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• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Flash memory storage speeds past slow write cliffs

  IT teams once burned by flash memory storage are giving the hardware another look as new approaches arrive on the market.

• 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.

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• 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.

• 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.

• January 23, 2014 23 Jan'14

  Red Hat shops get KVM updates, scalability in RHEL 6.5

  Red Hat's updates to RHEL focus on KVM virtualization and scalability, aiming to support big data applications in large enterprises.

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  IBM cloud efforts intensify as System z, Power hardware revenues tank

  IBM's server hardware sales continue their decline as the company sharpens its focus on cloud software and services and ponders layoffs.

• January 09, 2014 09 Jan'14

  IBM targets cloud, big data with upcoming Intel-based X6 systems

  IBM’s X6 is a radically different architecture for Intel-based servers designed to boost performance and reliability, sources say. Will it propel its xSeries higher into the clouds?

• January 09, 2014 09 Jan'14

  What PernixData FVP says about flash memory storage's future

  Flash memory storage and data center automation take center stage in this inaugural podcast with 'Modern Infrastructure' editors.

• December 26, 2013 26 Dec'13

  Top 10 data center trends that shaped 2013

  Technological advances caused necessary changes in IT strategies in 2013. Companies strived to keep up with new data center trends and the market.

• December 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  Data center consolidation projects pave the way for innovation in 2014

  Enterprise IT is set to transition from older platforms to newer technology such as the cloud. Data center consolidation is a step in that direction.

• December 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  Server managers sound off on data center duties for 2014

  Server managers detail their data center plans for 2014 and offer insights into the systems management and career challenges they face.

• December 10, 2013 10 Dec'13

  Data center manager jobs require far more than IT experience

  Our IT priorities survey offers a glimpse into data center managers' technology plans, their concerns and their focus for 2014.

• December 10, 2013 10 Dec'13

  Five quick tips: How to run your data center like a Web-scale IT shop

  Enterprise data centers can follow the Web-scale IT strategy of Facebook, Google and other giants by implementing these five tips from Gartner.

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  New HP converged systems target big data, virtualization markets

  HP hopes its new converged systems can claim a bigger slice of the big data and virtualization pies, but will users already committed to cloud respond?

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  IT priorities in 2014 move beyond virtualization to cloud, automation

  IT priorities and budgets have shifted toward software, cloud and automation to get the most from data centers in 2014.

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  IBM roadmap coming to a fork in the road between software and hardware

  Over its 100-year history, IBM has reinvented itself numerous times to remain competitive in hot, emerging markets or, more rarely, just to survive and remain whole. The last reinvention 20 years ...

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  Majority of IT positions filled by women in 2013, career limits remain

  The IT job market expanded this year, hiring more women and rewarding IT pros across the board for certifications and skills.

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  Wintel servers gain favor in cloud era, putting RISC at risk

  Wintel servers have become the darling of the data center, pushing RISC systems out of favor. But the server hardware battle isn't winner takes all.

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  NSA issues highlight need for renewable data center power planning

  With on-site energy generation -- and a heliport -- Niobrara is designed to never lose data center power.

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  The IT fundamentals that HealthCare.gov ignored

  HealthCare.gov's shortcomings can be traced back to some IT fundamentals that its developers didn't -- or couldn't -- follow correctly.

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  IT budget cuts? Take a lesson from thrifty SMBs

  Small IT shops adopt some of the same trends as large enterprises, but with much caution and attention to priorities. And mistakes are felt acutely.

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Hurricane Sandy bucket brigade leader reflects on data center uptime

  One year after Hurricane Sandy ripped through the East Coast, Peer 1's bucket brigade leader reflects on data center uptime and disaster preparedness.

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Chief digital officer IT jobs emerge to bridge IT and end users

  Traditional IT job roles are evolving, and new jobs like the chief digital officer have emerged to help companies move to mobile and cloud computing.

• October 03, 2013 03 Oct'13

  Unix platform decline: Some vendors faring worse than others

  With Unix use in nearly universal decline, some Unix system vendors are faring better than others, but no one is winning.

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  New server processors and the lower-power, more-memory IT roadmap

  Next time you buy servers, raw clock speed won't matter as much as processor specialization, memory and software support, power draw or security.

