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Advisory Board roundtable: Strategic outsourcing can lift pressure
Outsourcing gathers appeal to both government and private industry to relieve over-taxed data centers. Feature
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DevOps, Opscode Chef automate online auction site’s private cloud
A darling of the DevOps crowd, the Opscode Chef cloud configuration and automation tool is now the central point of IT control for MercadoLibre’s sprawling online auction site. News | 09 Feb 2012
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Experts say data centers to shrink as hosting, cloud services boom
IT pros discuss the pros and cons of maintaining a private data centers vs. outsourcing to managed data center hosting and cloud services. News | 31 Jan 2012
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Are data center providers in trouble?
A paradigm shift promises to help cloud providers, but may be harsh on facilities providers and other IT outsourcing businesses. News | 28 Oct 2011
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Oracle adds x86 Sun blade: News in brief
With the new Sun Blade X6275, Oracle showed it hasn't given up on its x86 server business. Plus: news on HP’s energy-efficient switches and Novell Cloud Manager. News | 09 Dec 2010
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Companies turn to IT cost analysis via SaaS model
IT departments are turning to new SaaS-based tools to map costs to providing IT services to the business, helping companies identify how to cut expenses. News | 29 Nov 2010
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Old-style rules and red tape derail private cloud project
Despite one IT architect's best efforts, his private cloud project was felled by unnecessary regulations and an ossified corporate IT culture. News | 02 Nov 2010
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IBM puts Power systems in the cloud: News in brief
IBM will now offer a CloudBurst appliance based on Power systems. News | 14 Oct 2010
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Top data center technologies to watch in 2012: Advisory Board Q&A
IT professionals should watch for a wealth of emerging hardware and facilities technologies in 2012. Tip
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Minimizing public cloud disruptions
Catastrophic crashes and instance failures happen in the public cloud. Learn how to respond to outages and reduce their effects on your data center. Tip
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Understanding the differences between public and private cloud computing
Companies considering a public or private cloud computing platform have a lot to consider. This tip can help explain the advantages and disadvantages to each. Tip
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Advantages and drawbacks to public cloud services
Public cloud providers can help an organization save money, but it can be hard for some IT professionals to overlook the disadvantages associated with outsourcing services. Tip
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The pros and cons of cloud computing migration
IT managers should consider the pros and cons of cloud computing migration, and find a balance between the rewards and risks associated with moving a data center to the cloud. Tip
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Determining cloud TCO vs. in-house IT costs
If you think cloud TCO is measured solely by a reduction in up-front costs, you're oversimplifying the equation. Learn how to measure the true value of cloud services in this tip. Tip
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data center as a service (DCaaS)
A data center as a service (DCaaS) provider will supply turnkey physical data center facilities and computing infrastructure (e.g., servers, networking, storage, and so on) to clients in the form of a service. Definition
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green cloud
Green cloud is a label that describes the potential environmental benefits that information technology services delivered over the Internet can offer society. Definition
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NetMagic Solutions
NetMagic Solutions is an India-based IT hosting and services provider whose specializations include cloud computing, infrastructure management, disaster recovery and application hosting. Definition
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DevOps, Opscode Chef automate online auction site’s private cloud
A darling of the DevOps crowd, the Opscode Chef cloud configuration and automation tool is now the central point of IT control for MercadoLibre’s sprawling online auction site. News
-
Advisory Board roundtable: Strategic outsourcing can lift pressure
Outsourcing gathers appeal to both government and private industry to relieve over-taxed data centers. Feature
-
Experts say data centers to shrink as hosting, cloud services boom
IT pros discuss the pros and cons of maintaining a private data centers vs. outsourcing to managed data center hosting and cloud services. News
-
Top data center technologies to watch in 2012: Advisory Board Q&A
IT professionals should watch for a wealth of emerging hardware and facilities technologies in 2012. Tip
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data center as a service (DCaaS)
A data center as a service (DCaaS) provider will supply turnkey physical data center facilities and computing infrastructure (e.g., servers, networking, storage, and so on) to clients in the form of a service. Definition
-
Minimizing public cloud disruptions
Catastrophic crashes and instance failures happen in the public cloud. Learn how to respond to outages and reduce their effects on your data center. Tip
-
Are data center providers in trouble?
A paradigm shift promises to help cloud providers, but may be harsh on facilities providers and other IT outsourcing businesses. News
-
Understanding the differences between public and private cloud computing
Companies considering a public or private cloud computing platform have a lot to consider. This tip can help explain the advantages and disadvantages to each. Tip
-
Advantages and drawbacks to public cloud services
Public cloud providers can help an organization save money, but it can be hard for some IT professionals to overlook the disadvantages associated with outsourcing services. Tip
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green cloud
Green cloud is a label that describes the potential environmental benefits that information technology services delivered over the Internet can offer society. Definition
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About Data center services in the cloud
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