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Facebook Data Center Planned for Iowa: Report By Pedro Hernandez | Article Published April 22, 2013 With the coasts covered, Facebook looks inland to expand its green computing empire. Tags: Facebook, datacenter IT SysAdmin Day Is Coming Up (Hug a SysAdmin) By David Strom | Article Published July 13, 2011 Systems Administrators Day is July 29th. Have you shown your SysAdmin any appreciation lately? Tags: datacenter, Sysadmins, IT Leadership HP 'Instant-On' Bridges Cloud and Data Center By David Needle | Article Published November 03, 2010 The enterprise IT vendor's 'Instant-On' initiative offers a conduit between cloud services and on-premises data center resources. Tags: cloud computing, Cloud, datacenter, Enterprise IT, HP Should Servers Be Rebooted? By Scott Alan Miller | Article Published October 20, 2010 Should servers should be routinely rebooted, or allowed to run for as long as possible to achieve maximum uptime? Tags: datacenter, Servers & Services, hardware, servers Virtualization vs. Transparent Datacenter By Drew Robb | Article Published July 02, 2010 Virtualization has its advantages, yet it can obscure the 'plumbing' that actually runs your enterprise datacenter. Tags: cloud computing, virtualization, datacenter, virtual server, Virtual Server Management Datacenter Chic: How Small is Yours? By Kenneth Hess | Article Published May 28, 2010 Instead of boasting about massive technical infrastructure, the trend is toward a leaner, more cost efficient datacenter. The buzzword is...minimal. Tags: cloud computing, virtualization, IT manager, datacenter, Servers & Services Federal CIO Talks Up Government in the Cloud By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published April 07, 2010 Vivek Kundra details his ambitious plans for bringing federal computing operations to the cloud, which will see extensive collaboration with the private sector in the standards-setting process. Tags: cloud computing, Cloud, IT spending, government IT, datacenter Datacenter Expansion is on for 2010 By Andy Patrizio | Article Published March 08, 2010 Power, once hardly given any thought, is now the number one concern of datacenter managers as they look to expand with constrained budgets. Tags: data storage, IT management, IT manager, datacenter, datacenters Data Center Technologies: 10 On Endangered List By Drew Robb | Article Published March 01, 2010 Plenty of legacy data center technologies have a rock-solid hold even as emerging tools gain prominence. Other features, however, might not survive. Tags: SAN services, datacenter, data center, tape drives, Storage Microsoft Opens Massive Chicago Datacenter By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published October 02, 2009 The massive facility is part of Microsoft's cloud computing initiative. Tags: cloud computing, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, datacenter Intel Prefers Fiber Optics Over Cables By Andy Patrizio | Article Published September 24, 2009 In the future, you may no longer need all those bulky cables that drape all over your computer systems. Tags: chips, Intel, datacenter, Dell, HP Cisco Lands Big Datacenter Contract By Andy Patrizio | Article Published September 04, 2009 Cisco's Unified Computing System (USC) scored a big win with a construction company that will use it to consolidate five facilities into one. Tags: server, virtualization, datacenter, Cisco, VMware Amazon to Offer 'Private Cloud' via VPN By Alex Goldman | Article Published August 27, 2009 Amazon's new Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) allows clients to connect via VPN to Amazon's public cloud. Tags: Oracle, Amazon, services, virtualization, datacenter Why IT Operations is Like an Action TV Series By Nir Livni | Article Published August 26, 2009 Just as on TV, crisis arrives in the datacenter and in the heat of action you need the right tools. Tags: database, data, server, IT, datacenter VMware, Citirx Top Investors' Estimates By Christopher Saunders | Article Published July 23, 2009 Both players in the virtualization sector demonstrate the health of this emerging trend. Tags: virtualization, SaaS, datacenter, Citrix, VMware Security Boosted by Risk Management By Alex Goldman | Article Published July 20, 2009 "Most security people don't understand risk -- they understand threats," an expert claims. Tags: security, datacenter, marketing, international SAP Snaps Up Green Accounting Firm By Alex Goldman | Article Published May 13, 2009 SAP acquired Clear Standards, a vendor of carbon consumption tracking software. Tags: datacenter, marketing, SAP Intel Unveils Data Center Monitoring Kit By Andy Patrizio | Article Published May 01, 2009 Intel has