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  How the colocation data center stacks up to cloud, on-premises builds

  Colocation data centers used to be about proximity. Not anymore. C7 CEO Wes Swenson says colo is about the best location and infrastructure options.

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  VCE updates converged infrastructure amid increased competition

  The VCE company will deliver new specialized Vblock systems next quarter, including one for extreme applications that caught partners' attention.

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  Data center certification options vs. less calculable IT skills

  Companies want IT pros with business acumen who communicate effectively, but that's hard to measure with a data center certification.

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Experts, users weigh in on OpenPower's open source data center systems

  IBM and tech innovators such as Google have formed an open source server consortium around Power processors. Can they reinvigorate IBM Power?

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Cisco Whiptail buy affirms role for SSDs in server hardware

  Data center pros increasingly see SSDs as table stakes in the server market. In this atmosphere, Cisco purchased SSD integrator Whiptail.

• September 05, 2013 05 Sep'13

  The trouble with server efficiency and performance

  The tradeoff between the high cost of better performance and the forward-thinking energy efficiency is something IT shops must ponder when deciding what servers to buy. As chips shrink and become ...

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  DCIM software implementation, cloud use on the rise in data centers

  More data centers rely on cloud and colocation providers, and many now use DCIM software, an Uptime Institute survey found. Here's why.

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  IBM power servers seek a boost from Google, Nvidia

  IBM will attempt to improve its Power-based server business through an open development consortium with Google, NVIDIA, and others.

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  Third platform IT job skills in demand

  Companies that are on board with cloud, big data, social and mobile trends seek IT pros with third platform skills, but those IT job skills are rare.

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  IBM mainframes reinvigorated at lower price for cloud apps, data analytics

  The latest IBM mainframes' lower price point and a redoubled focus on Linux workloads may appeal to younger admins and smaller IT shops.

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  IBM System X, BladeCenter server business up for grabs

  IBM System X negotiations with Lenovo are happening though the two parties can't agree on price and it could take some time to reach an agreement.

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Intel roadmap adds low-power, high-density chips for micro servers

  X86 servers have been Intel's bread and butter but the trend toward scale-out micro server systems has made the company rethink its strategy.

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  The new technologies that are reshaping IT data center strategies

  TechTarget's data center survey gauges the influence that cloud, big data, mobile computing, virtualization and more have on data center strategies.

• July 11, 2013 11 Jul'13

  IBM acquires CSL International, simplifies mainframe management

  IBM acquired virtualization management vendor CSL International, giving IT admins a simple way to manage z/VM and Linux on System z virtualization.

• June 19, 2013 19 Jun'13

  Battery monitoring service prevents outages, extends battery life

  The latest backup battery monitoring services can prevent outages and extend battery life. Plus, they take power monitoring off IT's task list.

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Red Hat Open Hybrid Cloud aids private, public cloud management

  Hardware, virtualization, public and private cloud are all converging and need to be managed as one environment. Enter Red Hat's Open Hybrid Cloud.

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Mainframe modernization takes on urgency

  A Red Hat Summit talk on database and mainframe modernization highlights urgency, need for agility in enterprise development teams.

• June 07, 2013 07 Jun'13

  Red Hat discloses RHEL roadmap

  Many improvements are coming to RHEL, including changes to installations, file systems and the user interface.

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  Disaster recovery case study: Preventing runaway costs

  In this disaster recovery case study, one company details how it kept costs low while building a dependable backup system for its data centers.

• June 03, 2013 03 Jun'13

  Data centers move to cloud apps, weigh SaaS pros and cons

  Using cloud apps, not on-site applications, to run data center workloads can reduce the data center footprint, but consider the SaaS pros and cons.

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  HP Moonshot and Dell microservers mark the next wave of innovation

  Client device innovation over the past several years has sparked a new wave of server innovation with Dell microservers and HP's Moonshot.

• May 17, 2013 17 May'13

  Data center technologies evolve to meet tomorrow's computing demands

  VMware's upcoming public cloud and AMD's 64-bit ARM servers are technologies for the data center that exemplify the changes in the IT industry.

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  IT execs remain wary about shared IT budget control

  IT shops in conservative enterprises used to directing the IT budget may start to feel the growing power of digital marketing in budgeting decisions.

