Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer Tuesday, November 22, 2011
I hear the sound of tectonic plates shifting in the computing world. In the last few weeks, we have seen some interesting alliances being formed. Continue Reading »
Data Center | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Friday, November 18, 2011
As the march toward virtualization starts to extend past server and storage infrastructure, a lot of IT organizations are starting to look at the number of databases they have to manage as the next great opportunity to reduce costs. Continue Reading »
Data Center | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Wednesday, November 16, 2011
At the CA World 2011 conference this week, CA Technologies took a major step towards integrating the management of different platforms under one common framework. Continue Reading »
Data Center | Blog Post | Frank Ohlhorst Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Virtualization is all the rage in today's networks, at least when it comes to servers and storage. Many CTOs, however, are looking to see what virtualization can do for end-user needs. For example, virtual desktops and applications are proving to be a viable alternative to the traditional PC. Continue Reading »
Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer Wednesday, November 9, 2011
While NASA won’t be launching anymore rockets for a while, HP seems to be stepping in with a Project Moonshot of its own. In a nod to the history of NASA’s original space race to the moon, it has even named the first "launch" platform "Redstone," like the original rocket that America’s first astronaut, Alan Shepard, rode into space. Continue Reading »
Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer Thursday, November 3, 2011
From the racks to the roof, the Open Compute Project (OCP) is trying to break the mold to improve and redesign everything we take for granted as "industry standard" in the data center world. Continue Reading »
Data Center | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Wednesday, November 2, 2011
There’s a lot of consternation these days when it comes to I/O performance in virtual server environments. A lot of IT organizations are convinced that as the number of virtual machines running on each server increases, the subsequent I/O contention this creates results in a need for faster storage systems because application performance can’t be allowed to degrade. That kind of expense, unfortunately, is enough to dampen anyone’s virtualization enthusiasm. Continue Reading »
Data Center | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) was a category that was “invented” only a few years ago. It has suddenly become a hot product as data centers struggle to keep up with ever-changing IT equipment, rising densities and increasing energy costs. Continue Reading »