released the Data Center Manager, an application development kit for tracking data center power use. Tags: middleware, search, chips, Intel, datacenter Forrester: SMBs Discovering Virtualization By Alex Goldman | Article Published March 09, 2009 As small and medium sized businesses warm to virtualization, VMware maintains its lion's share of the market. Tags: server, virtualization, datacenter, VMware Virtualized Servers: Less Work or More? By Andy Patrizio | Article Published March 08, 2009 A major research firm claims that virtualization may not in fact reduce the server maintenance workload. Tags: Microsoft, virtualization, datacenter, workloads, VMware Study: SaaS is Costly Over Time By Richard Adhikari | Article Published February 21, 2009 SaaS may be cheaper in the short term, but an industry analyst cautions that costs rise over time. Tags: software, management, SaaS, CRM, datacenter Cisco Pushes Groundwork for Greener Networks By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published January 28, 2009 Can the network cut power consumption? With a new energy-monitoring effort and consolidation-friendly Nexus enhancements, Cisco is banking that it can. Tags: software, networking, virtualization, datacenter, Cisco Sun's Green Efforts Teach a Lesson By Andy Patrizio | Article Published January 28, 2009 After revamping its Colorado datacenter from scratch, the server company is offering lessons learned from the program to customers. Tags: services, datacenter, Sun Microsystems, servers, InternetNews.com Zimory Plans a Marketplace for the Cloud By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published January 24, 2009 The Deutsche Telekom spin-off launches open source tools to help enterprises pool resources internally and resell them publicly. Tags: open source, services, IBM, virtualization, datacenter Virtualization: Doing More Harm Than Good? By Richard Adhikari | Article Published January 19, 2009 A study finds that without adequate tools to manage application performance, you may expect Tags: IBM, virtualization, datacenter, CA, e-Mail Hyper-V Gets Fault Tolerance By Amy Newman | Article Published January 16, 2009 Virtually Speaking: In the latest leg of the virtual race, Microsoft partners up with Marathon Technologies to bring fault tolerance into its own virtual environment. Tags: Windows, Microsoft, virtualization, datacenter, VMware Ready to Carry Terabytes in Your Pocket? By Andy Patrizio | Article Published January 14, 2009 SanDisk, Sony see multi-terabyte memory sticks over the horizon. Maybe not this year but soon. Tags: consumer, IBM, datacenter, InternetNews.com, Storage A Year of Change Ahead for Microsoft in 2009 By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published December 31, 2008 Goodbye, Bill Gates, hello headaches. As its founder departs to run his charitable work, Microsoft finds itself with a multitude of challenges. Tags: Windows, Google, Microsoft, Vista, datacenter Collaboration Apps Mean New Security Concerns By Richard Adhikari | Article Published December 22, 2008 Sure, it's cool to aim at joining the Enterprise 2.0 crowd, but it opens up your business to security problems. Tags: authentication, Microsoft, IBM, datacenter, Lotus Notes Rackable Offers Datacenter on Wheels By Andy Patrizio | Article Published December 19, 2008 The MobiRack is about the size of a TV but can hold 12 dense servers and can be wheeled anywhere you need to go. Tags: server, Intel, datacenter, AMD, Storage eFileCabinet 4.0: Manage Documents, Compliance and Backup By Lauren Simonds | Article Published December 05, 2008 This document management software aims to help SMBs tame the paper tiger, adhere to tough compliance regulations and protect vital assets. Tags: search, services, datacenter, policy, e-Mail VMware, VDIworks Focus on Virtual Desktops By Esther Shein | Article Published December 02, 2008 Cutting costs and improving manageability is the name of the game with two new offerings from the virtualization players. Tags: Microsoft, virtualization, datacenter, VMware, Storage Planning Means Real Benefits for Virtualization By Amy Newman | Article Published November 13, 2008 Virtually Speaking: Planning and managing a virtual deployment is key to its success. Here are two new products designed to put you on the right path. Tags: Google, virtualization, datacenter, Dell, VMware SSD's Next Home Could Be Enterprise Storage By Andy Patrizio | Article Published November 13, 2008 Notebooks were a logical place for solid state drives, but desktops are not the next stop for the hard disk replacement technology. Tags: chips, datacenter, marketing, desktop, Storage Big Shifts for EMC Into Server Management By Erin Joyce | Article Published November 03, 