Data Center

For the Kings of Cashmere, Virtualization and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Match Well

At Loro Piana USA, recently dubbed the "kings of cashmere," a server room accident reinforces the need for a stable, disaster-recovery-enabled network of virtual servers. Here's how a new storage array and Neterion 10Gbit/sec Ethernet

Virtualization Projections Deserve Scrutiny

A whitepaper misquotes a study's numbers on client virtualization: It's just one example of why instead of just swallowing predictions, you should evaluate the potential payback for client virtualization in your own environment.

Microsoft and Yahoo’s Search Deal Is Destined to Be

Apple vs. Microsoft Vista: Who’s Winning the Ad Battle?

Bad Economy Good for Client Virtualization?

Smart CIOs will be looking at client virtualization with open eyes, particularly in this economic environment.

How I’m Moving My Data Center into The Cloud

Preferred Hotels Group will soon become a cloud computing early adopter, moving its whole data center into the cloud. Here's a look at how they'll jump into the cloud, where virtualization fits in, and what they'll save.

Microsoft Tied Its Own Hands with ‘Vista Capable’ Fiasco

How to Prioritize IT Spending During an Economic Recession

Tips for IT cost-cutting--both big and small--including outsourcing, staffing, consolidation of data centers and storage and server virtualization.

Amazon CloudFront Could Be the Ford Model T of Content Delivery

There's a good chance we'll look back in a few years and see CloudFront has transformed content delivery networks much as Ford transformed cars, by making them affordable to many more businesses.

5 pitfalls of data center consolidation and relocation

More than half of U.S. companies have plans to relocate or expand their data centers. Here's how to avoid the five mistakes that can turn your data center relocation into a disaster.