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Articles Tagged: Virtualization
Blade Servers and Virtualization Shrink White Space But Challenge Data Center Design
December 4, 2012
1,705 views
A Piece of the Efficiency Puzzle: Integrated DCIM and Virtualization Management
November 20, 2012
4,331 views
If data center efficiency was ever off the map, it’s certainly back on it now. More than ever, companies across the board are being pushed to be “green” not just… Read more »
Protecting the Edge is Crucial in a Cloud Environment
October 10, 2012
2,543 views
As companies continue to adopt more cloud and virtualization technologies, they would do well to pay special attention to the devices that are now essentially the lifeline to their IT… Read more »
How Virtualization Can Lead to Hot Spots – and What To Do About It
September 17, 2012
1,832 views
As companies continue to embrace virtualization technology and consolidate their server farms, they may find the technology brings an unexpected, and unwelcome, guest to their data centers: hot spots. This… Read more »
The Word from VMworld: Prepare for More Virtualization
September 14, 2012
1,269 views
Virtualization technology is becoming easier to deploy for both servers and desktops, so prepare now to be able to handle an ever-increasing amount of both flavors in your data centers… Read more »
Simple but Crucial Steps to Success with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Technology
August 9, 2012
1,711 views
The next great virtualization frontier may well be the desktop, as more companies are finding that the idea of desktop virtualization infrastructure (VDI) can help them deliver a more reliable,… Read more »
Why data centers with a PUE greater than 2 could be obsolete in the next 5 years
August 2, 2012
2,791 views
I caught up with Paul-Francois Cattier, Global VP Data Center for Schneider Electric at Data Centres Europe 2012 in Nice and asked him about his presentation – the title of… Read more »
Calculators for Data Center Facilities & IT Planners, Designers, and Stakeholders
April 27, 2012
9,766 views
Too often, data center project decisions are made based on gut feels or having been burned in the past. We find that often times, customers spend too much time detailing… Read more »
Can CAD drawings and Excel spreadsheets make perfect substitutes for DCIM?
March 7, 2012
2,797 views
By the end of March, it will be two years since the publication of David Cappuccio’s seminal Gartner white paper “DCIM: Going beyond IT” (amended March 28th 2010). Urging data… Read more »
Meeting the Virtualization Management Challenge
February 27, 2012
1,420 views
While virtualization technology brings lots of advantages to data center operators, including the ability to consolidate servers to save on operating costs, it also brings new challenges in at least… Read more »
Blade Servers and Virtualization Shrink White Space But Challenge Data Center Design
December 4, 2012
1,705 views
The use of innovative technology, such as blade servers and virtualization, can decrease the amount of data center white space (the space used by computer cabinets) required but increase the… Read more »
How Energy Efficiency Efforts Can Spell Trouble When the Power Goes Out
February 12, 2013
1,626 views
A number of important trends are helping companies save lots of money on electric bills by making their data centers more efficient. While this is certainly a worthy and justified… Read more »
Data Center Predictions for 2013: Flash Memory, SDNs, Hybrid Cloud and More
January 7, 2013
1,625 views
As the new year begins it’s time for all good bloggers to do what comes naturally: compile lists! Far be it from me to buck this time-honored tradition (one that pre-dates… Read more »
IT as a Service, what does this mean?
March 7, 2013
1,617 views
IT as a Service means exactly, technology offered and served as a service. Pay for the technology we use, when we need it and to use only the technologies that… Read more »
EPA Weighs in on Data Center Efficiency
January 17, 2012
1,575 views
Along with a few Energy Star Specification updates, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a brochure to help guide organizations in reducing energy consumption in their data centers…. Read more »
What value does data center infrastructure management software add to data centers?
October 21, 2011
1,524 views
I think we’ve all met him – the data center operator who can ‘feel’ how his data center is performing – he simply walks into the room, can hear if… Read more »
Virtualization is Driving Real Change in Data Center Networks
January 31, 2012
1,435 views
As virtualization technology matures it is bringing some fundamental changes to data center networks. As we head deeper into 2012, expect to hear more and more about data center fabrics,… Read more »
Meeting the Virtualization Management Challenge
February 27, 2012
1,420 views
While virtualization technology brings lots of advantages to data center operators, including the ability to consolidate servers to save on operating costs, it also brings new challenges in at least… Read more »
The Word from VMworld: Prepare for More Virtualization
September 14, 2012
1,269 views
Virtualization technology is becoming easier to deploy for both servers and desktops, so prepare now to be able to handle an ever-increasing amount of both flavors in your data centers… Read more »
Cisco Study Predicts a Cloudy Future, But Your Data Center Will Still Be Plenty Busy
January 27, 2012
882 views
For all the talk of cloud computing and how it will – or might – ease the burden on data centers, judging by a recently release report from Cisco I… Read more »
Cloud Computing: A solution for ‘too much IT’
May 6, 2013
367 views
Is your organization finding it a challenge to keep up to date with the best available IT hardware and software? If yes, you’re not alone. The tremendous rate at which… Read more »
Cisco Study Predicts a Cloudy Future, But Your Data Center Will Still Be Plenty Busy
January 27, 2012
882 views
For all the talk of cloud computing and how it will – or might – ease the burden on data centers, judging by a recently release report from Cisco I… Read more »
Blade Servers and Virtualization Shrink White Space But Challenge Data Center Design
December 4, 2012
1,705 views
The use of innovative technology, such as blade servers and virtualization, can decrease the amount of data center white space (the space used by computer cabinets) required but increase the… Read more »
Assessing the Impact of Virtualization on Data Center Power
September 7, 2011
452 views
Virtualization brings many benefits to a data center, as fewer servers means less power consumed, less heat generated and more available space. But virtualization also presents many challenges to a… Read more »
Virtualization is Driving Real Change in Data Center Networks
January 31, 2012
1,435 views
As virtualization technology matures it is bringing some fundamental changes to data center networks. As we head deeper into 2012, expect to hear more and more about data center fabrics,… Read more »
A Piece of the Efficiency Puzzle: Integrated DCIM and Virtualization Management
November 20, 2012
4,331 views
If data center efficiency was ever off the map, it’s certainly back on it now. More than ever, companies across the board are being pushed to be “green” not just… Read more »
In Virtualized Data Centers, Capacity Management is a Must
September 7, 2011
546 views
For all the benefits virtualization brings to a data center – reduced rack footprint and power consumption, greater efficiency and reliability, lower overall costs – enterprises frequently leave other benefits… Read more »
Meeting the Virtualization Management Challenge
February 27, 2012
1,420 views
While virtualization technology brings lots of advantages to data center operators, including the ability to consolidate servers to save on operating costs, it also brings new challenges in at least… Read more »
Data Center Predictions for 2013: Flash Memory, SDNs, Hybrid Cloud and More
January 7, 2013
1,625 views
As the new year begins it’s time for all good bloggers to do what comes naturally: compile lists! Far be it from me to buck this time-honored tradition (one that pre-dates… Read more »
What value does data center infrastructure management software add to data centers?
October 21, 2011
1,524 views
I think we’ve all met him – the data center operator who can ‘feel’ how his data center is performing – he simply walks into the room, can hear if… Read more »