Opinion

Opinion

Data center budget and culture

• Easier management among the benefits of hyper-converged infrastructure

  Implementing a hyper-converged infrastructure product is a big decision and one that needs to include a discussion about how you'd manage it after it arrives in the data center.  Continue Reading

• IT culture is insane. Yes, this means you

  IT needs to embrace the chaos and change its ways -- fast. If it doesn't, a stagnant IT culture can prove disastrous for the data center, the IT team and the company.  Continue Reading

• 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.  Continue Reading

• Bright data center ideas that lacked staying power

  The data center has seen its fair share of failed attempts to uproot traditional thinking. New ideas for power, cooling and maintenance top the list.  Continue Reading

• Fiscally in favor of sustainable computing

  Data center energy consumption is more than a sustainability issue -- it's a major cost to the business. When proposing green IT initiatives, start at the bottom line.  Continue Reading

• Better metrics for planning and tracking data center investments

  Tired of an endless array of disparate data center metrics? Here are a few ideas for keeping track of those data center investments.  Continue Reading

• How to revamp your IT operational plan without getting fired

  You have a reliable IT operation that delivers on SLAs, but frustrates end users with a lack of innovation and speed. Guess what? It's time to change.  Continue Reading

• Open source movement makes its way into the proprietary data center

  Before it embraced commercial software support, the open source movement didn't have a strong hold in enterprise data centers. How times have changed.  Continue Reading

• Long tail theory points to a long life for on-premises data centers

  While cloud computing looms over traditional data centers, the long tail theory of IT says on-site facilities will be around for a while.  Continue Reading

• Colocation facility selection requires careful planning

  In part two of a series on choosing a data center colocation facility, find out how to compare features accurately.  Continue Reading

• Don't let new tech and early adoption pride damage your data center

  As tempting as that new blade server might be, early adoption doesn't make sense for every IT shop.  Continue Reading

• The benefits of insourcing data center operations

  Though outsourcing data center operations works in some scenarios, insourcing might still be the best solution for many IT shops.  Continue Reading

• Defining software-defined everything

  If the future lies with software-defined everything, it's time to find out what 'everything' means.  Continue Reading

• Big data platforms may not play well under current IT rules

  IT must learn to juggle current systems and new big data platforms or face the chaos of disparate systems.  Continue Reading

• Despite IT wishes, scale out architecture growing in data centers

  While IT touts centralization, data centers embrace scale-out architecture to stem costs.  Continue Reading