Latest data center news.
Data centers devour 5% to 15% of IT budget, 10/19/07: How much of your overall IT budget now gets eaten up by data center facilities costs, including energy costs? According to new research from the Uptime Institute, these costs have ballooned from a traditional level of one to three percent of IT’s total budget to a new high of 5% to 15%.
Apple to ship Leopard Server this week, 10/22/07: While the improvements to Mac OS X Leopard desktop are said to be evolutionary rather than revolutionary, the enhancements to Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server are impressive and include features ordinarily reserved for large enterprises.
SOA and the adaptive data center, 10/22/07 Application services are advancing, and data centers are getting more automated. Now the two must come together. Here’s how, from building a strong technology foundation to applying the best business practices.
How SOA could change the way you buy electricity, 10/22/07: Imagine that your appliances could power up or down, in real time, based on up-to-the-minute electricity costs. An SOA-based electricity marketplace proves the possibility.
