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MLB Boosts Streaming With New Data Center
August 12, 2013 02:25 PM Omaha facility provides Major League Baseball with data center operations outside the path of hurricanes and with more power to stream games.
Citrix XenClient Update Targets Mobile Workers
August 09, 2013 12:24 PM XenClient 5 runs on bare metal; Asigra adds granular restore for Exchange; Polycom supports 50,000 devices; IBM recruits first members for OpenPower Consortium.
3 Lessons Learned from Feds' Data Center Consolidation
August 05, 2013 03:08 PM Three years after officials launched an initiative to reduce the number of federal data centers, the count has only increased. The fiasco offers lessons for IT executives managing their own consolidation plans.
Cisco and NetApp Update FlexPod For Big Data
August 02, 2013 12:30 PM New FlexPod designs also support branch offices; Riverbed updates Steelhead, RiOS; Dell updates SonicOS; EfficientIP releases new network management tool; Metalogix launches SharePoint tool.
Oregon Storage Debacle Highlights Need To Plan For Failure
July 30, 2013 03:10 PM When a storage upgrade went haywire for the state of Oregon, the results were disastrous. But the IT gaffe serves as a lesson for all in contingency planning.
Automated Monitoring Helps One-Man IT Shop
July 24, 2013 12:16 PM IT manager for animal feed supplier uses infrastructure monitoring tools from Veeam to keep tabs on virtual data center and troubleshoot problems.
F5 Increases SDN And Cloud Support
July 17, 2013 02:17 PM ScaleN integrates SDN, scales cloud; Riverbed consolidates servers and data; WildPackets gets granular; NComputing extends VDI to Windows 8; Meru's AP832 supports 802.11ac; CloudVelocity moves apps to AWS; Coraid creates unlimited storage.
EMC Unveils New Data Protection Products
July 10, 2013 01:31 PM Software and hardware extend archive support; Netsocket NVN is all software; CA expands big iron management; Barracuda firewall integrates with Azure; Polycom offers panoramic collaboration; LANDesk consolidates tools; Citrix mobilizes apps via Azure.
Oracle Database 12c Takes Aim At The Cloud
July 02, 2013 12:35 PM Updated product includes new multitenant architecture; Compuware touts next-generation APM; CTERA's cloud storage improves sync and SLAs; Xirrus debuts outdoor access point; Anturis leaves beta.
10 Signs OpenStack Has Come Into Its Own
June 25, 2013 05:33 PM OpenStack continues to build momentum in the tech industry. Since its inception in 2010, OpenStack has made considerable strides as an open source IaaS project. Enterprises are seeking ROI with their OpenStack pilot projects, brand-name IT companies such as HP and Juniper are doubling down on OpenStack initiatives, and venture capitalists are throwing cash at OpenStack startups in an attempt to help the market make good on the hype -- and profit in the process. Here are 10 recent OpenStack developments.
Do Liberal IT Policies Get Better Business Results?
June 25, 2013 12:44 PM A recent survey says companies with more than 10% annual growth allow business units to pick the services, apps, and devices they need. Is it time for IT to loosen up?
F5 Combines Application Acceleration With Traffic Management
May 23, 2013 02:03 PM News roundup: Big-IP AAM aims to improve SaaS performance; Hitachi unveils enterprise file sync and share; Sourcefire adds network file and device trajectory to malware protection; Lantronix supports remote power management for branch IT.
Veeam Courts Enterprises With WAN Acceleration
May 20, 2013 06:33 PM Built-in WAN acceleration will enable companies to copy data to off-site locations up to 50 times faster than a regular file copy, the company says.
Amazon, Microsoft Partner Up for Cloud Management
May 16, 2013 03:59 PM New software lets Microsoft System Center users manage both AWS and Windows Azure cloud services from a single console.
Iron Mountain Opens Underground Data Center to All
May 14, 2013 05:47 PM The Pennsylvania site will provide data center space and related services, and customers will be able to take advantage of the company's retail colocation offering.
Best of Interop 2013 Winners Announced
May 07, 2013 09:00 PM The Best of Interop award recognizes innovation in eight tech categories, including networking, cloud, security, mobility and more. Winners include Arista, ExtraHop, Talari Networks and Citrix.
Integrated Systems Poised for Astonishing Growth
May 02, 2013 04:58 PM IDC says sales of integrated infrastructure—pre-configured bundles of compute, networking and storage—will total $3 billion in 2013 and grow 50% a year over the next half decade.
IT Gambling With Backups
April 29, 2013 02:23 PM IT is playing dice with backups, according to InformationWeek’s latest storage survey. From failing to back up remote offices to haphazard tests of data restoration, too many IT pros take backup risks.
BitTorrent Adds File Sync Service to P2P Network
April 25, 2013 12:20 PM BitTorrent is throwing its hat into the file sync game with an alpha version of a new, free service that uses P2P networking to let users synchronize and share files among mobile devices and PCs. Good luck with that, IT.
Data Center Boom Heats Up
April 23, 2013 11:29 AM Cloud providers are racing to offer the best value and availability to customers, spurring over a million square feet of new data center development in the U.S.
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2013 SDN Survey: Growing Pains
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Vendor Turf Wars
The enterprise tech market used to be an orderly place, where vendors had clearly defined markets. No more. Driven both by increasing complexity and Wall Street demands for growth, big vendors are duking it out for primacy -- and refusing to work together for IT's benefit. Must we now pick a side, or is neutrality an option?Get the Digital Issue »
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