Latest data center news.
IT grapples with overcrowded, energy-guzzling data centers, 09/20/07: These days Andrew Fanara isn’t worrying about the massive amounts of electricity a big-screen TV consumes; he’s thinking about how electrical consumption in the data center is accelerating from the use of power-hungry servers and other network gear.
Qumranet tackles desktop virtualization, 09/24/07: Qumranet, the company responsible for the development of the open source KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), Monday introduces desktop virtualization software.
Rackable parks portable data center outside Intel event, 09/19/07: Rackable Systems is using the Intel Developer Forum to unveil its answer to Sun’s Project Blackbox, a shipping container full of computer equipment ready to power up as a portable data center.
IT job outlook: Nine skills in big demand, 09/24/07: Networking and wireless LAN experts are hot commodities, closely followed by those versed in open source and data center technologies, our annual salary survey finds..
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VMware bugs shine spotlight on virtualization security, 09/20/07: A set of newly discovered flaws in components of VMware’s virtual machine software has called attention to some of the security risks associated with the practice of running virtual computers on a single system.
Chat with Amazon.com’s CTO live: If ever there were a man that knew how to eek out capacity and secure a data center, it would be Werner Vogels, vice president & CTO of Amazon.com. Join him for a live chat on Monday Oct. 1 from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. EDT.
Opsware adds storage tools to automation suite, 09/18/07: Opsware is rounding out its data center automation capabilities this week with the introduction of a storage automation add-on. In addition, the company is updating its entire software suite with IT process automation technology acquired earlier this year with start-up iConclude.
DRAM prices plunge new lows, expected to keep falling, 09/20/2007: Anyone looking to add a bit more memory to their computers won a gift from the DRAM (dynamic RAM) industry. Heavy competition has caused prices to tumble and industry analysts predict further price declines.
Storage networking protocol fundamentals: Read a free sneak peak of a chapter from Storage Networking Protocol Fundamentals by James Long, and published by Cisco Press.
