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Gartner: What to do to make data centers more sustainable
Gartner says working to attain environmentally sustainable infrastructure is a marathon, not a sprint, that requires long-term goal setting.
Kyndryl's first year yields revenue challenges and a plan to make more
Kyndryl looks to cloud integration, mainframe modernization, increased infrastructure management, and more to succeed a year after spinning out from IBM.
Kyndryl service integrates, automates infrastructure resources
The Kyndryl Bridge service brings the company's engineering expertise and vendor alliances to bear on integrating enterprise tools and platforms to provide better performance.
Cisco data-center switches promise 800Gb Ethernet, deliver 400GbE today
Cisco rolls out 5 new Nexus data-center switches for high-bandwidth apps.
What is a network operations center (NOC)?
A NOC is a centralized location where IT professionals can troubleshoot, monitor and optimize enterprise networks
Back to basics: Make sure VMs don’t exceed host capacity
Adding new virtual servers is a good time to audit host memory and compute to ensure each virtual machine gets enough of each.
Data-center network automation: Its pitfalls and how to avoid them
Automation can streamline data-center networking, but it presents challenges that must be overcome when planning, implementing, and using it.
Schneider Electric publishes data-center sustainability framework
Framework is designed to help data-center operators minimize the environmental impacts of their facilities.
Kyndryl has spun off from IBM as a $19B managed service firm
Kyndryl starts off big but faces challenges in a fragmented, competitive services market.
How PowerShell can find features and roles on Windows servers
Learning about the PowerShell Get-WindowsFeature command is a good introduction to the time-savings that Powershell scripting can bring to server admins.
VMworld 2021: VMware to pack more security into NSX
An upcoming release of VMware's core NSX networking software will add anomaly detection, analytics, and data-gathering software sensors.
Data-center network overhaul nets big savings for healthcare system
Cisco's portfolio of data-center networking gear is at the core of Kaleida Health’s modernization efforts.
Intel: Under attack, fighting back on many fronts
Intel faces challengers AMD, Arm, Nvidia and others as it implements a new fabrication strategy, develops new classes of processors, and embraces competitors as customers.
Atos reportedly trying to dump on-prem consulting business
As Atos acknowledges challenges to its on-premises data-center consulting, other players are investing in other areas, notably cloud.
Survey: AIOps-driven network management can make your business run better
EMA has published “Revolutionizing Network Management with AIOps,” a report based on a survey of 309 network infrastructure and operations professionals who have experience with applying AIOps to network management.
AI tackles data-center workload management
AI is ready to automate essential data center management tasks. But are data center managers prepared to make the transition from human to machine management?
Cisco upgrades intent-based-networking performance, security, analytics
The new DNA Center software integrates a ThousandEyes agent to improve network-intelligence monitoring, double the number of clients the system supports, and strengthen security.
Data-center outages: Causes are changing, report says
Power issues are less likely to cause a major IT service outage, while IT configuration and network problems are becoming more common, according to the Uptime Institute.