12:00:00-04:00

The Green Grid Consortium will release two free tools in the coming months to help companies measure and improve the energy efficiency of their data centers.

New at Disney: It's a Data Center World After All

Robert Lemos — 2010-02-02T12:00:00-04:00

IBM's new exhibit at Disney World's Epcot Center teaches about green technologies and how data flies around our world. Front and center, IBM shows a scalable, modular data center.

IT consultancy GlassHouse files for $75 million IPO

Jon Brodkin — 2010-02-01T12:00:00-04:00

After canceling a previous attempt to go public, GlassHouse has filed for another IPO.

Mike Manos quits Digital Realty Trust, joins Nokia

James Niccolai — 2010-02-01T12:00:00-04:00

Mike Manos, an influential figure in data center design and construction, has resigned from wholesale data center provider Digital Realty Trust after less than a year at the company, Digital Realty said on Friday.