Latest data center news.
6 ways to a more efficient data center, 09/13/07: Until recently, many organizations didn’t have to think about their data center infrastructure more than once a decade. As long as there was enough space to house the new server rack, cooling and power needs would work themselves out. But those times are quickly passing as the demand for computing power increases and puts a strain on electricity supplies.
Daylight Savings Time issue reappears on IT radar, 09/17/07: The Daylight Savings Time scramble of last spring may be in need of a cleanup this fall for companies that spent the summer rolling out new servers, desktops and time-sensitive applications.
Virtualization, Web services key to DVDPlay’s success, 09/13/07: Without virtualization, Web services and other IT tools, there would be no DVDPlay. So says Jens Horstmann, founding vice president and CTO at the nascent DVD rental company and a speaker at the recent Network World IT Roadmap event in Santa Clara, Calif.
Why running a data center is like performing open heart surgery, 09/13/07: Key to DVDPlay’s business is ensuring that IT runs as efficiently as possible. Otherwise, the business model that calls for renting DVDs for just $1.49 per night would quickly become unworkable.
Thunderstorm predictions made more accurate with supercomputer, 09/11/07: The prediction of thunderstorms has never been an exact science. But a research team from the University of Oklahoma and the federal government is poised to dramatically improve weather forecasting with supercomputer analyses of the individual cells that make up severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.
