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Dell becomes the latest server vendor to offer an I/O virtualization tool for simplifying blade management.
Related:A new energy-efficient supercomputer that uses a third of the energy of a conventional system is being tested out at Purdue University
IBM and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology researchers are using an IBM BlueGene/L supercomputer...
Later this year, Asustek will offer a version of its Eee PC mini-laptops with built-in 3G (third...
Asustek Computer's newest Eee PC mini-notebooks with Intel Atom microprocessors will be on store...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) said its second quarter revenue, gross profit margin and...
A new undersea fiber-optic cable linking Japan and Russia went into service this week providing the...
What happens when normal modes of communications are down because of disaster? Amateur radio... ...1
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expects to introduce its first Energy Star rating for...
Taiwan's Asustek Computer (Asus), the leader of the mini-notebook category due to its early launch...
Vodafone is acquiring a 70 percent stake in Ghana Telecom for US$900 million from the local...
Google need not reveal its search code to Viacom, but its YouTube subsidiary must disclose a...
Oracle is suing Alcatel-Lucent, claiming the massive telecommunications company is in violation of...
Western Digital's My Passport Studio is a portable hard drive that's bus powered--it doesn't...
Editor's note: The following review is part of Macworld's Summer of Mac Gems series. Each business...
News reports this week that the U.S. Department of Justice is formally reviewing a proposed... ...1
Transnational Corporation Plc, the majority stake owner in Nigerian Telecommunication Limited...
When its winds reach gale force or fire rages, a pre-fab, modular data center might help save the data. Data Storage Today notes the potential in a piece on iFortress, a seven-year-old company that makes metal-based panels that can be assembled into a room capable of protecting equipment against myriad disasters.
Preview articleCommentNot that computer vendors necessarily want to promote sensitivity in the workplace, but these days addressing the touchy-feely has all their attention. Tactile computing, such as demonstrated by Microsoft’s Surface, is one of the most promising areas of electronic-product design, BusinessWeek.com reports. Manipulating through touch gives users more control than they get using a mouse to point and click.
Preview articleCommentBusiness folk within federal agencies are starting to come to terms with the concept – and importance – of an enterprise architect, FCW.com reports. The reason is twofold. For one, IT is learning to discuss enterprise architecture in terms that business people can understand – meaning, how technology will improve business function. In turn, business executives are become less skeptical and more willing to listen to the technologists.
Preview articleCommentLittle vendor 3Tera is going up against giants like Amazon and Google with its notion that openness should prevail among cloud computing services, reports Forbes.com. 3Tera is working to get industry players to embrace its “Open Cloud” standard. Open Cloud would let an enterprise move its virtual IT infrastructure freely among different cloud computing services. Today’s cloud services are proprietary so enterprises are locked into their provider of choice.
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It looks like I'll be attending HostingCon in July. If you're going to be in Chicago then, and would like me to interview them, or review your products while I'm there, let me know. I think we'll be there from July 27th -> August 1st, and are trying to meet up with some local datacenter owners...

I was fortunate to receive a Twitter message from the Microsoft virtualization team after writing my blog post A Weekend...

Declaration of Data Independence (Dataupia)April Fool press release (Netezza)Cartoons, including another gerbil-based...
Four vendors - CommVault, Mimosa Systems, Data Domain and Fios - are adding to the hubbub around e-discovery with the...
BMC Software a couple of weeks ago announced it had acquired for an undisclosed sum ITM Software, a maker of products that...

When you first install Operations Manager 2007, you may be a bit overwhelmed with all the information that is available to... 1
Network change is constant. New technologies and applications require infrastructure changes and affect performance. In this constant state of change, you need to deliver a high level of network performance and quickly solve problems. In this white paper, you'll learn how to plan for new application deployment, manage against internal security threats, diagnose network problems, prove it's not the network, and analyze application problems.

Today's data centers are becoming more complex and are likely to become even more so in the next...
Gene Kim's Practical Steps to Mitigate Virtualization Security RisksTripwire founder/CTO Gene Kim provides seven practical steps that IT organizations can take to...
Monitoring and Managing App PerformanceThis paper defines application analysis, discusses the different categories of tools on the market,...

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Executive Guide: Data Center DecisionsSharpen your competitive edge with this Executive Guide. The comprehensive range of topics...
Get More From Your WANDownload this Network World Executive Guide and get information that details how real-world...

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WAN Optimization LandscapeListen to this webcast, "The WAN Optimization Landscape for Disaster Recovery," to learn how you...
Best Practices for Deploying WAN Optimization for Disaster RecoverySenior Analysts at ESG talk with Silver Peak's CTO, David Hughes, about recommendations for...
The powerful tape technology can address data security with tape encryption as well as long term data protection.
Discover what disk and tape really cost -- and which solution provides lower total cost of ownership and optimizes energy use for your organization
The Clipper Group explores the truth behind the myths of tape, digging into the misconceptions in the disk vs. tape debate.
Over two thirds of disk-only users look to add tape back into storage infrastructure according to recent survey.