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• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Tech spending priorities to shift with DevOps transition

  IT organizations should get ready to cede some budgetary control to business units, as software -- and software developers -- become key agents of commerce.

• April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16

  Make the bed, enterprise OpenStack deployment is moving in

  A typical OpenStack deployment is still for 'net new' workloads outside of the world's largest enterprises, but some big names have started to show off their use of OpenStack.

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Why some IT leaders aren't falling for edge data centers

  Buzzword bingo games these days typically include 'edge data centers,' but how much real interest is there among users?

• April 13, 2016 13 Apr'16

  Gauging whether hyper-converged vendors' ages matter

  Deciding between the new guy and the old standby has driven purchasing decisions for decades, but what do users think when it comes to hyper-converged infrastructure?

• April 08, 2016 08 Apr'16

  New arrivals seek to simplify OpenStack private clouds

  Building an OpenStack private cloud can be challenging, but new options aim to help enterprises do it without a headache.

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• April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16

  Disaggregated server benefits lie in efficiency gains

  Disaggregated servers are unlikely to go 'boom' in the market the way hyper-convergence has but figure to grow at a more leisurely pace.

• April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16

  IT operations pros contend with DevOps culture

  Plenty of tools exist to ease the technical challenges of DevOps, but you can't abstract away or automate cultural requirements like teamwork and trust.

• March 28, 2016 28 Mar'16

  Mainframe programmers can be young, cool and relevant

  When a 47-year-old mainframe programmer is one of the youngest in his department, it's clear more efforts are needed to attract young IT pros to careers in mainframes.

• March 18, 2016 18 Mar'16

  New hyper-convergence entrants seek a spot in enterprise IT

  Hyper-convergence can simplify IT operations by bringing together compute, storage and networking hardware with virtualization and management platforms, but it must break out of limited uses.

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  Assimilate converged IT infrastructure into the data center

  With the hype around converged and hyper-converged IT infrastructure, resistance seems futile. While your IT organization will likely be a mix of converged, dedicated and cloud-based resources, convergence is moving into new areas.

• March 14, 2016 14 Mar'16

  Big-name vendors lace gloves, box back at white box servers

  Top-tier vendors are speaking up, hoping to compete with bare-bones white box servers that are increasingly popular with cloud service providers.

• March 07, 2016 07 Mar'16

  New hyper-converged buyers expected to enter the game in 2016

  Hyper-converged infrastructure is set to replace some traditional hardware in the data center during the coming year, if enterprises can overcome organizational and budget worries.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Hybrid cloud benefits outweigh cons, say IBM customers

  The benefits of a hybrid cloud transition outweigh complex integration challenges, according to IBM execs, users and industry watchers at the company's annual InterConnect event.

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Buyout could give stagnant DCIM tools market a boost

  Two vendors in the highly competitive DCIM market will combine through a buyout to offer an integrated platform with monitoring and asset management functions.

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Privacy, power concerns drive Canadian data center growth

  One U.S. city has more data center space than all of Canada, but some data centers are being lured up to the 'True North' by inexpensive power and privacy concerns in the U.S.

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  What to expect when Dell acquires EMC

  The Dell-EMC merger matters to a lot of enterprise IT organizations, whether it's the storage they buy, their plan for SDN, management software integration or even converged infrastructure choices.

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Server SSDs open up storage possibilities in data centers

  We've reached a point where it's easy to justify equipping servers with SSDs: the performance gains they offer enable new workloads, and improve end-user satisfaction with response time and run time. In many cases, SSDs pay for themselves by ...

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  President: We're moving VCE converged infrastructure up the stack

  IT pros increasingly want to buy infrastructure and not build it, says president of VCE Chad Sakac, as he outlines plans for the company's converged infrastructure products.

• February 05, 2016 05 Feb'16

  Life beyond Vblock: VCE repositions as EMC's new converged division

  The maker of the Vblock, VCE, is securing its role within the EMC Federation after the Dell-EMC merger as a converged platform division with new offerings in the works.

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  OCP making friends outside the Facebook data center

  The Open Compute Project is like buying supermarket store brands -- you still get what you want without the high price in your data center.

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  Minute by minute, data center outage costs stack up

  A study pinpoints the cost of a data center outage and lends insight into the causes behind outages at more than 60 data centers in the past year.

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Colocation and cloud providers experience outage woes

  High profile outages of cloud infrastructure in 2015 still have some businesses spooked, even though cloud providers increased the resiliency of their offerings.

• January 18, 2016 18 Jan'16

  JetBlue, Verizon data center downtime raises DR, UPS questions

  A power failure at a Verizon data center knocked out JetBlue's digital infrastructure for several hours, giving IT pros plenty to consider when thinking about uptime.

