Data Center
News, analysis, blogs, advice and techniques on managing data centers and their components.
Clues About HP's Gen8 Servers Leaked on Its Website
Wed, February 01, 2012 - Hewlett-Packard's Proliant Gen8 servers will be based on Intel's upcoming Xeon E5 chips, according to HP's website
Riverbed's Granite Speeds Up WAN Storage to Drive Consolidation
Wed, February 01, 2012 - The file transfer acceleration technology could help enterprises cut local storage out of remote sites
Megaupload User Content Safe for Two More Weeks
Tue, January 31, 2012 - Efforts are intensifying to retrieve data belonging to potentially millions of users of Megaupload's online storage service following the company's dramatic shuttering by U.S. law enforcement authorities earlier this month.
SeaMicro Puts 256 Xeon Cores in Server
Tue, January 31, 2012 - SeaMicro, which sold only Atom-based servers, adds a Xeon microserver to its stable
Oracle Handed Setback in HP Itanium Case
Tue, January 31, 2012 - Oracle had cited fraud by HP to defend its decision not to support Itanium in its software
2012: the Year Storage Becomes a Celebrity
Mon, January 30, 2012 - While data storage has always been a necessary building block for technology, it's rarely garnered as much attention as it has in the past two years. The reason: Corporate and retail consumers are being forced to store greater amounts of data and they need to make that data more useful -- and accessible.
In Search of an Energy Yardstick
Mon, January 30, 2012 - We take a comprehensive look at the new green-IT metrics for measuring data center efficiency and productivity from The Green Grid and other industry groups. Insider, registration required.
Tilera Targets Intel, ARM with 36-Core Server Chip
Mon, January 30, 2012 - Tilera claims its 36-core chip outperforms Intel's Sandy Bridge chips in performance-per-watt
Tech Titans Talk: The IDG Enterprise Interview Series
Thu, January 26, 2012 - In the IDG Enterprise Interview Series, you'll hear from technology CIOs and CEOs on today's burgeoning trends, ongoing headaches and upcoming product plans. Check out this informative series from IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant and his team of editors.
Why Big Data Means a Big Year for Hadoop
Thu, January 26, 2012 - Companies from IBM to Amazon are turning to Hadoop to manage the surge in data that needs storing. Our CEO Michael Friendenberg says the buzz around Hadoop is no joke.



