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Data centers show signs of 'green fatigue'

Success stories from cutting-edge firms such as Google and Microsoft are causing a backlash at less capable data centers

Wake up, IT, and get a grip on SaaS

End-runs around IT may be quick, but they're not healthy for the company's overall outlook

What you need to know to build a solid Ethernet WAN

Sourcing solid network connectivity, such as for linking a pair of data centers, isn't always as straightforward as it might seem

Open Compute Project's next target: The network

Facebook, Intel, Broadcom, VMware, and company put the commoditization of switching hardware on the agenda

Review: HP 3PAR conjures powerful storage magic

HP 3PAR StoreServe 7400 combines high scalability, high performance, and a big bag of tricks for easing storage management

Red Hat CEO: We don't need Microsoft to succeed

Jim Whitehurst also explains why he sees a grim future for desktop Linux even as the open source OS gains importance

Review: 6 management suites to keep your network in tip-top health

Any one of the six management suites in this review will help you diagnose and cure data center ills

My kingdom for a keyboard: Disruption hits home

All it takes is a slip of the wrist and a badly placed beverage to disrupt your familiar workflow

Data centers under water: What, me worry?

Given the dire warnings about climate change, some business and IT people are pondering this question: How should data center managers handle the crop of 100- and even 500-year storms, coastal flooding and other ecological disasters that climatologists predict are heading our way?

IBM unveils MessageSight to orchestrate 'Internet of things'

IBM's 2U MessageSight appliance is designed to handle millions of incoming messages from sensor-enabled equipment

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InfoWorld's 2011 Technology of the...

The InfoWorld Test Center picks the year's best hardware, software, and development tools more

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The green IT stars of 2010

InfoWorld's 2010 Green 15 Awards: Green-tech projects coupled with innovation and collaboration yield bountiful rewards more

Data Center Slideshow

The InfoWorld Hardware Hall of Fame

From mainframes and minis to PCs and PDAs, our picks for the greatest, most enduring computer hardware of all time more

THE DEEP END

Wake up, IT, and get a grip on SaaS

Blog by Paul Venezia

End-runs around IT may be quick, but they're not healthy for the company's overall outlook

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Big data promises to deliver on a dream long nursed by enterprise IT: the ability to derive meaning from huge....

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Most enterprises deal with explosive data growth by throwing more storage hardware at the problem. But managing these huge volumes....

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Thriving in today’s data-centric environment requires a renewed focus on disaster recovery and business continuity procedures and policies. Yet surprisingly....

Data Center Channel

Data center servers, storage, and switches form the foundation of enterprise IT, with virtualization and power-efficient hardware on the rise.

Success stories from cutting-edge firms such as Google and Microsoft are causing a backlash at less capable data centers

End-runs around IT may be quick, but they're not healthy for the company's overall outlook

Sourcing solid network connectivity, such as for linking a pair of data centers, isn't always as straightforward as it might seem

Facebook, Intel, Broadcom, VMware, and company put the commoditization of switching hardware on the agenda

HP 3PAR StoreServe 7400 combines high scalability, high performance, and a big bag of tricks for easing storage management

Jim Whitehurst also explains why he sees a grim future for desktop Linux even as the open source OS gains importance

Any one of the six management suites in this review will help you diagnose and cure data center ills

All it takes is a slip of the wrist and a badly placed beverage to disrupt your familiar workflow

Given the dire warnings about climate change, some business and IT people are pondering this question: How should data center managers handle the crop of 100- and even 500-year storms, coastal flooding and other ecological disasters that climatologists predict are heading our way?

IBM's 2U MessageSight appliance is designed to handle millions of incoming messages from sensor-enabled equipment

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