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  Server market share shows enterprise buyers aren't forgotten

  If there was concern that interest in the server market was waning among IT pros in a software-dominated world, the latest batch of analyst reports should ease those worries.

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  Innovation, automation keep down outsourced data center bills

  Renewals for data center outsourcing deals during the past year reveal a drop in prices, thanks to increases in automation, and server and storage demand.

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Trip back to earth solves a cloud vs. data center debate

  When the leader in online deals started to hit the big time, the company realized cloud computing was no longer its best option and began to move into its own data center space.

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Containers transform steel mill into modular data center

  Stacking containers inside a former steel mill creates a new modularly designed data center with abundant power.

• December 31, 2015 31 Dec'15

  Data center capacity planning gets visual with latest buyout

  The merger of TeamQuest and PureShare adds a new visual component to data center capacity planning and tools to present data center needs to the C-suite.

• December 30, 2015 30 Dec'15

  The 10 biggest data center news stories of 2015

  Data center teams modernized and adapted throughout 2015, with help -- and hindrance -- from major changes in the IT industry, which ranged from new job demands to transitions among providers.

• December 22, 2015 22 Dec'15

  Wall Street's grip on IT providers a 'new reality'

  The effect of activist investors and leveraged buyouts on IT providers is something that can be advantageous in IT buying decisions.

• December 22, 2015 22 Dec'15

  Data center experts predict 2016 IT trends

  Software-defined everything, security, IoT, APIs and other technologies top our experts' predictions for 2016 data center trends.

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Eight emerging data center trends to follow in 2016

  Data center facilities are undergoing tremendous change, with trends such as open standards and DCIM catching on, and emerging technologies pushing the limits of density and power.

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  Simpler management motivates Ethernet SAN investments

  Blending LAN and SAN networks cuts a lot of management headaches -- and miles of cable -- out of the data center.

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Dell Quest, SonicWall users face another acquisition deal

  SonicWall and Quest Software users, who endured Dell's acquisition three years ago, face more uncertainty, as Dell reportedly considers the sale of those companies to reduce debt.

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Is your dream geek gift on the list?

  Each year, SearchDataCenter ushers in the holiday season with a geek gift guide by Beth Pariseau, who enjoys a brief break from breaking stories about AWS public cloud to tell you about what to ...

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Manage IT services beyond the data center

  If you deliver all IT services from the enterprise data center, you're doing it wrong. Gartner explains how to modernize the data center by making it one part of IT service brokerage.

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  HPE hybrid cloud users ushered toward Azure

  With the HP split complete, HPE customers can expect to see a stronger hybrid cloud push tied to Microsoft Azure and new cloud server systems.

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Composable infrastructure lets applications take the lead

  A growing data center architecture trend known as disaggregation or composable infrastructure has a new entrant with HPE Synergy.

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  'Star Wars' memorabilia tops geek gift wish lists in 2015

  Geek gift ideas can be tricky, but this year, it's hard to go wrong with just about anything related to the 'Star Wars' movie franchise.

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  IT management less time-consuming, security concerns grow

  While virtualization, networking, IT management, and backup and storage remained in the top-five list of IT tasks again this year, another area crept up the list.

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  Timeline shows bumpy road led to HP split

  A timeline of HP through the years shows the defining moments that ultimately led to the split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Data centers seek creative skills to drive innovation in IT

  Now more than ever, data centers need creative employees to adapt and outwit problems for a more efficient, reliable IT infrastructure.

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  Mainframe applications may not be as secure as you think

  Mainframes are well-suited for mobile apps, and though these systems are known to be safe, there are ways to tighten mainframe security.

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Floating data center reduces cost, power use

  A new data center provider promises big benefits from its novel floating data center, but the idea of running IT equipment on a barge is enough to make some IT watchers seasick.

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  IT pros react to Dell's EMC acquisition plan

  The Twitterverse chimes in on the mega Dell-EMC deal, as three major traditional IT vendors -- Dell, EMC and VMware -- plan their futures.

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  A who's who of white box switch vendors

  White box networking gives IT organizations more freedom of choice for network hardware and OSes. It's a young and changing market, with a mix of vendor involvement.

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  Top data center industry trends of 2016

  Data center industry trends include managers who don't just manage servers, storage and networking, but instead manage 'hybrid IT.'

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  Massive tax bill increases uncertainty in Dell-EMC deal

  Dell's deal to buy EMC and VMware for $67 billion is in doubt after revelations that the company could face a $9 billion tax bill, forcing some uncertain IT buyers to look elsewhere.

• November 06, 2015 06 Nov'15

  U.S. data center market has a new king

  For years, there has been more data center space and power in the New York-New Jersey metro area than anywhere else in the United States. That's no longer the case.

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Greenfield vs. brownfield data center development strategies

  Don't count out that old, empty department store that hasn't seen customers in a decade -- data center brownfield developments bring new life to these types of abandoned buildings.