2008 Storage giant says the move makes sense. Tags: virtualization, datacenter, policy, VMware, Storage Microsoft's Azure Strategy Defined By Andy Patrizio | Article Published October 28, 2008 The software giant says its new service will eliminate infrastructure concerns for developers. Tags: Windows, services, Microsoft, datacenter, Salesforce.com Sun, Cisco Vets Join Linux-Based Networking Play By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published October 24, 2008 Sun's co-founder, Andreas von Bechtolsheim, officially joins Arista, a startup he's been funding for years. Tags: Linux, services, datacenter, Cisco, e-Mail Google, the Efficient Datacenter Company By Andy Patrizio | Article Published October 07, 2008 The world's largest search company documents how it's able to squeeze considerable energy savings out of its many datacenters. Tags: Google, server, management, IBM, datacenter Zen and the Art of the Six-Figure Linux Job By James Maguire | Article Published September 30, 2008 An expert in the Linux job market talks about earning a lucrative payday. Plus: the effect of H-1B visas on Linux salaries. Tags: open source, Linux, IBM, IT Jobs/Salary, datacenter Intel's Latest Datacenter Discovery: Fresh Air By Andy Patrizio | Article Published September 19, 2008 Research project finds that air brought in from outside the datacenter is just as good as blasting the air conditioner. Tags: server, Intel, datacenter, servers, InternetNews.com IBM Slashes Virtual Desktop Storage Requirements By Richard Adhikari | Article Published September 17, 2008 Pips VMware through clever use of technology. Tags: services, IBM, virtualization, datacenter, VMware Enterprise IT Spending Outlook Grim Near Term By Richard Adhikari | Article Published September 12, 2008 High energy costs and the Presidential election are hammering corporate IT purchases in the United States, though interest in the iPhone is picking up. Tags: services, software, IBM, iPhone, datacenter Cloud Storage Isn't All Blue Skies Just Yet By Judy Mottl | Article Published September 04, 2008 Moving storage to the cloud can prove inexpensive and easy, but experts warn that some key problems still overshadow the nascent space. Tags: Amazon, Google, support, datacenter, Storage What Bad Economy? IT Spend Will Grow This Year By Andy Patrizio | Article Published August 20, 2008 Gartner finds IT spending continues even with the economic problems in the U.S. Tags: services, software, datacenter, economy, Storage Networks: The Crux of Tomorrow's Datacenter By Richard Adhikari | Article Published August 07, 2008 Perhaps Scott McNealy was right when he said "the network is the computer" all those years ago, and the next generation of datacenters will bear that out. Tags: server, virtualization, datacenter, Cisco, Storage Rackable Doubles up Server Density By Andy Patrizio | Article Published June 24, 2008 More local storage and processing in the same rack means more power in the same space. Tags: Intel, datacenter, marketing, AMD, Storage Microsoft Shakes Up Virtualization Arena By Richard Adhikari | Article Published June 15, 2008 King Kong comes a-calling. How will this change the fast-growing virtualization market? Tags: Windows, Microsoft, virtualization, datacenter, VMware Web Acceleration Titans Akamai, Citrix Link Up By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 23, 2008 A new partnership between the services and hardware sides may be poised to loom over the rest of the Web acceleration landscape. Tags: security, IT, datacenter, Cisco, InternetNews.com Sun's Grab Bag of Greener Datacenter Solutions By David Needle | Article Published April 12, 2008 There's no silver bullet, but Sun says IT will need to get creative when it comes to getting the most bang for its datacenter buck. Tags: Facebook, Windows, search, datacenter, HP For Marriott, Green IT is Reality, Not Hype By Judy Mottl | Article Published April 10, 2008 The lodging company is consolidating platforms, reducing datacenters and reaping 'green' rewards. Tags: services, virtualization, datacenter, recycling, Storage 3Leaf Lands Intel License For CPU Virtualization By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published March 31, 2008 With both Intel and AMD on board, 3Leaf is ready to pursue mainframe-style provisioning for the x86 server world. Tags: data, search, server, support, networking, virtualization, IT, Intel, datacenter, HP, servers, AMD, InternetNews.com, motherboard VMware Unleashes Virtual Infrastructure 3 By Larry Barrett | Article Published December 11, 2007 The virtualization leader has updated its software to simplify the transfer of data between storage arrays. Tags: virtualization, datacenter, marketing, workloads, VMware |