Social, Agile and Transformation

JANUARY 14, 2009

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 In my case, I just needed more storage. big data. (20).

Storage 100

Storage Network Backup Agile 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 27, 2013

Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 27. Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 27. Servers pack the racks in a Facebook data center. The social network’s data center power usage grew 33 percent in 2012 as it added thousands of servers to support new users. Photo: Facebook).

Data Center 186

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Energy 186

Fountainhead

MARCH 25, 2013

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. connected to differing forms of storage (not to mention storage tiering, backup etc.) QoS), and storage (connectivity, tiering, caching). Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). skip to main | skip to sidebar.

Applications 214

Applications Cloud Data Center Load Balancer 214

Fountainhead

MAY 29, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Its All Just Data to Me. Now that I’ve been with EMC for a few months, my relationship to storage, computing, and networking has once again shifted. VMDK) – in other words, just more data. Big Data. (6). Fountainhead.

Data 160

Data Data Center Virtualization Transportation 160

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

IBM and Pivotal have been working together since March, and early fruits of the collaboration is a preview version of WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core, IBM’s lightweight version of the WebSphere Application Server, which simplifies development and deployment of web, mobile, social and analytic applications. Modular Data Centers.

Data Center 197

Data Center IBM Data Cloud 197

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

It’s Friday and time for a little lighthearted fun about the data center. Here’s how it works: We provide the cartoon (drawn by Diane Alber, our favorite data center cartoonist) and you, our readers, submit the captions. ” Please visit Diane’s website Kip and Gary for more of her data center humor.

Data Center 183

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 183

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

colocation » Data Center Videos. Interxion, known for its rich network of interconnects, recently announced it is housing the London Internet Exchange’s IT hosting infrastructure out of its London data center. For additional video, check out our DCK video archive and the Data Center Videos channel on YouTube.

Data Center 184

Data Center Video Cloud Data 184

Fountainhead

JANUARY 19, 2012

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. It Will Be a Data-Centric (Cloudy) World. (Or, In the context of data, applications and cloud computing, this question takes on a new perspective - and the role of Mohammed and the Mountain may soon reverse. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

Data 218

Data Data Center Applications Cloud 218

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Back in February of this year, The Green Grid published a paper listing proposed Proxy measures for data center productivity, specifically Data Center Energy Productivity (DCeP). Fountainhead. Tuesday, September 22, 2009.

Data Center 113

Data Center Disaster Recovery Energy Data 113

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing can be referred as a deployment model, designed to support for technology infrastructure in terms of cost, hi-tech hardware, storage capacity along with addressing scalability concerns. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

Cloud 189

Cloud Data Center Mobile Virtualization 189

Fountainhead

MARCH 16, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Infrastructure Orchestration and Unified Computing are both terms referring to a technology whereby server CPU, I/O, storage connectivity, and network, are all able to be defined and configured in software. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

Data Center 113

Data Center Storage Dell Virtualization 113

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Alan McMahon works for Dell in enterprise solution design, across a range for products from servers, storage to virtualization, and is based in Ireland. Industry Perspectives is a content channel at Data Center Knowledge highlighting thought leadership in the data center arena. Modular Data Centers.

Data Center 242

Data Center Cloud Data Storage 242

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Increasingly huge storage needs, esp. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). ► 2006. (2). Data Center Design. Green Data Center blog. Data Center Facilities Pro.

Data Center 173

Data Center Virtualization Cloud Mobile 173

Fountainhead

MAY 5, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. One of those new technologies in the Enterprise Data Center space is what I call Infrastructure Orchestration (others term it fabric computing or unified computing ). Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Green IT. (43).

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Disaster Recovery Storage 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

It’s Friday and that means it’s time for some laughs in the data center. So let’s get to our Data Center Knowledge caption contest, with a new cartoon drawn by Diane Alber, our favorite data center cartoonist! Please visit Diane’s website Kip and Gary for more of her data center humor.

Data Center 190

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 190

Fountainhead

JUNE 1, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. For hedge funds and other buy-side firms, their value isnt in integrating compute, storage, networks and security -- its in analytics, trading strategies, algorithms, application strategies and other proprietary expertise. Big Data. (6).

Financial 172

Financial Cloud Data Center Vmware 172

Fountainhead

MARCH 11, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. A "unified fabric" is part of what we term " infrastructure orchestration " and "unified computing" - it is the abstraction of compute, I/O, storage and network infrastructure into a dynamically-configurable "fabric". Big Data. (6). Green IT.

Energy 100

Energy Data Center Dell Virtualization 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Friday Funny: Close Encounters of the Data Center Kind. Friday Funny: Close Encounters of the Data Center Kind. At the end of the work week, we take a little time for some data center humor. Please visit Diane’s website Kip and Gary for more of her data center humor. Modular Data Centers.

