http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole * Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:14:56 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2012-02-08T21:14:56Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/ssds-pushing-to-new-endurance-levels/?cs=49729 Five SSD Predictions for 2012 The real impact of solid-state drives will be felt the second half of this year. Solid-state storage has already won many converts by virtue of its speed, low operating cost and steadily increasing capacities. Now, it solid-state_drives intel storage_management storage_vendors hitachi atp_electronics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:14:56 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/ssds-pushing-to-new-endurance-levels/?cs=49729 2012-02-08T21:14:56Z 10 hours, 45 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/ssds-pushing-to-new-endurance-levels http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49729 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/game-on-for-virtual-networking/?cs=49719 Tips for Finding a Reputable Cloud Provider  The stress that virtualization and the cloud place on network infrastructure is well known. Nevertheless, it seems that many enterprises are getting a late start on revamping their network architectures to cloud_computing virtualization nicira rackspace cisco_systems network_performance_management networking_vendors hp Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:51:26 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/game-on-for-virtual-networking/?cs=49719 2012-02-07T21:51:26Z 1 day, 10 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/game-on-for-virtual-networking http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49719 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/server-based-flash-tiering-help-for-the-beleaguered-san/?cs=49705 Five Data Storage Predictions for 2012 Believe what you want about solid-state storage's ultimate destiny in the enterprise. For the moment, at least, it provides an extremely efficient and effective server cache, which can now be integrated into storage_vendors solid-state_drives emc ethernet virtualization san storage_management fibre_channel Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:52:39 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/server-based-flash-tiering-help-for-the-beleaguered-san/?cs=49705 2012-02-06T20:52:39Z 2 days, 11 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/server-based-flash-tiering-help-for-the-beleaguered-san http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49705 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/micro-servers-maximum-benefits/?cs=49695 What began as an oddity is poised to become a major factor in data center infrastructure. If the projections are correct, micro servers will be in great demand going forward as enterprises seek to streamline footprints and cut energy costs. According to processors server_vendors dell seamicro amd processor_vendors micro_servers hp enterprise_servers intel Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:37:21 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/micro-servers-maximum-benefits/?cs=49695 2012-02-03T20:37:21Z 5 days, 11 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/micro-servers-maximum-benefits http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49695 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/paas-and-the-private-cloud/?cs=49675 Private Versus Public Cloud Computing   A plethora of applications are being considered for the cloud, but it may take at least another year before cloud computing goes mainstream in the enterprise. The public cloud argument in the ongoing debate .net apprenda paas microsoft cloud_computing virtualization public_cloud private_cloud vmware Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:57:19 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/paas-and-the-private-cloud/?cs=49675 2012-02-01T20:57:19Z 1 week, 11 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/paas-and-the-private-cloud http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49675 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/greater-efficiency-through-dcim/?cs=49660 Six Tips for a Greener Data Center Create better airflow in the data center. The first wave of data center virtualization and consolidation is largely complete, and as expected it was one of the chief factors allowing the enterprise to keep the lid on cisco_systems cost_containment itrac intel ca_technologies data_integration energy_consumption infrastructure_management green_technology Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:20:13 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/greater-efficiency-through-dcim/?cs=49660 2012-01-31T21:20:13Z 1 week, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/greater-efficiency-through-dcim http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49660 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/high-capacity-ssds-pushing-to-tier-1-and-beyond/?cs=49648 Five Data Storage Predictions for 2012 Flash storage has taken a kind of top-down approach when it comes to the enterprise. From the beginning, its chief benefits were transfer speed and lower operating costs, which made it an ideal solution for Web solid-state_drives storage_vendors ocz bitmicro victorinox violin_memory flash_memory cloud_computing virtualization storage_management Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:47:11 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/high-capacity-ssds-pushing-to-tier-1-and-beyond/?cs=49648 2012-01-30T20:47:11Z 1 week, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/high-capacity-ssds-pushing-to-tier-1-and-beyond http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49648 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/byod-time-to-roll-with-the-changes/?cs=49634 Seven BYOD Management Tips Change is difficult. Change is scary. This is why it is usually met with resistance at first. In time, however, what initially seems threatening often emerges as bold and exciting as anticipation of the possible overcomes enterasys