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  EMC, Dell customers wonder what's in it for them

  The acquisition of EMC and VMware has IT pros at Dell World wondering what the future holds for pricing, storage and support.

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  Traditional IT employees must adapt to cloud way of life

  Traditional IT employees need to understand the big business picture and what the cloud offers to remain relevant.

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  IT pros weigh Dell versus HP as one swells, the other splits

  Dell will become a much bigger company following the purchase of EMC and VMware, begging the question of how it will match up against a newly split HP.

• October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15

  Dell-EMC deal comes with plenty of risks

  Dell finalized plans to purchase EMC this week, in a deal that analysts said could pay dividends for enterprise customers – if it succeeds, that is.

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  'Rolling data center' inspires GE Industrial Internet

  General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt is taking on his biggest challenge yet to reinvent the company on the idea that its new platform will unite the Industrial Internet of Things.

• October 02, 2015 02 Oct'15

  Cost-cutting tricks for your data center labs

  These IT cost-cutting tricks applied in data center labs can result in big savings.

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Legacy IT budget cuts boost data center investment plans

  New data center investments can come from legacy IT spending cuts, something most U.S. agencies haven't done well in recent years.

• September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15

  After a long slump, IT certification pay bounces back

  Largely vendor-driven IT certifications decreased in value for a seven-year stretch, until a recent turnaround, with security getting a renewed focus.

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  Memristor technology brings about an analog revolution

  Are we ready for memristor-based artificially intelligent infrastructure in the enterprise data center?

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  HP Enterprise to cut up to 30,000 jobs ahead of split

  A leaner, more nimble HP Enterprise will have as many as 30,000 fewer employees after the company splits in November.

• September 15, 2015 15 Sep'15

  TSA packs bags tight with data center consolidation initiative

  The TSA is overhauling its IT infrastructure with equipment upgrades, virtualization and cloud as part of a major data center consolidation initiative.

• September 15, 2015 15 Sep'15

  Iceland's data center opportunities and challenges

  Data centers in Iceland access a stable power grid and free cooling. But questions still loom about Iceland's available capital and global connectivity.

• September 14, 2015 14 Sep'15

  IT jobs surge in upper Midwest, Rockies, led by Java

  IT jobs are being filled at the highest rate away from some of the traditional technology hotspots -- including many Midwestern states.

• September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15

  ITSM tools no silver bullet for data center service delivery

  ITSM tools can simplify and streamline the service delivery process, but don't forget the critical steps that also must be taken to help IT meet businesses' goals.

• September 04, 2015 04 Sep'15

  Colocation pricing morphs into cloud pay-per-use model

  Cloud computing users have been able to pay just for what they use, but that hasn't been an option for colocation customers -- until now.

• September 02, 2015 02 Sep'15

  Integrated systems test prevents data center downtime

  Some colocation providers say the best way to prevent data center downtime is to regularly pull the plug and see what happens. (Hopefully, nothing.)

• August 31, 2015 31 Aug'15

  2016 Modern Infrastructure Impact Awards nomination form

  Nominate technology products here for the 2016 Modern Infrastructure Impact Awards.

• August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15

  IBM delivers Linux mainframes to the open source world

  IBM opens the doors of its proprietary mainframes, delivering two Linux-only boxes and significant code contributions to the open source world.

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Stonebraker: IT pros fall for big data hype

  Big data marketing hype has included a constantly evolving message, and IT pros keep falling for it, said 2014 Turing Award-winner Michael Stonebraker.

• July 30, 2015 30 Jul'15

  Tighter security tops RHEL 6.7 updates

  New security features and predictive analysis of performance issues are two of the new features users will find in RHEL 6.7.

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  Big data projects geared toward higher profitability

  Learn how organizations make big data decisions, and if their loyalty lies with the same vendor.

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Uptime certification misuse leads to big changes

  The Uptime Institute's tier-level certification will now only be handed out to constructed projects that meet the standards, not for designs.

• July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15

  Big data projects go beyond IT infrastructure

  Big data creates a big test for enterprises: finding the right employees who can meld the technology and business needs in a way to make the data useful.

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  Early days for WAN virtualization vendors, adoption

  It's too soon to tell how the WAN virtualization market will shake out, but that's not stopping enterprises from embracing vWAN for remote offices.

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Red Hat support evolves with new Access Insights services

  Good vendor support must be predictive, agile, interactive and dynamic. Red Hat claims its support is all of that, but not everyone agrees.

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Top of the news feed: Cloud, IoT shake up data center jobs

  So far this year, top news stories covered shakeups in entrenched data center technologies and technology trends that may force IT pros into new roles.

