http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole * Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:22:28 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-03-19T17:22:28Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/pcie-adds-fuel-to-ssd-performance/?cs=40187 SSDs provide a dramatic increase in I/O compared to traditional magnetic disks. So it only makes sense that any investment in solid-state storage is accompanied by increased throughput on the interconnect and beyond. And for many storage professionals, network_performance_management pcie solid-state_drives business_technology Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:22:28 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/pcie-adds-fuel-to-ssd-performance/?cs=40187 2010-03-19T17:22:28Z 5 hours, 59 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/pcie-adds-fuel-to-ssd-performance http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=40187 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/new-processors-augment-spring-server-lines/?cs=40154 The bad news is that consolidation and tight capital budgets resulting from the depression have forced many data centers to place higher data loads on aging machines. The good news is that a new generation of servers is about to hit the channel intel business_technology sgi processors amd dell fujitsu cisco_systems cray ibm hp Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:28:48 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/new-processors-augment-spring-server-lines/?cs=40154 2010-03-18T17:28:48Z 1 day, 5 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/new-processors-augment-spring-server-lines http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=40154 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/new-life-in-old-das/?cs=40097 Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) may have some mileage in it after all now that new generations of SAS technology make it possible to bring the devices into networked storage architectures. The writing had been pretty much on the wall for DAS since direct-attached_storage business_technology toshiba compellent switches dell network_performance_management networking_vendors Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:47:53 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/new-life-in-old-das/?cs=40097 2010-03-16T18:47:53Z 3 days, 4 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/new-life-in-old-das http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=40097 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/no-cloud-without-automation/?cs=40064 This week, Mike Vizard at our CTO Edge site asks some key questions on the role of automation in the cloud. He notes that companies like CA, which have made healthy livings providing automation tools and services for the data center, are rushing to cloud_computing automation virtualization linesider_technologies skytap ca network_performance_management business_technology Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:36:12 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/no-cloud-without-automation/?cs=40064 2010-03-15T18:36:12Z 4 days, 4 hours ago 2 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/no-cloud-without-automation http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=40064 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/10-ways-to-improve-data-backup/?cs=40010 Top 10 Backup Solutions for Your Business   Slideshow: 10 Ways to Improve Data Backup Every aspect of the data center environment can stand a little improvement. But if your backup capabilities are like most, they are in dire need of an upgrade. virtualization cloud_computing data_warehousing business_technology backup Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:05:10 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/10-ways-to-improve-data-backup/?cs=40010 2010-03-12T20:05:10Z 1 week, 7 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/10-ways-to-improve-data-backup http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=40010 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/ssds-putting-appliances-in-the-fast-lane/?cs=39951 Solid-state disks (SSDs) have made major inroads into enterprise storage over the past decade or so, boosting application performance and expanding overall capacity at a time when data requirements are shooting through the roof. So it’s no surprise, appliances business_technology whiptail falconstor_software solid-state_drives teradata Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:04:12 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/ssds-putting-appliances-in-the-fast-lane/?cs=39951 2010-03-10T17:04:12Z 1 week, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/ssds-putting-appliances-in-the-fast-lane http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=39951 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/in-pursuit-of-faster-backup/?cs=39927 Nobody has time for much of anything these days, least of all a mundane task like data backup and warehousing. So it's no surprise that more and more warehousing and B&R platforms are starting to emphasize speed as much as capacity and management data_warehousing teradata sepaton business_technology veeam_software backup Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:19:31 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/in-pursuit-of-faster-backup/?cs=39927 2010-03-09T20:19:31Z 1 week, 3 days ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/in-pursuit-of-faster-backup http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=39927 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/data-integration-the-next-step-for-cloud-computing/?cs=39889 Cloud services have gained a foothold in the enterprise mainly by virtue of their low cost and virtually unlimited scalability to meet ever-increasing data requirements. To date, most cloud deployments have been experimental. This is perfectly natural business_technology