Opinion

Opinion

• A clear vision of the future data center in 2020

  By 2020, what will the future data center look like? Take a peek at how networking, servers and storage will evolve in the next five years.  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

• How learning Linux jumpstarted my career

  Choosing an alternative to Windows 98 and learning Linux -- back in the 90s -- led Jack Wallen to his current career. How did you get started with Linux?  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

• Second guessing the third platform of IT

  The third platform is a broad term for social, mobile, cloud and other applications, united in the need for a scalable IT back end.  Continue Reading

• Real pros and cons in the COTS server decision

  Weed out the truth about COTS servers and legacy hardware and see why fear of change in the data center is a major hurdle to overcome.  Continue Reading

• The real data center storage capacity killer

  Heterogeneity in data center storage architectures and controllers is a roadblock to the destination of a standardized infrastructure underpinning diverse workloads.  Continue Reading

• New System z mainframe may lift IBM's cloud, mobile fortunes

  IBM looks to pivot in a new direction with a revitalized mainframe aimed at mobile and cloud markets along with a rumored major reorganization.  Continue Reading

• Make this your most modern IT year yet

  No one sticks with their New Year's resolution -- where is that gym card anyway? -- but you can pick up seven modern habits and feel good about fit, healthy IT ops.  Continue Reading

• PCI Express' speed to usher in a new server era

  PCIe speeds of 20, even 100 Gbps enable the plug-and-play server flexibility and scalability that data center managers only dream of, and at a bargain.  Continue Reading

• Flash runs past read cache

  Just because you can add a cache doesn't mean you should. It is possible to have the wrong kind, so weigh your options before implementing memory-based cache for a storage boost.  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

• Siloing stifles data center growth

  It's time to knock down those silos, one by one. IT is transforming from a siloed set of reactive cost centers into a service provider with a focus on helping the business compete.  Continue Reading

• Failure provides the best data center training

  Incompatible programming languages, limited management capabilities, outages -- these problems and frustrations of IT life actually have the most training potential.  Continue Reading

• Converged solutions are simply not simple

  Complicated infrastructures make data center operations difficult, but they don't start out that way. The solution to fixing the infrastructure might work but might be equally complicated.  Continue Reading