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The recession clearly gave a hit to data center technology, but probably the worst hit was the server market. On the one hand, technologies like virtualization came along just in time to help enterpr... More >
Is the clock already ticking on flash memory? Just as the enterprise is finally ready to take advantage of the faster throughput and lower power usage of flash-based solid state technology, along com... More >
For quite some time now, the prevailing wisdom has put the relatively low uptake of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) on security fears and user resistance, despite the substantial cost savings to... More >
Enterprises are eager to converge their disparate storage networking platforms onto a single infrastructure, and hardware manufacturers are eager to oblige. The only thing still up in the air is who ... More >
Cloud computing is poised to shake up the enterprise industry in a big way, but could its impact reach all the way to the microprocessor? A number of hopefuls certainly seem to think so, offering vis... More >
So Google wants to become the top enterprise applications provider, a move that would displace not only Microsoft and IBM in the office, but do away with the on-premises software industry altogether.... More >
The cloud is already making gains in enterprise circles as an effective means to boost storage capacity, so it shouldn't be any surprise that it is already heading in the next logical direction: as a... More >
The cloud is shaping up to be a great way to manage resources in the data center. The question is, how will you manage resources on the cloud? It's more than just an academic question at this point, ... More >
IBM is on a tear this week, furthering its strategy of incorporating third-party technology, particularly networking gear, into its data platforms in the hopes that variety will provide a leg up as e... More >
Is one of the major limiting factors to widespread deployment of Flash storage in the enterprise starting to show some cracks? It seems that way as both new system and software designs are taking a b... More >
A promising new technology suffers a technical setback and judgment is swift that the party is over -- that we all knew it was too good to be true. That pattern reasserted itself again this week with... More >
Hardware consolidation is going well with your new virtualization stack, so it should be a no-brainer to leverage that technology for more advanced purposes, like resource sharing, right? Well, not s... More >
The debate is still swirling around how best to integrate solid-state disks (SSDs) and Flash storage into enterprise infrastructure. Most issues center on the old cost/benefit ratio, complicated by t... More >
Data warehousing is often made to sound overly simple these days. Just plug in one of the latest appliances and reap the rewards of unlimited business intelligence and data analytics. The reality is ... More >
A few weeks ago, we highlighted some of the issues that enterprises are running into when trying to integrate solid-state disks (SSDs) into existing storage arrays. It turns out that much of t... More >
No matter how long you plan on driving that old jalopy, circumstances have a way of forcing you to buy a new one -- even more so if you rely on it to make a living. So it is with IT equipment, which ... More >
VDI deployments are expected to kick into high gear in the coming year, finally ushering in the promise of centralized desktop images delivered to thin clients over standard enterprise networks. This... More >
Is virtualization a net positive or a net negative for Macs in the enterprise? On the surface, it would seem that Apple could only benefit from the ability for users to boot up Windows alongsi... More >
One of the biggest drawbacks to the growing wave of cloud storage services out there is the fact that they represent not just a vast expansion of capacity, but an entirely new storage tier. While the... More >
Even as the enterprise industry forges ahead with broad architectural revisions playing out in the long term, immediate needs are not going unmet. One of those needs is enhanced networking among incr... More >
Ever since Sun introduced the modular data center concept with the launch of Project Blackbox in 2008, the idea of portable, easily deployed data infrastructure has limped along largely under the rad... More >
Now that Nvidia has upped the ante with a next-gen GPU architecture that is equally at home with straight data as it is with graphics, the question for the enterprise industry is whether it will make... More >
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