Data Center
News, analysis, blogs, advice and techniques on managing data centers and their components.
Cisco Boosted Profit, Sales in Q2 While Cutting Costs
Researchers Claim 100-Fold Increase in Data Storage Speed
Wed, February 08, 2012 - European researchers may have found a way to speed up data storage 100-fold, breaking one barrier holding back how fast data can be transferred.
Greenpeace Scorecard Documents Greener Enterprise Offerings
Wed, February 08, 2012 - Greenpeace's latest 'Cool IT' report highlights technology products that help other industries go green
Why One Insurance Company Ditched Its Own Hardware- for a Cloud -Based SAN
Wed, February 08, 2012 - Why do some enterprise managers decide to brave their way into the new and unknown of cloud-based services? Sometimes it's simply because the old technology just isn't working out that well anymore.
U.S. to Use Climate to Help Cool Exascale Systems
Wed, February 08, 2012 - In a picturesque spot overlooking San Francisco Bay, the U.S. Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab has begun building a new computing center that will one day house exascale systems.
Oracle Stakes Claim in R with Advanced Analytics Launch
Wed, February 08, 2012 - A new software release adds support for the open-source statistical modeling language
Maingear's Six-Core Laptop has 1.8TB of SSD Storage
Tue, February 07, 2012 - Maingear's Titan 17 packs Intel's Core i7-3960X desktop processor
Want Your Beer and Wings Faster? Order on the IPad, Please
Tue, February 07, 2012 - Pass the buffalo wings and the iPad.
New Juniper Routers Converge the Access Net
Tue, February 07, 2012 - Juniper Networks this week has unveiled access routers designed to provide an on-ramp to the service provider network from residential, business and mobile networks.
Red Hat Launches Storage Appliance for Amazon's Cloud
Tue, February 07, 2012 - The open-source company wants enterprises to move their network-attached storage to the cloud
Large Data Center Coming to India, As Regional Demand Booms
Tue, February 07, 2012 - Tulip Data Center Services is setting up the largest data center in the country so far
India Builds a Mega Data Center
Tue, February 07, 2012 - IBM has designed and helped to build a 900,000-square-foot data center in India that it says is the largest in that country in terms of size and power. It's also among the largest in the world.
Sony Merges PlayStation Network Into Broader Online Services
Tue, February 07, 2012 - The Tokyo-based tech giant continues to align its once-independent PlayStation platform with its other products and services
EMC to Flesh Out VFCache with VMware Integration, Other Additions
Mon, February 06, 2012 - The server-based flash cache will come in bigger cards, SSDs and less expensive media later this year, the company says
Online Backup Services Keep Your Data Safe
Mon, February 06, 2012 - It's a fact of modern life that archiving data is essential to prevent a data disaster. Still, something like one-third of computers are never backed up, according to 2,257 respondents in a recent Backblaze poll carried out by Harris Interactive. The survey came to the dismal conclusion that a scant 7% of users practice safe computing by archiving their systems on a daily (or nightly) basis.



