Commentary
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Kurt MarkoIntel Unveils Plans to Dominate the Data Center
July 24, 2013 10:45 AM Intel released details for Atom SoCs designed to penetrate all areas of data center infrastructure, from micro servers to storage systems and network devices.
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Serdar YegulalpMany SSL Connections Missing Added Protection, Netcraft Says
July 08, 2013 01:47 PM Most SSL traffic doesn't use PFS, opening it up to possible decryption, according to Internet security firm.
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Howard MarksWestern Digital Acquires sTec; SSD Shakeout Begins
June 24, 2013 03:02 PM Western Digital announced that its HGST subsidiary will acquire solid state disk manufacturer sTec for $340 million. It's a clear signal the SSD market is ready to consolidate.
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Art WittmannCumulus Brings the Red Hat Model to Networking
June 20, 2013 12:47 PM Startup Cumulus Networks launches a Linux-based network operating system designed for low-cost hardware that puts programmability first.
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Kurt MarkoHP's Turnaround: It's Time To Believe
June 17, 2013 03:53 PM Not only does CEO Meg Whitman seem to have a solid strategy, but there's plenty of evidence it's starting to work. Maybe it's time for skeptics like me to admit we're wrong.
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Howard MarksSurvey Reveals Slow Windows Server 2012 Adoption
June 12, 2013 01:33 PM Symantec-commissioned report shows that organizations aren't rushing to migrate to the latest Windows Server update.
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Howard MarksDell VRTX Rethinks Blade Servers
June 06, 2013 01:58 PM Dell's VRTX converged infrastructure uses PCIe switch slots instead of a conventional blade chassis with mezzanine cards to give customers more flexibility and choice.
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Ethan BanksBig Switch Leaves OpenDaylight, Touts White-Box Future
June 06, 2013 12:38 PM Big Switch is stepping away from the OpenDaylight project, which is building an open-source controller. As it departs, the company says the market clamors for white-box SDN switches. Is that right?
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Serdar YegulalpSears' Data Center Strategy: A Model For Unused Properties?
May 28, 2013 02:34 PM Sears hopes to fill its empty stores with servers. Will the troubled retailer forge a new path for companies with unused space?
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Kevin FogartyNSA Caught Unawares By Data Center Tax
May 24, 2013 03:23 PM The National Security Agency, which is building a massive information-gathering data center in Utah, was caught by surprise on a tax bill that might have added millions to its costs.
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Brent SalisburyInside Google's Software-Defined Network
May 14, 2013 02:54 PM Google shared details on its production use of OpenFlow in its SDN network at this spring's Open Networking Summit.
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Kurt MarkoEMC ViPR Goes All In on Software-Defined Storage
May 06, 2013 02:01 PM EMC's ViPR, a new software-defined storage platform, is a big bet on virtualized storage services. ViPR borrows from the SDN playbook with a controller and APIs.
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Howard MarksQLogic Launches FabricCache HBA to Accelerate Writes
April 30, 2013 11:32 AM QLogic's FabricCache, a Fibre Channel HBA that combines flash memory and caching, may be the easiest way to accelerate write-intensive applications.
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Andrew Conry MurrayGoogle's Green Energy Scheme: Laudable or Laughable?
April 23, 2013 05:05 PM A Google initiative to pay more for renewable energy at its data center in Lenoir, N.C., spurred a variety of reactions from readers. Some saw it as a step forward for green energy; others call it plain dumb.
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David HillIBM Makes Economic Case for All-Flash Arrays
April 22, 2013 11:53 AM IBM claims all-flash arrays are now more economical than traditional hard disks for Tier-1 storage. Is it time to ditch spinning disks?
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Kurt MarkoMerchant Silicon About to Get Smarter
April 18, 2013 07:51 PM The march to SDN designs has led many to think we're entering an era of dumb switches. Instead, look for the commodity silicon to get a lot smarter.
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David HillMay the Power Be With You
April 17, 2013 08:10 PM Companies such as Power Assure are helping data center operators uncover hidden capacity by accurately measuring energy consumption and finding ways to run systems more efficiently.
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Kevin FogartyMicroservers: The Legos of the Data Center
April 17, 2013 12:39 PM Microservers adopt the Lego model to transform the data center: You can build some amazing things when you pack a lot of small components into one place.
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Art WittmannCalculating The True Cost Of VDI
April 15, 2013 05:36 PM There are a lot of reasons to go with VDI, but economics isn’t one of them; VDI is too expensive to justify on costs alone. Here’s my tally.
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Kurt MarkoHP Moonshot: A Big Bet On Innovative Engineering
April 10, 2013 10:34 AM HP's Moonshot servers are a tour de force of engineering that aim to restore the company's innovation groove. Here are the details.
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