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• April 11, 2014 11 Apr'14

  Data center consolidation best practices: Lessons from the trenches

  Eliminate the inconsistencies between facilities with a data center consolidation plan. Enterprises share their experiences and advice for success.

• April 04, 2014 04 Apr'14

  International data center expansion fuses foreign with familiar

  The U.S. data center building industry is well-established, but it's literally a whole new world when companies expand IT operations internationally.

• April 01, 2014 01 Apr'14

  Three data center questions that administrators are afraid to ask

  Every administrator has a question about their data center or IT roadmap that they're afraid to ask. On April 1, we answer three such questions.

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Green data centers fail to live up to cost-savings promise

  Green data centers promised significant cost savings, but that has been a dream deferred. So far, power-efficient chips have proved more effective.

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Third-platform technologies force IT to think strategically

  Deployment of the third platform impacts the way IT conducts business within its organization, calling for more collaboration among business units.

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• March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14

  IBM Watson to aid in brain cancer cures through big data analytics

  IBM's collaboration with NYGC is built around Watson, which could hasten brain cancer cures and solve big data problems to boot.

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  Open-source server, hardware additions energize Open Compute Project

  A number of Open Compute Project members are breathing new life into server hardware designs, including big names traditionally focused on software.

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  Data center modernization streamlined through data migration

  Data center modernization projects can take many forms, like data migration, which helped one enterprise streamline its consolidation.

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Linux careers expand, prove lucrative for qualified IT pros

  The Linux job market is hot, but how do you get a lucrative Linux career?

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  New CTO offers guidance on VMware software-defined data center

  VMware's newest CTO discusses the right starting point for the software-defined data center, and the company's software integration strategy.

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  Legacy IT vendors transform to survive the mobile, cloud evolution

  BlackBerry, Dell, IBM, Microsoft and other major IT vendors must transform to survive the cloud and mobile era. Will IT buyers invest in their vision?

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  IBM Power System longevity tied to Watson, SoftLayer and big data

  IBM Power servers may have a new lease on life now that Watson platforms, SoftLayer cloud and big data are tied to the systems.

• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  Intel pitches scale-up x86 as big data architecture for IT shops

  Intel's Xeon E7 v2 processor performs in-memory analytics in up to 32-socket servers, promising faster enterprise big data analytics.

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Can Dell Software rescue its spiraling hardware sales?

  Ready to become a full services technology supplier, Dell's inability to articulate a software vision and internal politics have bogged it down.

• January 23, 2014 23 Jan'14

  IBM cuts bait on Intel server line, Lenovo bites

  After two weeks of mounting speculation, IBM sold its System X series to Lenovo for $2.3 billion. Company will focus more on cloud, software and big data.