Data Center
News, analysis, blogs, advice and techniques on managing data centers and their components.
HP Hopes to Cut Data Center Costs with New Gen8 Servers
Hard Drive Prices to Remain High Through 2014
Mon, February 13, 2012 - Hard disk drive supplies will continue to languish due to last year's floods in Thailand and prices will continue to remain high through 2014, according to two different research firms.
Startup Launches Array Tuned for Unstructured, Structured Data
Mon, February 13, 2012 - Startup Starboard Storage Systems today came out of quiet mode with its first product: a storage array that discerns between structured and unstructured data in order to tailor I/O performance. It's also designed for use in virtualized server environments.
Google "Drive" Could Step on Cloud Partners' Toes
Fri, February 10, 2012 - Google is preparing to launch a long-rumored cloud storage service that tramples a bit on products and services offered by Google partners. A Wall Street Journal report citing "people familiar with the matter" says the new "Drive" service will be launched by Google in the coming weeks or months. What does that mean for other companies that Google works closely with?
Google to Launch Cloud Storage 'Drive' Soon - Reports
Fri, February 10, 2012 - Google is rumoured to be on the verge of launching a new cloud-based storage product, which has been described as the search giant's answer to Dropbox.
Cisco Boosted Profit, Sales in Q2 While Cutting Costs
Wed, February 08, 2012 - Cisco's earnings per share rose more than 48 percent from a year earlier
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



