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Is it a case of jumping the gun, or do some vendors have inside knowledge that leads them to believe the mass adoption of virtual desktops is just around the corner? No doubt there will be a strong p... More >
Virtualization continues to be the major trend sweeping the data center industry. But now that most enterprises have gotten a little virtual experience under their belts, the focus is starting to shi... More >
The supposed superior reliability of enterprise-class solid state drives (SSDs) has always been taken with a grain of salt by most IT professionals. The theory is that with no moving parts, the SSD w... More >
How much longer will Microsoft be able to maintain its dominance of the IT industry through the operating system? That's the key question on most minds these days as Redmond preps for the launch of W... More >
The beauty of both cloud computing and virtualization is that it lets you convert your data center from a collection of discrete components into a flexible, scalable pool of resources. Well, yes, but... More >
Will the data center of the future call for a greater number of smaller servers, or is it about to make a u-turn back to the days of the big mainframe? Or will it be something else entirely? The ques... More >
Following up on yesterday's blog about green storage, there is another key area in the data center that is ripe for a makeover: networking. In fact, without an upgrade to virtual I/O technology, that... More >
Talk of the green data center has primarily centered around server virtualization as a means to consolidate hardware and draw less energy. Problem is, with most data centers well on the way toward fu... More >
Ethernet is the networking protocol of choice in the enterprise, a fact that is not likely to change any time soon. And yet, some are wondering whether the rise of cloud computing might lead many lar... More >
It seems like the enterprise bugaboo of the decade is about to strike again. We've heard of server sprawl and then virtual sprawl -- now get ready for cloud sprawl. But before I get too facetious, le... More >
Amid all the talk about virtualization and the cloud, there is the larger concept of the "dynamic infrastructure." It's here that most of the benefits of the latest technology advancements come to fr... More >
Enterprise servers with integrated storage are not exactly a new phenomenon. But judging by both the amount of storage that is going into the latest models and the advanced features accompanying them... More >
It's almost impossible these days to view any enterprise-related merger, acquisition or product announcement outside the prism of cloud computing. It seems that every move being made today is intende... More >
Next to security, it's probably the second biggest worry that IT executive have over cloud architectures. I'm talking about interoperability. The last thing anyone wants to do is transfer reliance fr... More >
The storage industry has taken its lumps in this recession just like everybody else. However, a close look at the latest trends reveals that some areas are doing quite well, thank you very much. In p... More >
Enterprise resources are certainly getting more powerful, with the comforting thought that provisioning a broad array of external systems will become both cheaper and easier as cloud architectures ta... More >
With VMworld drawing much of the attention in data center circles last week, I thought I'd catch up on some of the other technology segments impacting the industry. And the first one that comes to mi... More >
Is this the bottom for the server industry? Or are we only at the beginning of a long-term decline as data center productivity gains shift from hardware to software? Those are the key questions cente... More >
VMworld was naturally VMware's time to shine, but there was another company that had a coming out of sorts. Dell is well on the way to transforming itself from a commodity hardware provider to a full... More >
Now that VMworld is wrapping up, the question is: "What have we learned?" Hopefully, many of you are walking away with a clearer vision as to how to implement a virtual environment if you don't alrea... More >
Is the IT industry really getting serious about virtual desktops? The idea of stripped down workstations feeding off a centralized architecture has been knocking on the door for so long that it's har... More >
What to make of the EMC/FastScale deal? A couple of things come to mind. First, the facts: EMC is buying FastScale , which specializes in IT management software, for an undisclosed sum. The company ... More >
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