Robots and other cool stuff in the data center; New Data center, old mistakes

Opinion
Jul 10, 20072 mins

Latest data center news.

Danger, Will Robinson: Robots and other cool stuff in the data center: Author Expert Doug Alger details some new cool stuff found in some advanced data centers.

New Data center, old mistakes: Author Expert blogger Doug Alger shares his experiences of building Cisco’s upcoming Tier III/IV production data center in Texas.

10 questions to test your virtualization readiness, 07/03/07: Virtualization appeals to IT executives looking to maximize data-center operations, but they must ask themselves 10 difficult questions before rolling virtualization out to successfully adopt the technology, industry watchers say.

Intel Capital to buy $218.5 million share of VMware, 07/09/07: Intel Monday said it plans to buy a $218.5 million stake in the software firm VMware, bolstering the companies’ existing agreement to run VMware’s virtualization software on Intel’s processors.

Ooops! Human error and data center downtime: Cisco Subnet blogger Doug Alger wants to know how much you think data center downtime is caused by human error. Also: Enter to win Doug Alger’s book Build the Best Data Center for Your Business.

Solar Web hosting company powers Live Earth sites, 07/05/07: The Web hosting company chosen to power the Web sites for this weekend’s Live Earth concerts adopts an environmentally friendly business plan: Let the sunshine in.

Data centers going green, 07/05/07: The green issue isn’t going away. In fact, it’s becoming trendy.

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