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The IT Automation Arms Race

Every time you turn around these days, some vendor or another is talking about automating IT processes. Continue Reading »

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The Death of Load Balancing?

Many technology analysts and IT pundits have predicted that load balancing technology is becoming something of a commodity, largely because the latest OSes and edge devices do everything that is needed to balance the loads across servers effectively. Continue Reading »

Microsoft's Cloud Bet

According to a speech delivered at the University of Washington last week, Microsoft is "All In for the cloud."  The real question is whether it Is time to fold, call, or maybe raise the stakes even higher? Continue Reading »

Breaking Down Data Center Boundaries

One of the trends that many people have been closely watching is the level of convergence that we’ll see in the data center with rise of virtualization. Continue Reading »

Placing Your Desktop Virtualization Bets

When it comes to desktop virtualization, you can’t help but wonder if the pursuit of all these various silos reflects any reality of the customer experiences today. Continue Reading »

Simplifying IT Process Automation

When it comes to getting more out of your existing IT investments, there’s a lot to be said for IT process automation. Continue Reading »

Monitors Set to Challenge PCs

Normally people think of their monitors as an extension of their PCs. But as desktop virtualization evolves, it is the monitor, rather than the PC, that may become the center of the end-user experience. Continue Reading »

Overcoming Escalating Disaster Recovery Costs

The high cost of disaster recovery solutions is often justified by the cost of “not doing business.” Simply put, the cost of downtime is usually high enough to justify the expense of a disaster recovery solution. Continue Reading »

In the Event of a Data Loss

After you’ve been in this business long enough, you get used to the panicked calls. Continue Reading »