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- 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 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 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.
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- 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 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.
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Sponsored News
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Harness AI at the Edge to Enhance Business Success
Sponsored by HPE & Intel - Artificial intelligence is disrupting business processes, creating unlimited possibilities from improved customer experience and greater business efficiency to stronger data analysis. AI does this by presenting opportunities to turn insight into action: Processes become more streamlined with tasks completed faster and human error eliminated from workflows. But while there is confidence in AI approaches to processes, critical implementation gaps could negatively impact business success. See More
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How to Maximize Agility, Simplicity, and Cost Control Through Application Deployment
Sponsored by Dell Technologies - One of the most important and complex decisions facing IT leaders is where and how to deploy new and existing applications. To deliver maximum impact to the business, most applications must leverage resources across the entire IT ecosystem, including data centers, public clouds, colocation, and edge environments. See More
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How AI and the Data Center Streamlines Business Processes
Sponsored by HPE & Intel - Companies that are not taking advantage of AI are likely to fall behind the competition. AI as a core business principle is not a new concept, however, and businesses must ensure they leverage AI’s full potential as more advancements enter the market. AI-powered businesses use tech to drive innovation, maintain quality control, and monitor employee productivity. Equally, AI can be a great tool to improve cybersecurity and consumer personalization. See More
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Leverage Multicloud by Design to Optimize the Workloads that Power Your Business
Sponsored by Dell Technologies - Multicloud environments have become the de facto standard for contemporary IT. Most organizations leverage a variety of locations: On-premises, off-premises, public cloud, co-locations, and edge. Nearly 90% of IT decision makers say leveraging multiple cloud providers delivers strategic benefits to their organizations, according to research by TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group. See More
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- August 25, 2014
25 Aug'14
With EVO: RAIL, VMware turns VSAN into a franchise
VMware's EVO: RAIL allows hardware vendors to build hyper-converged appliances running VSAN and other VMware software.
- August 19, 2014
19 Aug'14
There's a whole lotta shakin' goin' on in converged infrastructure
With sales sagging, legacy hardware suppliers are scurrying to form partnerships with a new generation of converged infrastructure vendors. But will these newly minted converged systems convince IT to open up the purse strings?
- July 21, 2014
21 Jul'14
Seven data center blogs you should be reading right now
Stay connected on trending IT topics on Twitter and Tumblr. Follow these seven experts who express news, opinions in data center blogs.
- 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.
- March 22, 2011
22 Mar'11
CA Spectrum replaced by AccelOps: News in brief
Texas radiology clinic replaced CA Technologies’ Spectrum monitoring suite with AccelOps to save on maintenance.
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- March 22, 2011
22 Mar'11
Dell Viking micro server recast as PowerEdge C5000
The Dell Viking started out as a custom box for low-end dedicated hosting and has graduated to a full-fledged micro server platform.
- March 03, 2011
03 Mar'11
1U servers: Features and capabilities introduction
1U servers are well suited to many everyday business tasks. This overview considers the key features -- from processor and memory support to network ports-- of various 1U server offerings.
- November 16, 2010
16 Nov'10
Move over SMPs: Distributed shared memory systems step in
Researchers are building ersatz SMP machines out of commodity x86 boxes, plus specialized hardware and software.
- November 11, 2010
11 Nov'10
Have data center careers hit the skids?
Has virtualized infrastructure derailed data center careers? IT managers say they now spend too much time troubleshooting environments and not enough time on strategic projects.
- November 05, 2010
05 Nov'10
Data center EPO vulnerability fixed in 2011 National Electrical Code
Data centers are no longer required to put the big red kill-switch on exit doors, thanks to a committee that convinced the NFPA to revisit its data center EPO regulation.
- October 21, 2010
21 Oct'10
Cisco et al. push memory-dense servers; but at what cost?
Today’s x86 servers offer impressive memory densities, but some IT shops want even more.
- October 01, 2010
01 Oct'10
The new mainframes: BladeSystem Matrix, Vblock, Exadata and Exalogic
Converged infrastructure platforms like Oracle‘s Exadata offer companies increased performance, but at the cost of vendor lock-in, causing some to dub these the new mainframes.