cloud_computing data_integration Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:07:08 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/data-integration-the-next-step-for-cloud-computing/?cs=39889 2010-03-08T19:07:08Z 1 week, 4 days ago 3 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/data-integration-the-next-step-for-cloud-computing http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=39889 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/seven-barriers-to-increased-server-consolidation/?cs=39860 Check out the key issues that are keeping enterprises from taking full advantage of server consolidation's potential. Most enterprises have embraced virtualization primarily as a means to consolidate hardware. Cloud computing, converged networking, server_virtualization business_technology cost_containment cloud_computing Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:12:09 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/seven-barriers-to-increased-server-consolidation/?cs=39860 2010-03-05T21:12:09Z 2 weeks, 2 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/seven-barriers-to-increased-server-consolidation http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=39860 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/the-ex5-new-life-for-commodity-x86s/?cs=39820 In the age of commodity servers, announcements of new devices hitting the channel have become somewhat tedious. New, more powerful chips are developed, servers gain improved processing and more memory, but the real game-changing features and blade_servers server_virtualization business_technology ibm solid-state_drives commodity_servers Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:10:29 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/the-ex5-new-life-for-commodity-x86s/?cs=39820 2010-03-04T19:10:29Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/the-ex5-new-life-for-commodity-x86s http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=39820 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/infiniband-for-the-average-user/?cs=39751 InfiniBand has long been the eccentric uncle of the IT family -- brilliant, yes, but rather odd. He keeps to himself mostly, working on things the larger Ethernet world doesn't fully comprehend. But it seems lately that InfiniBand has shown greater ethernet network_performance_management business_technology infiniband Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:23:45 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/infiniband-for-the-average-user/?cs=39751 2010-03-02T19:23:45Z 2 weeks, 3 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/infiniband-for-the-average-user http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=39751 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/wan-optimization-a-critical-link-for-virtualization-cloud-computing/?cs=39717 Cloud computing is essentially the means to extend the benefits of virtualization outside the data center walls. So it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that a key component of that strategy is the wide area network (WAN). That's the primary cloud_computing virtualization wan business_technology wan_optimization Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:13:18 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/wan-optimization-a-critical-link-for-virtualization-cloud-computing/?cs=39717 2010-03-01T17:13:18Z 2 weeks, 4 days ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/wan-optimization-a-critical-link-for-virtualization-cloud-computing http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=39717 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/the-changing-role-of-tape-in-the-enterprise/?cs=39688 Is tape-based backup on the way out? Or is its role in the storage environment merely changing in light of new technologies? That question has been coming up more and more in professional circles as enterprises seek to maximize their capabilities under seagate disaster_recovery storage_vendors business_technology backup tape_drives overland_storage Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:01:31 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/the-changing-role-of-tape-in-the-enterprise/?cs=39688 2010-02-26T19:01:31Z 3 weeks, 4 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/the-changing-role-of-tape-in-the-enterprise http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=39688 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/dedupe-arrives-on-the-mainframe/?cs=39641 Adding deduplication to the mainframe may seem like a no-brainer to some, so why has it taken so long for an integrated system to show up? IBM this week unveiled a new dedupe gateway, the TS7680 ProtecTIER for the System z platform , which the company ibm data_management business_technology virtual_tape_library deduplication mainframes Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:35:50 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/dedupe-arrives-on-the-mainframe/?cs=39641 2010-02-24T19:35:50Z 3 weeks, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/dedupe-arrives-on-the-mainframe http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=39641 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/whos-minding-the-converged-data-center/?cs=39612 Network convergence in the data center is all about consolidating physical resources -- on one level at least. But that consolidation will not be limited to blinking boxes or even software applications. A unified network means that two previously storage_management storage_vendors network_performance_management business_technology ethernet fibre_channel san Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:30:06 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/whos-minding-the-converged-data-center/?cs=39612 2010-02-23T19:30:06Z 3 weeks, 3 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/whos-minding-the-converged-data-center http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=39612