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Go thin or go home -- that's the graphene way

  Some analysts estimate that Moore's Law  -- the ability of manufacturers to double the number of transistors on a chip every 18 months -- will end in 10 years. At a certain point, the electrons of ...

• April 01, 2013 01 Apr'13

  Q&A: Markley looks to lighten load as an IaaS provider

  Interest in cloud continues to gain traction, so how does a small infrastructure services provider compete with the Amazon Web Services of the world?

• March 29, 2013 29 Mar'13

  Big data analytics software for intelligence community goes commercial

  IT shops that need to analyze huge volumes of data can look to a newly available big data analytics tool that was previously reserved for the intelligence community.

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  The many faces of converged infrastructure

  Converged infrastructure offers a way to resist the public cloud and still gain efficiencies and scalability, but few vendors offer the real deal.

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  Thanks to recent storms, the data center recovery plan gets a facelift

  Recent natural disasters inspire some IT pros to start working on a new data center recovery plan.

• February 21, 2013 21 Feb'13

  VCE tweaks Vblock line with low cost converged infrastructure systems

  VCE's new lower-cost Vblocks are a step in the right direction, but the converged infrastructure systems may not make a splash in today's data center.

• February 07, 2013 07 Feb'13

  IBM 'mini' PureApplication System may cause sticker shock

  Is the price of IBM's new entry-level PureApplication System low enough to broaden its appeal?

• February 05, 2013 05 Feb'13

  IT pros hope Dell going private will improve products, integration

  Dell customers hope the deal to take Dell private will result in more streamlined and organized product lines.

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  DevOps movement could boost IT operations' image

  The DevOps movement has undeniable momentum. Could IT operations harness the power of its success?

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  Qualcomm enters 64-bit ARM chip fray

  Chip manufacturing giant Qualcomm has listed job openings for ARMv8 engineers, which makes it the latest vendor to show interest in building 64-bit processors with ARM's latest design. Though ...

• January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13

  Cloud storage and Storage as a Service to gain popularity in 2013

  A 2013 TechTarget survey reveals steady growth in cloud storage, while more IT pros look for savings in Storage as a Service.

• January 17, 2013 17 Jan'13

  Data center titans line up in support of Open Compute Project

  Facebook's Open Compute Project has caught on, with AMD and Intel developing motherboards for the project's Open Rack infrastructure.

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  The petaflops of citizen science

  It's hard work discovering the secrets of the universe, and now the Einstein@Home distributed computing project has broken the petaflop – the compute power of approximately 61 million iPad 2 ...

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  Dell explains private cloud strategy, Quest Software plans

  Dell's cloud services strategy seeks to win over enterprises that want to build a private cloud first. It’s also got big plans for Quest Software.

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  Dell continues its extreme makeover for cloud, BYOD and services era

  IT pros ponder another year of acquisition and transformation for Dell, and what it may mean for their own cloud computing strategy plans.

• December 05, 2012 05 Dec'12

  How traditional IT shops can be more like public cloud providers

  Want your data center to be more like an agile public cloud? Here’s how cloud providers handle apps, "big data," data center hardware and IT staffing.

• December 04, 2012 04 Dec'12

  Differences between enterprise data centers and public cloud

  Want to run your data center more like an agile public cloud? Here are some surprising ways cloud providers differ from traditional IT departments.

• November 15, 2012 15 Nov'12

  Data center technologies to be thankful for

  These data center technologies to be thankful for may surprise you. Check out this installment of "Modern Infrastructure"’s Countdown for more.

• November 15, 2012 15 Nov'12

  Understanding wear leveling for solid-state disks

  Take a look under the hood of flash storage in this detailed definition of wear leveling and solid-state disk.

• November 15, 2012 15 Nov'12

  Interop 2012 conference: Overheard from attendees

  This installment of Overheard, from Modern Infrastructure, covers the recent Interop and Microsoft Exchange conferences.

• November 01, 2012 01 Nov'12

  Two data center hosting companies, one building and Hurricane Sandy

  Updated: Two data center hosting companies make their home in one building in Manhattan, which flooded Sunday.

