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Innovative design includes thermal cooling, high-powered electrical infrastructure
High-performance 35-teraflop grid built on blade servers, InfiniBand storage
New data center in Texas wins green certification
From chip sets to rooftop solar panels, every decision contributes to overall energy efficiency
Minnesota company uses outside air and giant generators to keep new data center cool and costs down
Renovated data center features state-of-the-art energy management system
Hosting company builds 52,000-square-foot data center with safety, security and redundancy in mind
Internal cloud adoption is low, and deployment is complex
New DLP competitors and options could make security technology more affordable
Emerging technology creates additional flexibility in virtual environments
Virtualization technology spreads to every corner of the IT infrastructure
VDI gets the nod at Kentucky healthcare provider
As virtualization spreads to the network, the spotlight turns to virtual switches
Handicapping the crowded field, from the odds-on favorites to the long shots.
California city entrusts email to Microsoft cloud-based service
USGA signs on with Big Blue for disaster recovery services
Engineering firm reduces backup costs through Iron Mountain storage service
Five key questions to ask any prospective cloud provider
What is cloud computing, and can it be trusted? Key questions answered
Pervasive WLANs leave costly wired ports idle
Four key features separate the consumer-world wannabes from true enterprise-grade mobile devices.
Virtualization, SOA, security, management and network access must be part of a comprehensive mobility strategy
Symantec, McAfee others push suites over stand-alone products
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With Fibre Channel over Ethernet now a reality, enterprises prep for data and storage convergence
Some say other options are just as good, if not better, for converging data and storage networks
A how-to on getting the most out of this advanced storage technology
Unbridled growth in data storage and the rise in Web 2.0 applications are forcing a storage rethink. Is this the end of the storage-area network as we know it?
In a roundtable discussion, bloggers from Network World and Computerworld expressed their wishes for the new administration including the new federal CTO, net neutrality, use of the BlackBerry and technology education.
To meet company needs without spending big bucks, IT execs are riding herd on business strategists and trotting out innovative technology approaches