• July 01, 2015 01 Jul'15

  Data center spending continues climb, led by power, DCIM

  Purchases of racks, cabling, power equipment and data center infrastructure management software top the list for data center spending.

• June 29, 2015 29 Jun'15

  RHEL developer preview moves ARM servers closer to reality

  RHEL on ARM servers has developers envisioning new apps, but the hardware and software ecosystem for 64-bit ARM is still just a vision.

• June 25, 2015 25 Jun'15

  Hyper-converged systems raise IT staffing questions

  The continued growth of hyper-converged infrastructure may raise more questions about staffing, rather than the technology, for enterprises.

• June 23, 2015 23 Jun'15

  A peek inside United's greenfield data center project

  United Airlines' award-winning greenfield data center project shows off some of the latest energy efficiency tactics and IT management possibilities.

• June 18, 2015 18 Jun'15

  Five quick data center best practices

  Some controversial topics leave data center managers with lingering questions, but DCIM and power and cooling queries were met with best practice tips at AFCOM.

• June 17, 2015 17 Jun'15

  IT automation changes the game, but limits remain

  Automation tools give admins ways to automate routine or even complex tasks, but some limitations mean IT must keep their hands on the wheel. Heuristic automation will take over areas where traditional deterministic rule sets cannot keep up.

• June 17, 2015 17 Jun'15

  Data center physical security gets a tougher look

  Organizations seeking colo data center space are now asking more questions -- many of them detailed -- about the physical security of the data center.

• June 17, 2015 17 Jun'15

  Six ways to lower IT infrastructure costs

  It's the right time for another round of IT cost-saving initiatives, and here are six areas where data center managers can reduce IT expenses.

• June 16, 2015 16 Jun'15

  Hyperconverged storage challenges the SAN paradigm

  HCI makes local storage cool again -- and it keeps pace with how VMs access and store data better than some traditional storage architectures.

• June 16, 2015 16 Jun'15

  Intro to machine learning algorithms for IT professionals

  Machine learning -- supervised and unsupervised -- tracks data patterns that help businesses build improved predictive models and make smarter IT decisions.

• June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15

  A great time to be a geek

  The problem with getting older is that I sometimes find myself set in my ways -- gravitating toward things that I knew (or was at least interested in). I confess that I sometimes feel a little ...

• June 12, 2015 12 Jun'15

  The 19 variables that most affect Google data centers' PUE

  Google used machine learning to parse the multitudinous data inputs on its data center operations, as a way to bust through a plateau in energy efficiency evidenced by its measured power usage ...

• June 11, 2015 11 Jun'15

  Purging zombie servers saves AOL money, energy

  AOL shares the lessons it learned from a project to rid its data centers of 14,805 zombie servers that saved the company about $10 million.

• June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15

  HP's Machine has a long road from hype to reality

  HP promises a prototype for its memory-driven computing architecture 'The Machine' next year as enterprise IT questions how it will be put to use.

• June 08, 2015 08 Jun'15

  Are you prepared for the future of data centers?

  Data center managers can expect major changes in the future, whether they run an in-house facility, outsource or do a mix of both.

• June 05, 2015 05 Jun'15

  Fidelity's data center operation adds hidden value

  Data center managers look to save money in any way possible. But initiatives -- like workplace satisfaction and efficiency -- add extra, unseen value.

• June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15

  HP Enterprise to focus on agility, efficiency after split

  HP will soon be split into two, with an enterprise business that IT pros expect will deliver faster to catch up in the quickly changing IT market.

• May 27, 2015 27 May'15

  IBM hopes to Power its way to the hybrid cloud

  IBM tries the gumbo approach to creating a hybrid cloud: Some Power Systems with a dash of software reorg and a pinch of revamped software licensing.

• May 27, 2015 27 May'15

  AWS wind farm highlights renewable energy trend

  Wind power will be the latest fuel for the AWS cloud, but smaller data centers may find challenges in using renewable energy.

• May 22, 2015 22 May'15

  Cloud threatens traditional IT jobs, forces change

  Cloud computing is making corporate-owned data centers less common, and companies continue to reduce IT staff.

• May 21, 2015 21 May'15

  New Uptime assessment scores your IT efficiency

  A new Uptime Institute assessment gives IT a system of benchmarks to improve efficiency and sustainability.

• May 15, 2015 15 May'15

  Hyper-converged infrastructure grows as new systems emerge

  Hyper-converged infrastructure growth will continue as IT pros increase their understanding of these systems and vendors add important features.

• May 13, 2015 13 May'15

  AMD roadmap redrawn for data center destination

  AMD expects to add some processor choice into the Wintel-dominated x86 server market as soon as next year.

• May 07, 2015 07 May'15

  All-in-one systems simplify OpenStack private clouds

  OpenStack has been an option for advanced users for many years, but new combinations match server hardware with enterprise support.