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So, the beauty of cloud computing is that you just port your applications over to the cloud and wave goodbye to all those management hassles of your old data center? Don’t bet on it. As more a... More >
Negotiating Ethernet traffic between enterprise and carrier networks could become a much smoother process with the development of underlying fabric technology that is at home in both environments. &n... More >
For those of you who never got too jazzed about concepts like Enterprise Information Integration (EII) and Virtual Data Federation (VDF), it looks like those ideas are being repackaged into an all-ne... More >
New generations of enabling technologies should make it easier to roll out 8 Gbps Fibre Channel devices for the enterprise, a key consideration as the format prepares to take on 10 GbE for the storag... More >
Is a backlash against virtualization starting to brew? You have to admit, the technology has enjoyed a very enthusiastic reception for the past several years, thanks largely to its cost-saving... More >
Say this about Oracle, the company still knows how to make a big splash. The introduction of the HP Oracle Database Machine is more than just the company's first foray into hardware. It mark... More >
Bit by bit, system by system, Infiniband is breaking out of its traditional role as a server interconnect and pursuing its original promise as a full-blown enterprise fabric. The first stop on... More >
Brocade released a critical component of its Data Center Fabric Architecture this week, a comprehensive management platform designed to provide end-to-end control of a broad swatch of the company's n... More >
More and more storage vendors are turning toward so-called "application-aware" technology in the hopes that it will give them an edge in increasingly complex virtual environments. Application ... More >
IBM has known for some time that virtualization puts a damper on raw server sales, so the focus going forward is likely to shift to "doing more with less." Witness the company's latest System... More >
Virtualization and consolidation are taking over the data center at a rapid pace, leading to a scramble among vendors to position themselves for the new environment. But while it's easy to focus on t... More >
Sun Microsystems is taking multi-threading on its server processors to a new level. Teaming up with GigaSpaces, the company was able to push its Sparc Enterprise T5240 device to 1.3 million t... More >
All signs continue to point a substantial influx of solid state disks (SSDs) in enterprise settings starting next year, but to be fair, SSDs have been knocking on the enterprise door for some time no... More >
When your business is controller chips and fabric switches, it pays to have your bases covered when it comes to high-power interconnect technology. That's probably why QLogic has lined up both... More >
Intel is taking additional steps to avoid what could be a serious bump in the road to convert the data center to multicore technology. The fact that software developers are having trouble cran... More >
HP, Dell and the rest of the server market have a new competitor to contend with. Lenovo announced this week that it is rolling out a new server line aimed at small businesses. The ThinkServe... More >
Ever since Brocade started shipping 8 G Fibre Channel last May, pundits have been wondering when Cisco would follow suit. That speculation ended this week with the unveiling of new plug-in switch ... More >
Many people were wondering what Cisco would come up with for VMworld. Now we know. The company offered up a new software switch, jointly developed with VMware, designed to help customers build... More >
The trade press is buzzing about the new Cray "desktop supercomputer" as the harbinger of a new class of systems designed to push high-power capabilities down to the enterprise masses. But w... More >
Intel formally introduced its first six-core Xeon this week, part of the next generation of devices designed to accommodate the unique processing demands of virtual environments. The Xeon L74... More >
It just wouldn't be VMworld without a healthy dose of virtual networking technology. This year's show sees a new round of solutions optimized for VMware environments, all claiming to improve p... More >
Are virtualization and cloud computing two halves of the same pie? That would seem to be the case, judging by the strategies of the top vendors these days. Talk around the water-cooler has lon... More >
Isilon Systems is claiming record-level file-based NAS performance aboard its 10 GbE-based storage clusters through the latest release of its Accelerator-x software . The company says the new... More >
There's an interesting article here by Swiss analyst George Crump on the merits of iSCSI vs. Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). Having written on this subject many times before, I wish Crump's e-m... More >
Microsoft has taken the lion's share of headlines in the run-up to VMworld next week, but Redmond isn't the only powerhouse touting a bold virtualization strategy. Sun Microsystems is looking... More >
For those of you wondering what Rackable Systems was planning to do for storage networking after selling off the RapidScale line , the answer, apparently, is NetApp. The company announced thi... More >
Like chocolate and peanut butter, it was probably only a matter of time before the twin developments of virtualization and WAN optimization came together. This year's VMworld in Las Vegas will... More >
A British firm called Axstor says it has developed the world's fastest iSCSI storage server, and has done it on the lowest power footprint to boot. The Ai-Pro 5108 server sports eight 1 GbE ... More >
Despite heavyweights like VMware and Microsoft plotting their dominance of the virtualization industry, the fact is that the market is still so young that it will be a long time before anyone emerges... More >
Fusion-io, building on its work on IBM's Project Quicksilver program, unveiled a new SAN architecture that uses both high-performance I/O and solid state disk technology. The ioSAN is aime... More >
Enterprise networking technology has always been primarily about bandwidth, throughput, IOPS and other measurements of speed. But as 10 GbE, 8 G Fibre Channel and 20 G Infiniband push the data equiva... More >
Forget 4G or even 8G Fibre Channel. The electronic housing industry is already looking forward to 17G and 25G data rates. Schott Electronic Packaging has come out with a hermetic Transistor O... More >
Now that Microsoft has decided to issue its Hyper-V hypervisor for free, leading to a virtual stampede of third-party support, it seems more likely than ever that enterprises soon will be dealing wit... More >
Software-based WAN optimization is getting so popular that even the hardware companies are getting into the act. Expand Networks is buying its way into the technology with the purchase of Brit... More >
Every once in a while, a development comes along that has so many possible consequences that it's hard to know where to begin. Red Hat's purchase of Qumranet is such a case. Red Hat has agre... More >
I/O bottlenecks in virtual environments are one of those facts of life that you'll have to get used to as the number of virtual machines starts to proliferate on your network. And while there'... More >
If you're going to have virtual desktops, you might as well make them as flexible as possible. That's apparently Sun's thinking with the launch of the updated xVM VirtualBox , a free, open so... More >
Application delivery over distributed networks is moving into the fast lane as new fabric architectures take down many of the roadblocks that have hampered performance so far. GemStone Systems... More >
It's getting funny how major new systems seem to get launched right after I do a roundup on that particular segment. Who know I had such clout? This time we have a rush of virtualization-manag... More >
Competition between iSCSI and Fibre Channel proponents can get so fierce that it's easy to forget that IP storage does not have to be an either/or proposition. More and more storage vendors are suppo... More >
NEC rolled out a new set of Intel-based servers this week, a move the company hopes will strengthen its OEM relationships in North America through new fault-tolerant designs. First up is a n... More >
Central management of remote IT and industrial control devices is becoming easier with a new generation of serial devices that encompass a larger variety of data transfer formats. One of the l... More >
Virtualization is starting to become the norm in data centers throughout the world, so it's no surprise that the issue of virtual sprawl is beginning to take center stage as well. The fact tha... More >
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