NetFlash: Group tries to steer utility computing

The new data center needs a new standard. That’s the conclusion of a group of companies looking to improve communications among data center components in an effort to bring technologies like utility computing to life. The group is proposing Data Center Markup Language, based on XML – but the initiative is currently missing some key backers. Group tries to steer utility computing http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1020data.html?net

The new data center needs a new standard. That’s the conclusion of a group of companies looking to improve communications among data center components in an effort to bring technologies like utility computing to life. The group is proposing Data Center Markup Language, based on XML – but the initiative is currently missing some key backers.

Group tries to steer utility computing

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1020data.html?net

EMC deal highlights storage evolution

Content creation technologies are matching up with storage technologies to give birth to a new animal: information life-cycle management. If all that doesn’t make a lick of sense to you, you’re not alone. But major vendors are getting behind this idea, and the change could affect how you store and manage data.

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Mitel launches voice-over-IP apps, hardware

Mitel Networks last week unveiled IP telephony software and hardware aimed at integrating voice into desktop messaging applications and migrating businesses from TDM voice to voice over IP.

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ISPs ratcheting up their anti-spam efforts

As the spam epidemic continues to worsen, ISPs are taking on a more leading role in trying to stop unwanted e-mail from reaching corporate networks and consumer in-boxes.

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