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SOA and the adaptive data center. Application services are advancing, and data centers getting more automated, now the two must come together. Part 6 of our six-part new data center series.

In this edition

“We put customers in control of their energy consumption. They’d get on their computer … set it and forget it.”

Rob Pratt, GridWise program manager, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

How SOA could change how you buy electricity
Imagine endowing your home appliances with the ability to power up or down, in real time, based on up-to-the-minute electricity costs. Such could be in your future

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Why service component architecture matters for SOA

Duane Nickull, recognized SOA standards authority, explains all about this foundational technology for enterprise SOA. Listen

The New Data Center series

Part 1: The best products and practices for building the next-gen IT infrastructure

Part 2: Futureproof weapons and strategies for accomplishing your next security mission

Part 3: The latest storage must-haves, from e-discovery to virtualization

Part 4: Speed-enhancing tips and technologies for knocking out WAN performance problems

Part 5: Virtualization: Exploring one of this decade's hottest technologies

SOA RESOURCES

SOA research center All the latest on SOA trends and technologies. Click here

New Data Center archives: SOA Case studies and more, here

New Data Center Topics

(click a topic for archived stories)


• Protecting data from insider attacks • Enterprise-ready open-source security tools • Three CISOs share security expertise	• Researchers analyze storage management • Boot-from-SAN technology • CitiStreet wins with virtual tape

• 10 best practices for your SOA • Three CISOs share security expertise • Don’t forget the VPN contract! • Five steps to mobile device lockdown	• Storage change management • Mercantile Exchange and change management • The perils of automated security

• UPS’ grid journey • McDonald’s serves up Wi-Fi • Gannett’s VMware network	• Researcher: Storage management • Spam guru: the latest threats • IBM exec: autonomic update

• UPS exec: tips for grids • Grid computing comes of age • JPMorgan Chase’s capacity on demand	• 10 best practices for your SOA • Achieving application optimization • SOA governance

• Podcast: Ed Amoroso, cybersecurity for everyone • Podcast: Bill Yerazunis, the “spam ecosystem” • Podcast: Kevin Prince, hacker’s 2007 targets	• Taking VMware beyond the basics • Managing virtualization • Five virtualization tips

• Protecting data from insider attacks • Enterprise-ready open-source security tools • CISO inner circle	• Six proven wireless products • Managing wired/wireless nets • Five steps to mobile device lockdown