Data Center

Sun, May 10, 2009 - Make users an IT asset and feed their recommendations and social behaviors back into your systems.

Fri, May 08, 2009 - Two significant events remind columnist Mike Elgan of the value of digitizing all of the items that are important to you.

Thu, April 23, 2009 - There are two really good reasons to practice green computing: It saves you money, and--bit by bit--it helps save the planet. It's a major win-win. Here are just a few of the little things you can do to make a big difference.

Mon, April 20, 2009 - The data center gets all the press, but there are plenty of other areas where IT professionals and users of IT services can dramatically reduce an organization's effect on the environment.

Mon, April 13, 2009 - Fifty cents. That's how much U.S. businesses could save by shutting down all their PCs at night and on weekends, according to a study released last month (download file) by the Alliance to Save Energy. Of course, that's not how the report headlined it. The alliance's number was US$2.8 billion per year.

Thu, April 09, 2009 - Smart business now requires a mixture of local and online data storage to add offsite backup in case of a disaster, and easy data sharing with remote coworkers and business partners. The best local and online combination I've seen is FileEngine, a small company in Indianapolis.

Sun, April 05, 2009 - NAS prices have come down to almost standard external hard-drive levels, so if you've thought about sharing one hard drive among multiple Macs or buying an external drive for each, a NAS drive may be more convenient and cost-effective.

Mon, March 30, 2009 - Looking down the LAN road, the Terabit Ethernet milestone is very much in sight. While 3.2Tbps and 6.4Tbps speeds were demonstrated in test environments by Siemens/WorldCom and NEC/Nortel respectively starting in 2001, the first set of viable solutions are just now taking shape.

Thu, March 26, 2009 - Corporate reorganizations are becoming almost commonplace in this difficult economic climate. Even the largest, most storied institutions are finding themselves parties to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and downsizings they probably didn't envision as recently as three months ago, much less when they negotiated their last round of wireless service and equipment deals.

Fri, March 20, 2009 - Online backup makes a lot of sense: It gives you off-site peace of mind and the security that comes from knowing that someone else is keeping your data safe and sound. The trouble is that, while there are dozens of individual service providers, there are just a few designed for enterprises and small businesses.