Data Center 112

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 112

Fountainhead

AUGUST 1, 2012

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. In other words, I dont just mean a product that offers an automated virtualization (server, storage, networking) layer. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). ► 2006. (2). Data Center Design.

Big Data 170

Big Data Data Center Cloud Virtualization 170

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

At its annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) this week in Houston Microsoft (MSFT) is focusing all attention on its transformation to a devices and services company – emphasizing the underpinning trends of cloud, mobility, big data and enterprise social. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter.

Data Center 178

Data Center Microsoft Cloud Data 178

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Big Data » Storage. Scality Gets $22 Million for Scale-Out Storage. Scality Gets $22 Million for Scale-Out Storage. Storage provider Scality announced it has closed its series C funding round for $22 million, bringing the total invested capital since company inception to $35 million. Customer wins for Avere.

Data Center 100

Data Center Storage Data Big Data 100

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. This got me thinking: when the boundaries between compute, storage and network begin to blur, so must the boundaries between traditional IT organizations. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). ► 2006. (2).

Data Center 220

Data Center Cloud Training Virtualization 220

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. John Having looked into cloud computing solutions for our small investment firm over the past few months, we have learned a lot about the growing movement towards remote data storage and accessibility. Big Data. (6). Fountainhead.

Cloud 113

Cloud Data Center Storage Google 113

Fountainhead

APRIL 20, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The beauty of infrastructure orchestration is that it abstracts-away all of the "plumbing" of the Server such as I/O, networking and storage connectivity -- which makes it an absolutely *ideal* complement to virtualization. Big Data. (6).

Disaster Recovery 100

Disaster Recovery Data Center Virtualization Banking 100

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Both are implicitly or explicitly taking aim at each other as they chase the enterprise data center market. Planning and managing cabling from a traditional blade solution to the storage and ethernet networks is a usually a major task.

Analysis 147

Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Fountainhead

APRIL 13, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The project, dubbed the Health Associated Infection and Influenza Surveillance System, was built on six standard blade servers with converged network and storage I/O. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). ► 2006. (2).

Cloud 100

Cloud Data Center Virtualization Storage 100

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Why do we have data networks, storage networks and management networks (all distinct, I might add). an audio jack to a cassette tape for storage.). Network Interface Cards) as well as with storage connectivity (e.g. Big Data. (6).

Industry 100

Industry Data Center Virtualization Network 100

Fountainhead

APRIL 7, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The software has always had the ability to provision physical and/or virtual servers with mission-critical levels of availability, including networking, I/O and storage configurations. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

Virtualization 100

Virtualization Dell Data Center Hardware 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Diane Alber, our favorite cartoonist, writes, “I’m seeing a lot of themed colored data centers so why not one celebrating the 4th of July!” ” for our June 14 cartoon, which we titled Hanging Around the Data Center. Please visit Diane’s website Kip and Gary for more of her data center humor.

Data Center 182

Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage Advertising 182

Fountainhead

JULY 14, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Quantifying Data Center Simplification. Ever read that marketing fluff that says "blah blah simplifies your data center"? Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). skip to main | skip to sidebar. Newer Post.

Data Center 113

Data Center Data Virtualization System 113

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Here I was, in an organization that’s made billions on storage, and I was about to talk about cloud attributes solely from a compute perspective.Was I missing something? Attributes in a Storage Context. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

Cloud 186

Cloud Storage Data Center Virtualization 186

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Fundamentally, the concept abstracts-away a servers I/O, disk, storage connectivity, and out-of-band controls, making it a stateless entity. and the Host Bus Adaptor (HBA) for connection to storage. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead.

Hardware 100

Hardware Data Center Storage Virtualization 100

Fountainhead

AUGUST 12, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. simplifies traditional architectures and dramatically reduce the number of devices that must be purchased, cabled, configured, powered, cooled, and secured in the data center. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

Disaster Recovery 145

Disaster Recovery Data Center Virtualization Network 145

Fountainhead

JANUARY 26, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. This gives vendors a valuable set of new offerings, and can tie management of infrastructure to management of VMs – yielding end-to-end abstraction of the entire data center. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

Data Center 138

Data Center Virtualization HP Cloud 138

Fountainhead

MARCH 5, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Over lunch, I was able to sit-in on a discussion with two IDC analysts discussing how virtualization is expanding the role of the network, and the steps IT operations were taking to simplify the data center. Big Data. (6). Fountainhead.

Virtualization 124

Virtualization Software Software Data Center 124

Fountainhead

MAY 6, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Part 1: What is Converged Infrastructure, and how it will change data center management. and storage connectivity (LUN mapping, switch control) are all abstracted and defined/configured in software. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Storage Network 100

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Its similar in concept to how the hypervisor is an enabler (but usually not used as a stand-alone product) of data center management services. can be recovered onto another domain (assuming shared/replicated storage). Fountainhead.

Virtualization 157

Virtualization Data Center Storage Network 157