Data Center

Getting the most from big pipes

* Silver Peak Systems is upgrading the software that powers its WAN optimization gear

RFID skills shortage delays deployment

* The lack of IT pros skilled in RFID technology hampers deployment

Power is information

* Data center managers need useful information about electrical power

Brocade expands into HBAs

* Brocade to offer Fibre Channel and iSCSI host bus adapters

Outsourcing critical to corporate strategies; LANDesk offers free software trial

Microsoft builds on managed services; Why you think Apple is enterprise-ready

Guaranteeing uptime at world’s largest particle physics lab

CERN improves monitoring and control of technical infrastructure

Search optimizers turn to social sites

Ask.com revamps search engine

IBM borrows Power6 design for telephony chips