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  • Cisco, Dell deals put converged infrastructure management in the spotlight

    As data center convergence takes hold, the convergence of management isn't far behind. Acquisitions by Cisco and Dell highlight this growing trend.

  • Converged systems usher in data center transformation

    Remember the good old data center? It's on the way out thanks to the rise of converged systems. Gone are the twisted cable masses that connected many servers to one another and the SAN, while an overburdened cooling unit tried desperately to keep...

  • Many switch, router vendors have hand in OpenFlow specification

    What standards are involved in the OpenFlow specification and what organizations are developing them?

    Standards are essential for successful development and interoperability of the OpenFlow specification and related technologies....

  • A variety of options make data center expansion difficult

    When MIT launched edX, an online education resource, professors never dreamed that interested students would jump at the opportunity. Anant Agarwal, president of edX, had expected 5,000 participants, but 120,000...

  • Server vendors must innovate to stem bleeding

    Tier-1 server vendors are clawing their way back now that both public clouds and server virtualization are eating into sales. In order to compete, these vendors have begun to innovate in an effort to stem those losses.

    Dreams of...

  • Can traditional server vendors survive the cloud push?

    Ten years from now, will we look back on the traditional server vendors like IBM, HP and Dell as dinosaurs that could not withstand the giant asteroid that is public cloud? Or will we marvel at their resourceful ability to adapt -- and survive --...

  • Do you have the IT skillset for these five hot data center jobs?

    The growing popularity of technologies such as cloud computing is dramatically transforming the data center job market and expanding the IT skillset. Tried-and-true positions such as Cisco Network Engineer are losing their luster and recent...

  • Five data center upgrade strategies to modernize your facility

    An aging data center may no longer be able to meet the power, cooling and structural demands of advancing technologies, but few businesses have the time or the capital to build new facilities.

    Fortunately, organizations can extend the...

  • Examining vendor offerings in converged infrastructure market

    As enterprises look at converged systems to improve the overall efficiency of their data centers, it’s important to know which vendors are raising their flags in the converged infrastructure market. And with offerings as disparate as data center...

  • Open source helps vendors wedge into server virtualization market

    The open source movement is gaining momentum in the server virtualization market. Although not as popular as proprietary solutions from market leaders VMware Inc. and Microsoft, open source virtualization products are proving to be good fits for...

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