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  • Can HP, IBM and Dell survive the cloud?

    A few big server hardware vendors ruled the world of enterprise IT for years. Now, virtualization and cloud computing have changed the game and hardware is increasingly commoditized. Do HP, IBM and Dell still have the clout they...

  • Data center technologies evolve to meet tomorrow's computing demands

    BOSTON -- VMware, AMD and other major tech industry players converged here this week to discuss trends and the ways their own technologies might impact the data center in years to come.

    One example of the potential impact is VMware's...

  • New data center cooling strategies to improve efficiency, lower costs

    What are your data center cooling strategies? Do you run a few computer-room air conditioning units continuously to push cooled air through perforated plates in your raised floor to maintain a suitable temperature for all the racks in the room?...

  • Making mainframe technology hip again

    The mainframe is a beautiful piece of technology, able to securely manage and meet the performance goals of disparate workloads for thousands of users in a relatively small, energy-efficient package. It maintains levels of compatibility and...

  • 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 --...

  • Cross-cutting concerns may be the next big step for IT

    As data centers invest in modern infrastructure -- virtualization, the cloud, DevOps, etc. -- perhaps it's time to give another look to cross-cutting concerns that need to intertwine.

    For my money, that's where the next set of systematic...

  • 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...

  • Determining the best Linux distribution for your enterprise

    In a typical corporate data center, you can't use just any version of Linux. Corporate Linux needs to be reliable, and there are several requirements for getting this reliability. While most IT shops know the Linux OS has earned its place in the...

  • 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...

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