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Anybody who doubts Dell's commitment to virtualization should check out this list of new tools and systems that the company has cobbled together over the past few months. It seems the company has t... More >
Conventional wisdom holds that the vast majority of energy savings in the data center will come through server virtualization, followed closely by more efficient storage and streamlined network infra... More >
It looks like enterprises will be getting more out of their blades than previously thought with the advent of higher I/O densities that foster greater virtualization capabilities. Verari Syste... More >
Two key server deals and some impressive new benchmark data for the quad-core Opterons provide AMD with a much-needed boost as it looks to regain some of the steam lost to last year's production dela... More >
Now that the industrial controls industry has gotten the Ethernet bug, the rush is on to devise a range of systems designed to integrate that shop floor with the office LAN. Industrial automat... More >
Say what you will about the global economy or virtualization's impact on the server market -- IDC says demand remains strong. The market research firm reports that the worldwide server market... More >
HP Integrity users might be interested to note that they now have a PCI Express option for connecting to storage area networks. Emulex Corp. announced this week that its 3532 PCIe I/O control... More >
Virtualization made a name for itself as a cost-saving measure -- a means to streamline data center infrastructure through improved resource utilization and simplified management. But this yea... More >
One of the major complaints surrounding virtualization platforms is the difficulty in integrating third-party software and hardware. Quite often, these outside systems gel nicely with XenServer or VM... More >
EMC's commitment to solid-state disk drives this week sure had a lot of people talking, if not necessarily about the end of standard drives then at least about a viable alternative for near-line stor... More >
Virtual desktops will most certainly lower both capital and operational expenses in the data center, but is it possible that slower response times could eat away at those savings by hampering product... More >
Dell is looking to bolster both its green cred and performance capabilities by adding a new generation of hard drives to its server lines. The company tapped Hitachi Global Storage's Ultrasta... More >
Silver Peak Systems is claiming the first gigabit-capable WAN acceleration appliance, a development that should reduce the number of links needed to maintain long-distance enterprise connectivity. &n... More >
When it comes to lowering energy costs in the data center, there are two ways to go about it: more efficient hardware designs featuring low-power components and more efficient cooling systems, and ne... More >
More news from EMC World: The company has joined forces with data warehouse vendor Netezza to put the CLARiiON network storage system on the Performance Server warehouse appliance. The OEM a... More >
That a virtualized I/O infrastructure is the only sure way to maintain data center performance in the wake of server and storage virtualization is without question. Still up for debate, though, is wh... More >
For Fibre Channel users, replicating data to remote sites for disaster recovery and business continuity purposes has proven to be rather tricky. Shuttling FC data over IP networks requires a fairly a... More >
With EMC World kicking off in Vegas this week, it's no surprise that the other major storage vendors have been talking up their top platforms over the past several days and launching upgrades aimed a... More >
Manufacturers continue to ratchet up the performance and capacities of solid-state disk drives (SSDs) for both the notebook and server markets, even while questions remain as to whether they are reli... More >
Word on the street is that Ethernet switch maker Enterasys is looking to buy up rival Extreme Networks in a move designed to shore up its forces in the fight to wean market share away from Cisco. &nb... More >
One of the clearest indicators that the data center has evolved from a random collection of hardware and software into an organic entity is virtualization. At first blush, virtualization offers subst... More >
IBM released a new high-performance server this week, leveraging its Cell technology in a bid to capture a larger share of the financial, medical and digital media markets. The BladeCenter QS... More >
Brocade hit the ground running this week with its 8 Gbps Fibre Channel line-up , adding a dose of intelligence designed to foster enhanced server virtualization, reports CRN . The line inclu... More >
Simple logic would dictate that the company or companies that have cornered the market of a particular enterprise technology would dominate the industry as that technology develops broader capabiliti... More >
The PCI-Express (PCIe) standard is emerging as a key component in the drive to establish virtual I/O communications for data centers burdened by the increased data demands of server and storage virtu... More >
AMD brought out its new line of energy-efficient processors this week featuring new power management techniques designed for blade and rack servers. The new Opteron HE quad chips offer a 55-... More >
Data Domain is upping the ante in in-line data deduplication performance, shortening the time needed for database backup for disaster recovery, remote office backup and multi-site tape consolidation.... More >
If the heady rush of virtualization is starting to give way to the headache of managing all that vapor, take heart: New breeds of management systems are making it easier to launch, optimize and retir... More >
A little-noticed technology demonstration this week seems to have kick-started the drive to 6Gbps Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), with possible consequences to everything from storage area networking (SA... More >
AMD is about to shift gears in its multicore development program, according to this article on internetnews.com , with a renewed focus on increasing performance without drawing more power and keep... More >
8 Gbps Fibre Channel is gaining more traction among top-tier OEM vendors who are apparently swayed by the argument that faster throughput will be enough to keep users from switching en masse to Ether... More >
Dell is coming through with its long-touted virtualization plans, unveiling a new line of servers that feature integrated virtualization systems and advanced networking technologies. The strat... More >
Voltaire has introduced a storage router that the company claims improves Fibre Channel performance 200 percent and makes it easier to fold Infiniband into existing SANs. The SR4G router was... More >
Virtualization on the Mac is starting to get up to speed, with the latest software releases containing many of the features that the rest of the IT industry takes for granted. VMware's Fusion... More >
HP is kicking the storage wars into high gear with a new system that pushes maximum capacity to nearly a petabyte. The StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System (ExDS9100) holds up to ... More >
The Ethernet community has been on a tear lately, coming out with a range of new switches and adapters designed to simplify the migration from narrow to wide-band networks and broaden its use across ... More >
The lightning-fast Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers just got a little faster with the introduction of a pair of PCIe switches optimized for the platform. PLX Technology designed it... More >
When it comes to data migration, the adage "There's a right way, and there's a wrong way..." doesn't always apply. Given the environment, there could be many right ways, and many wrong ways. And some... More >
Foundry Networks has taken up the gauntlet thrown down by the likes of Cisco and Brocade and come out with its own version of the datacenter of the future . Not surprisingly, the company offe... More >
Now that automation technology has taken much of the drudgery out of data center management, the next big step is intelligence. From power management to virtual machine deployment to search technolog... More >
One of the more interesting products to come out of Interop this week isn't aimed so much at networking itself, but overseeing network devices. nSolutions introduced the NOVA (Network Ontolog... More >
That the enterprise is evolving from a static collection of systems and software to a more flexible, dynamic, even organic entity is no big surprise. What's interesting is the way the new generations... More >
Extreme Networks has come out with a new enterprise switch that the company says pushes the envelope in 10 GbE throughput even while it preserves the ability to maintain 1 GbE connections for a smoot... More >
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