Wed.Aug 20, 2014

article thumbnail

The Ten Most Common Cooling Mistakes Data Center Operators Make

Data Center Knowledge

'Two data center cooling experts list things you’re probably doing wrong and paying for in wasted energy. Read More.

article thumbnail

Avon’s US$125M IT Software Project Mistake

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Avon made a big mistake when they designed their new software Image Credit. As CIO we have a number of different tasks that the company is expecting us to do. However, there is one task that takes priority over all of these other takes: implementing large software projects. Over at Avon they just did one of these big projects and it has ended in failure.

Software 185
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Software-Defined Networking: Beyond the Hype

Data Center Knowledge

'For quite some time, software-defined networking (SDN) has been a white whale for many IT pros, writes Patrick Hubbard of SolarWinds. But it’s only a matter of time before SDN becomes a mainstream technology. Read More.

Software 206
article thumbnail

It’s not Shadow IT, it’s Shadow Innovation

A Screw's Loose

'We all hear about shadow IT. It’s a scary term, brought up in articles and conversations. It’s defined as people going around the rules and policies of IT or implementing technology outside of IT’s purview. It’s used by a lot of vendors to point out what can be going wrong in a company. Normally they [.].

article thumbnail

Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

article thumbnail

CenturyLink Unveils Private Cloud Product

Data Center Knowledge

'Says it can stand up private clouds for customers in any of its 57 global data centers. Read More.

Cloud 269
article thumbnail

Announcing Nutanix Cloud Connect

Nutanix

There’s no question that enterprise application usability has for the most part been left behind.

Cloud 20

More Trending

article thumbnail

CoreOS Continued: Fleet and Docker

Scott Lowe

'This post is the third in a series of posts on CoreOS , this time focusing on the use of fleet and Docker to deploy containers across a cluster of systems. This post builds on my earlier introduction to CoreOS and the subsequent more in-depth look at etcd. I’m assuming that you’re already reasonably familiar with CoreOS, etcd, and Docker.

Linux 61
article thumbnail

European Telco Viatel to Spend €125M on Data Centers, Fiber, Cloud

Data Center Knowledge

'Funding partnership with Proventus Capital gives Viatel war chest to expand its presence in the IT infrastructure services market. Read More.

article thumbnail

Global Switch Completes First Phase of New Sydney Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

'Three-phase project will provide 32 megawatts at full build-out. Read More.

article thumbnail

Benioff, Luczo Join VCs in $35M Round for PernixData

Data Center Knowledge

'Investment by Silicon Valley VIPs validates startup''s vision for virtualized flash storage. Read More.

Storage 189
article thumbnail

Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

article thumbnail

Blue Harbour Holdings Discloses 6.4 Percent Stake in Rackspace

Data Center Knowledge

'Regulatory filing reveals investment firm''s stake in Rackspace has increased from initial 2.5 percent. Read More.

179
179