Data Center Strategies for the CIO
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Five ways to upgrade an aging data center
These five data center upgrade strategies can revitalize older data centers and stave off expensive construction projects.
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How does your data center's PUE measure up?
The PUE metric helps smaller enterprises measure data center energy use to determine if various efficiency initiatives are worth pursuing.
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Colo with cloud services a boon for business
There's more to data center colocation services than trimming facility costs. A colo with cloud services adds security and speed to your enterprise.
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A fresh look at immersion cooling
New materials have revived the concept of immersion cooling, and data center servers may soon take the plunge.
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Web server down? Take these steps to get back online
Companies rely heavily on websites to transact business and stay in contact. Here's how to fix Web server issues and prevent future problems.
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Data center security: Defense against the IT dark arts
The key to a secure data center is diligence and monitoring. Here's how to lock down your network against incursion.
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UPS energy efficiency comes out from the shadows
The simple decision to install a more energy-efficient UPS can bring about a high return on investment.
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Choosing the right server memory
Understanding modern memory helps IT professionals make the best choices for selecting a server memory configuration and upgrades.
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Boosting local storage performance on virtual servers
If your enterprise has virtual machines and data storage handled on separate servers, there are a few ways to optimize storage performance.
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Open source prying open server virtualization market
Citrix, Red Hat and Oracle are among the companies that rely on open source to get a foot in the server virtualization door.
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Understanding memory ranks, channels and types
Looking for new server memory? Learning about memory ranks, channels and types is a good step to making the right choice.
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Weighing your IT outsourcing options
If your business is thinking about outsourcing IT services to a cloud provider, it's important to look at the differences between the options.
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Which cloud strategy should you use?
Deciding whether the cloud computing risks are worth migrating some or all of your workloads? A gradual, tested approach may be the best bet.
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Virtualization management tools still falling short
The current virtualization management tools still lack capabilities that customers require -- a familiar theme with data center management products.
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Boosting local disk storage for virtual servers
Proper hard disk configuration for virtual servers requires attentive server provisioning, optimization and ongoing management.
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Selecting the right data center colo facility
The basic idea behind every colocation facility is the same, so follow these six guidelines to figure out which colo is right for your business.
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Make the most of NIC teaming on Windows Server 2012
Sysadmins can boost throughput and achieve network resiliency through Windows Server 2012's native feature of NIC teaming.
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Top Linux tips and tricks of 2012
From server performance to enterprise Linux security, here are the top 5 Linux tips and tricks from 2012.
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Voices of the data center
Getting good data center administration advice can be tough, so we've compiled some recent Q&A discussions with experts from the field.
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Desktop virtualization market still has holes
Tools enable companies to reduce support costs, boost security and lower energy consumption, but more is needed to overcome VDI challenges.
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New technology, trends to cool off the data center
Stagnant strategies for data center cooling will keep energy bills climbing ever higher, but a more modern approach can bring them back down to earth.
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Can one converged system rule them all?
The rise of converged systems has brought a new level of manageability to the data center, but these integrated offerings have a few drawbacks.
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Sizing up the best data center Linux distribution
There are many flavors of Linux, making the selection process for the best Linux distribution for your business difficult to whittle down.
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Do you have the skillset for these hot IT jobs?
With technologies such as cloud computing in the limelight, data center pros need to upgrade their skillsets to catch the latest wave of innovation.