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  Data center fright night, part two "Total Shutdown"

  Did you enjoy yesterday's spine-tingler? Then you'll enjoy today's terrifying tale of data center despair. "Total shutdown: A cautionary tale" Sander van Vugt Don managed a small data center for a ...

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  Prepare to be scared: Night of the living data center

  Grab a flashlight, head to your nearest lights-out data center, and hunker down for some creepy data center horror stories courtesy of some data center experts. Are these true tales? Stay tuned for ...

• October 23, 2012 23 Oct'12

  Can IT support disruption?

  IT must be ready for fundamental shifts in business and technological paradigms. Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor IT professionals are used to change – the reality of change is as old ...

• October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12

  DevOps role continues growth: Is it here to stay?

  Competition is fierce in the tech arena. The DevOps role is a coveted one, and employers will do anything to secure the position, at least for now.

• September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  Questioning 99.999% uptime: When are four nines enough?

  In some super-important industries, 99.999% uptime should be the goal. But most companies can tolerate a little more downtime.

• September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12

  New York Times article on data center power consumption draws ire

  The New York Times' article cast data centers as power-hungry behemoths, drawing a stern and swift response from IT pros.

• September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12

  Data center association AFCOM names Tom Roberts new president

  After ten years, Jill Yaoz steps down as data center association AFCOM's president. Tom Roberts, a 30 year data center veteran takes her place.

• September 09, 2012 09 Sep'12

  SUSE Linux jumps on the open private cloud deployment train

  SUSE Linux Enterprise planning private cloud deployment with OpenStack weight behind it. NVIDIA works on Linux drivers for Optimus chips.

• September 07, 2012 07 Sep'12

  Choice Hotel rethinks IT architecture, employs middleware, SOA, BPM

  User story describes application modernization employing Oracle Fusion middleware, SOA and BPM. A hotel chain gains flexibility going the SOA route.

• September 05, 2012 05 Sep'12

  Low-power server market awaits 64-bit ARM chips and ARM-based servers

  ARM-based servers march onward toward data center markets with support from Hewlett-Packard and Dell, but not as much support from Intel.

• August 29, 2012 29 Aug'12

  IBM's zEnterprise mainframe forecast: Cloudy with a chance of flash

  Through improved processing speed and reduced costs, IBM's new zEnterprise mainframe hopes to turn hybrid cloud customers' heads.

• August 20, 2012 20 Aug'12

  IBM adds solid-state hard drive maker to arsenal, beefs up PureSystems

  IBM's recent acquisition of solid-state hard drive manufacturer TMS will add to its converged infrastructure portfolio. Will others follow suit?

• July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12

  Oracle's Xsigo I/O virtualization buy concerns customers

  Concerns for Xsigo customers in the wake of Oracle’s I/O virtualization purchase run from interoperability to integration.

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  Oracle labels Xsigo as SDN, backlash ensues

  Oracle acquired Xsigo on Monday and positioned the company’s product as “software defined networking.” Let the flaming begin! Early reports on the acquisition picked up this definition of Xsigo’s ...

• July 20, 2012 20 Jul'12

  Water-cooling woos IT shops with energy savings

  The IT world has had a decades-long love triangle with air- and water-cooling. Air-cooling takes IT to the prom, but now water-cooling is holding up a boom box outside IT's window to win it back. ...

• July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Optimized server ratios hold key to data center consolidation

  When undertaking data center consolidation without buying new servers, make sure incorrect server ratios don't ruin your project.

• July 13, 2012 13 Jul'12

  How AI could change the face of data center infrastructure

  Because speculation is fun, let's talk a little about artificial intelligence and its potential in data centers. Automation and DCIM tools have come a long way, but as those technologies evolve, ...

• July 05, 2012 05 Jul'12

  Lego data centers and Minecraft computers

  Building a new data center is a costly endeavor, as evidenced by Apple's data center bid in Reno, Nev. But here's a novel idea: If you don't have the cash, build your data center out of Lego® ...

• July 03, 2012 03 Jul'12

  Amazon outage due to data center generator problems

  An outage at Amazon’s Virginia data center last Friday which affected Web services including Pinterest, Netflix and Instagram was due to a multi-generator failure, the company reported Monday. It ...