cisco_systems consumer_electronics data_security mobile_devices tablets_netbooks_and_umpcs change_management Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:54:15 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/byod-time-to-roll-with-the-changes/?cs=49634 2012-01-27T20:54:15Z 1 week, 5 days ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/byod-time-to-roll-with-the-changes http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49634 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612 Private Versus Public Cloud Computing   A plethora of applications are being considered for the cloud, but it may take at least another year before cloud computing goes mainstream in the enterprise. Even though most enterprises have attained a cloud_computing data_integration virtualization storage_management web_services amazon Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:57:37 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new/?cs=49612 2012-01-25T20:57:37Z 2 weeks, 11 hours ago 5 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/cloud-computing-bridging-the-old-and-the-new http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49612 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/keeping-disaster-recovery-plans-in-tip-top-shape/?cs=49598 Five Deadly Sins of Disaster Recovery Planning Common blunders that result in data recovery disasters. Disaster recovery is one of those IT functions that can never be fully completed. No matter how good you think your program is, it can always be backup virtualization cloud_computing veeam_software coraid business_continuity vmware disaster_recovery inmage Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:15:43 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/keeping-disaster-recovery-plans-in-tip-top-shape/?cs=49598 2012-01-24T21:15:43Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/keeping-disaster-recovery-plans-in-tip-top-shape http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49598 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/intel-and-infiniband-pure-hpc-play-or-is-there-a-fabric-in-the-works/?cs=49587 InfiniBand has long suffered from the problem of having to serve two masters at once. On the one hand, it excels at high-end switching environments. On the other, its cost and limited industry support make it an expensive proposition. And now that qlogic mergers_and_acquisitions networking_vendors infiniband intel Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:15:18 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/intel-and-infiniband-pure-hpc-play-or-is-there-a-fabric-in-the-works/?cs=49587 2012-01-23T21:15:18Z 2 weeks, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/intel-and-infiniband-pure-hpc-play-or-is-there-a-fabric-in-the-works http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49587 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/solid-state-storage-and-pcie-fast-and-furious-for-the-enterprise/?cs=49572 Five SSD Predictions for 2012 The real impact of solid-state drives will be felt the second half of this year. Of the three pillars that make up data center infrastructure (servers, storage and networking), none face greater change than storage. Aside solid-state_drives san fusion-io micron_technology pcie ocz_technology marvell windows_server virtualization cloud_computing storage_management nas vmware Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:07:00 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/solid-state-storage-and-pcie-fast-and-furious-for-the-enterprise/?cs=49572 2012-01-20T21:07:00Z 2 weeks, 5 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/solid-state-storage-and-pcie-fast-and-furious-for-the-enterprise http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49572 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-based-vdi-the-end-of-the-desktop/?cs=49551 When Is It Right for a Business to Consider Desktop Virtualization? Tips for determining whether desktop virtualization is right for your business. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) has been trying to get off the ground for some time, and, to be cryptocard cloud_computing network_security smartphones desktop_virtualization desktone Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:12:45 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/cloud-based-vdi-the-end-of-the-desktop/?cs=49551 2012-01-18T20:12:45Z 3 weeks, 11 hours ago 2 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/cloud-based-vdi-the-end-of-the-desktop http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49551 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/management-in-multi-hypervisor-environments/?cs=49535 Make the Financial Case for Virtualization and Cloud Computing When it comes to hardware infrastructure, the single-vendor environment is practically unheard of. So it stands to reason that enterprises would be just as willing to adopt the same cloud_computing vmware virtualization microsoft storage_management Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:29:57 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/management-in-multi-hypervisor-environments/?cs=49535 2012-01-17T21:29:57Z 3 weeks, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/management-in-multi-hypervisor-environments http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49535 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/unified-storage-a-must-have-for-the-cloud/?cs=49516 Accelerating the Enterprise Adoption of Public Storage Clouds Seven key attributes public storage cloud must possess to earn the confidence of enterprises. Now that the cloud is poised to make major gains in enterprise infrastructure this year, it cloud_computing storage_vendors smbs veeam eonnas storage_management iceweb Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:28:51 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/unified-storage-a-must-have-for-the-cloud/?cs=49516 2012-01-16T16:28:51Z 3 weeks, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/comment/unified-storage-a-must-have-for-the-cloud http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/cole/feeds/comments?blogPost=49516