June 23, 2010
Getting Virtualization Ready for Critical Apps
Conventional thinking has it that virtualization is necessary for data center consolidation and overall cost reduction in the enterprise. Just don't put mission-critical applications on virtual infra... More >
June 22, 2010
Software-Based WAN Optimization: Ripe for Virtualization and the Cloud
Quick quiz: You need to improve access to centralized applications in the branch office. Do you: (A) deploy a costly hardware device to accelerate performance over the WAN; or (B) gain the same capa... More >
June 20, 2010
The Cloud and the Desktop
Most of the speculation surrounding the impact of cloud computing on the enterprise centers around data center and application architectures. What types of services are most cloud-friendly? Will we e... More >
June 18, 2010
Beyond PUE: The Bigger Picture of Data Center Efficiency
Lowering your data center's power consumption will certainly help you cut your operating expenses, but is it necessarily the most efficient use of enterprise resources? That's a key question as the i... More >
June 17, 2010
Do Processors Really Matter Anymore?
Everybody likes to talk about processor power when it comes to new computing gear. Whether it's the hot new server at the office or the sleek machine in the den at home, the first question most peopl... More >
June 14, 2010
Management Across the Cloud
The move from today's static infrastructure into more free-wheeling virtual and cloud environments is doing more than just making for a more flexible and responsive enterprise. It is fundamentally sh... More >
June 11, 2010
Simple Steps to a Cooler Data Center
In any given situation, there is usually a simple way to reach a resolution and a hard way. The fact that most people, managers in particular, tend to gravitate toward the hard way has more to do wit... More >
June 10, 2010
Tier 1 Deduplication: Ready for the Majors?
Deduplication on primary storage has long been considered something of an oddity. Certainly, it's possible, but the latency penalty was deemed too great for fast-paced Tier 1 applications. But now th... More >
June 8, 2010
Increased Data Loads Draw Broad Networking Support
Just as virtualization and the cloud are placing greater reliance on network throughput to boost data center productivity, new generations of high-speed devices are upping bandwidth to phenomenal lev... More >
June 7, 2010
Tough Choices on the Virtual Desktop Horizon
Is this really the right time to deploy a virtual desktop architecture? That seems to be the question of the year as enterprises struggle with the twin goals of reducing IT overhead while increasing ... More >
June 4, 2010
Venturing onto the Private Cloud
For many enterprises, the private cloud is seen as a stepping-stone to the real action: wide area cloud services capable of handling ever-increasing data loads cheaply and more efficiently that curre... More >
June 3, 2010
Blade Density: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Blade configurations are becoming increasingly dense, which, on the surface, is a good thing. But there comes a time when every data center manager has to start wondering when the consequences of s... More >
June 2, 2010
New Strategies for Keeping Cool
More efficient cooling is one of the top priorities of the green data center movement these days, but it's also one of the most challenging. After all, a new cooling infrastructure isn't just a simpl... More >
June 1, 2010
Taking Aim at Cloud Storage Latency
All of the recent trends hitting the data center -- from virtualization and consolidation to online services and the cloud -- have one thing in common. They all separate users and applications from t... More >
