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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.The Data Center Disaggregated: Promises and Problems
March 18, 2013 11:19 AM
Facebook's Open Compute Project aims to make data center elements, including server components, easily interchangeable. But tech and market barriers stand in the way.Open Compute's Trickle-Down Tech
February 06, 2013 09:14 AM
Open Compute's goal of open source hardware sounds democratic, but the initiative targets big-budget service providers and Web brands whose needs are different from everyday enterprises. The greatest impact of Open Compute will be felt by the leading server manufacturers--and it won't be good.Facebook, Google Encroach On Enterprise UC
January 24, 2013 03:28 PM
Facebook and Google are rolling out services that rival enterprise unified communications platforms. Vendors should beware.Twitter, Facebook, Smartphones and Other Drugs
October 29, 2012 03:29 PM
Internet addiction isn’t an official diagnosis yet, but always-on mobile devices and ever-updating social sites can lead to obsessive behavior.Whole Rack Servers: A Data Center Alternative?
October 23, 2012 06:49 PM
The Open Compute Project seeks to turn server racks into giant blade systems and preserve the modularity and convenience of blades without the proprietary lock-in.Open Compute Racks: Are We Going to Use Them in Our Data Centers?
June 25, 2012 11:13 AM
The Open Compute Project from Facebook may serve as a framework that could lead to cheaper, more efficient data center resources. But will we use Open Compute racks?Experts: Deploy IPv6 If You Haven't, and Prepare for the New Normal
June 11, 2012 12:05 PM
In the wake of last week's World IPv6 Launch, Google's chief Internet evangelist says it's time to deploy IPv6--laggards will start catching up due to embarrassment.Network the 'Next Big Thing' For Virtualization?
April 27, 2012 11:00 AM
The concept of network virtualization seems to be gaining a lot of momentum across an industry that has virtualized most anything to do with IT. Can the same successes be applied to the networking market, transforming how systems communicate and revolutionizing infrastructure by abstracting the physical network from the demands of applications?Backing Up Cloud Apps
April 26, 2012 09:00 AM
When I first heard that Backupify had developed a backup service for cloud applications like Facebook, I must admit I snickered a little at the thought of someone thinking that Facebook data was worth backing up to anyone but Facebook. When they called again and said they could now back up Google Apps, they got my attention.1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »
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