June 30, 2009
Optical Fiber Preps for High-Bandwidth Data Center
When it comes to enhancing the network capabilities of the data center, most of the attention goes to hardware like HBAs and NICs, or advanced protocols like 10 GbE and Fibre Channel. But there is a ... More >
June 29, 2009
Putting Storage on the Private Cloud
Storage has emerged as one of the primary applications for public cloud services, so it should come as no surprise that it has become the target of an increasing number of private cloud platforms as ... More >
June 26, 2009
New Approaches to Virtual Management
Despite initial hype that virtualization relieves the management burden of physical systems, it wasn't long before everyone realized that it introduced a whole new set of management challenges -- exc... More >
June 25, 2009
Ethernet, Fibre Channel, It's All Good
For many years, the prevailing wisdom behind storage networking was that you had a choice between Ethernet and Fibre Channel . Then, along came the converged networking adapter (CNA) and Fibre Cha... More >
June 24, 2009
Storage Consolidation for the Masses
Unified storage, storage consolidation, whatever you want to call it, is certainly on the radar these days as enterprises look to cut costs any way they can. And while at one time the prospect of joi... More >
June 23, 2009
Boosting the Fortunes for HPC
It's a fairly well-known secret in server circles that while most of the market is seeing hard times, the high-end side is proving to be rather resistant to economic turmoil. That's not to say that t... More >
June 22, 2009
Meet the New Cloud, Same as the Old IT
With each new round of cloud computing platform releases, there is a sense that the IT industry is heading further into uncharted territory -- one which may spell the end for any number of long-time ... More >
June 19, 2009
The Never-Ending Rise of VDI
Another round of virtual desktop technology, another round of predictions calling for the end of traditional desktop infrastructure in the enterprise. The thing is, one of these days the VDI backers ... More >
June 18, 2009
PCIe Rides the SSD into the Enterprise
SSDs hold as their claim to fame faster throughput in high-traffic environments, such as Web servers and database platforms. So it's no surprise, then, that many of the newest enterprise designs are ... More >
June 17, 2009
Virtualization and the New Data Center
Two new developments on the virtualization front came out this week, indicating that the technology is entering a more established phase as it becomes a common element in the data center but is still... More >
June 16, 2009
HP, Cisco Ready to Rumble
Is Cisco Systems' dominance of the enterprise networking market about to see its first true test in more than a decade? It seems likely now that Hewlett Packard, IBM and others are turning to rival s... More >
June 15, 2009
SSDs and the Need for Better Data Management
So much attention has been given to the speed and performance improvements of SSDs over hard disks that it's easy to forget one central fact: Individual disks are merely components in an organic, hol... More >
June 12, 2009
New Features to Keep Storage Lively
Storage sales are down dramatically this year, and indications are that it could be quite a while before things get back to normal, if ever. So what are the two things storage companies can do to wea... More >
June 11, 2009
High-End Processors: Are They Worth All the Fuss?
It's no surprise that chip sales are down considering the havoc the economy has already wreaked on the server and storage industries. The real question is why AMD and Intel continue to devote so much... More >
June 10, 2009
Apple in the Enterprise: Is It Real This Time?
So is it finally real? Is Apple making a serious play for the enterprise, or is it just a lot of wishful thinking on behalf of Mac partisans? As a fan of the Mac and the design philosophy that Mac st... More >
June 9, 2009
Green from the Ground Up
For most enterprise, greening up the data center means a healthy dose of virtualization or new power management software. But if you're in a position to either retrofit an existing facility of bu... More >
June 8, 2009
InfiniBand in an Ethernet Universe
It looks like the era of lossless Ethernet is finally dawning, and none too soon, considering it's the only way for the protocol to truly emerge as the unified data center fabric that will unite all ... More >
June 5, 2009
New Storage Emphasizes Quality, Not Quantity
"In business," goes the Lee Iacocca quote, "you have to lead, follow or get out of the way." Actually, that's a paraphrase of an earlier statement from Thomas Paine, but regardless, it's an apt piece... More >
June 4, 2009
Rising Tide of Cloud Management Platforms
It's been barely a month since word came out about a new effort to foster open standards for cloud management systems, and the past few weeks have shown why such a move might be in the best interests... More >
June 3, 2009
HP Moves to Rein in Storage
HP is moving aggressively to tighten up its storage platforms, a sign that the company thinks small and mid-sized enterprises are poised to undertake significant infrastructure upgrades in the next f... More >
June 2, 2009
PCIe and SSD: Two Great Tastes of the Enterprise?
Now that solid-state disks are making their way into the enterprise, one of the chief deployment issues is network connectivity. While the obvious answer would be to simply mount the devices in a RAI... More >
June 1, 2009
Processing Prowess in a Small Package
The advantages of adding the parallel capabilities of graphics processors to dual- and quad-core CPUs in advanced server designs is on display this week, but you'll have to go to Taiwan to see it. A... More >
