Network World

	From the editors
	The New Data Center is your next-generation infrastructure. It is automated and virtualized. It is flexible and modular and it knows no perimeters. In this edition of our fourth-annual New Data Center series, we offer a look at the latest technologies for building the New Data Center. We kick off the six-part series with a spotlight on all the best trends, products and practices.
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New Data Center Topics (click on any topic for archived stories)


• Advanced managed services • Seven great NDC products • IPv6: The missing link?	• Researchers analyze storage management • Boot-from-SAN technology • CitiStreet wins with virtual tape

• Best practices for the new IT • Making security a shared responsibility • Swedish Medical Center’s human touch	• Storage change management • Mercantile Exchange and change management • The perils of automated security

• McDonald’s serves up Wi-Fi • Gannett’s VMware network • AARP advances Web services	• Researcher: Storage management • Security expert Rhonda MacLean • Starwood CTO: Outsourcing

• Grid computing comes of age • JPMorgan Chase’s capacity on demand • Grid rules inside Oracle’s New Data Center	• Achieving application optimization • SOA governance • AARP advances Web services

• Map of the wireless world • Interactive model of the New Data Center I • Interactive model of the New Data Center II	• Taking VMware beyond the basics • Managing virtualization • Five virtualization tips

• The hacker-resistant database • The security operations center • An identity management foundation	• Six proven wireless products • Managing wired/wireless nets • Map of the wireless world

The powerful tape technology can address data security with tape encryption as well as long term data protection.

Discover what disk and tape really cost and which solution provides lower total cost of ownership and optimizes energy use for your organization

The Clipper Group explores the truth behind the myths of tape, digging into the misconceptions in the disk vs. tape debate.

An examination of information security issues, methods and securing data with LTO-4 tape drive encryption

I have installed 2376 HP servers in 2 data centers over a 33 month period...By Dave on January 20, 2009, 5:02 amI have installed 2376 HP servers in 2 data centers over a 33 month period. Models include: DL360, DL380, DL385, DL580, DL585, and C7000 I have been told that...