Cloud Musings

JULY 28, 2012

BISNOW Data Center Event Highlights Cloud. A big thank you to BISNOW and my fellow panel members for an outstanding discussion and very informative event, last weeks Data Center Investment Conference and Expo. Reposted from " Habitat for Data-manity ". associated with inventory and hardware, and what applications are.

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Data Center Cloud Data Real Estate 131

Fountainhead

MARCH 18, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Wednesday, March 18, 2009. A data center trifecta? Think of this as provisioning hardware using software. While Im not sure what this market segment may eventually be called, it represents the third critical data center managemnet component. #1

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Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

Fountainhead

MAY 12, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Tuesday, May 12, 2009. N Apps that are inherently bound to hardware Such as physical instances of software for specific (e.g. high-performance) hardware, or physical instances remaining so for scale-out reasons. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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Cloud Data Center Applications Virtualization 186

Fountainhead

JANUARY 10, 2013

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. After all, millions of people own identical hardware/software configurations of iPhones, Android-based phones, tablets, laptops and other devices. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). ► 2009. (50). Data Center Design.

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Data Center Virtualization Mobile Cloud 145

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Traditionally records in a database were stored as such: the data in a row was stored together for easy and fast retrieval. Combined with the rise of data warehouse workloads, where there is often significant redundancy in the values stored in columns, and database models based on column oriented storage took off.

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Storage Analysis Conference Hardware 87

Fountainhead

JULY 7, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Tuesday, July 7, 2009. within the first hour he blurts out "then if a customer uses this stuff, they should be able get five-9s of availability from run-of-the-mill hardware, right?" Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

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Data Center Hardware IBM Virtualization 113

Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Tuesday, March 3, 2009. ITs Blind Spots in the data center. I arrived at these observations when I speak with data center managers who admit that they dont have solutions to these issues. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

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Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

Virtualized Greek

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

I asked for true hardware based network virtualization from Cisco over 3 1/2 years ago. And, I guess Cisco has finally listened and will be giving me hardware based network virtualization. Cisco is in the middle of a software vs. hardware battle over the future of Software Defined Networking. I just knew what I needed.

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Virtualization Hardware Network Data Center 63

CIO Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

For me there was, and is, a fascination with using free tools on inexpensive hardware to do impressive things. I use it as a TOR relay (don't tell Comcast) and shovel about 8 GB of encrypted data through it a day for anonymous darknet users all over the world. Circa 2009. Fast forward 30 years. Thats all it does.

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Linux Operating Systems Research Software 150

Scott Lowe

APRIL 30, 2013

There are two definitions we can use for SDN: We can use the original definition when SDN was first coined in 2009. According to the research that Bruce did, the term “SDN” was first coined in 2009 to refer specifically to the work being done on OpenFlow. To compare network virtualization to SDN, we must first define SDN.

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Virtualization Network Vmware Load Balancer 125

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Simply implementing a tool (BTW, most of which are still only tenuously integrated with each other, as well as with hardware and networking platforms) wont solve the problem for you. ITs Blind Spots for 2009 (Vol I) Fountainhead Blog. Big Data. (6).

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Data Center Financial Cloud Virtualization 200

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

From a Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) standpoint, there were a lot of observations I picked up on that are worth sharing. For sourcing, they make decisions, and thus own the hardware budgets. Data Centers are increasingly complex. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers.

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Data Center Trends Data Disaster Recovery 247

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

The interior of a container packed with servers at a Microsoft data center in Chicago. “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. . “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. 12 Million SF of New Microsoft Data Centers? You get Yahoo!

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Data Center Microsoft Data Disaster Recovery 276

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand. Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand. The company recently expanded its data center to add more capacity for data storage. Those fields of crops you drive past out in the country could be generating data center demand.

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Data Center Big Data Data Storage 216

Fountainhead

MARCH 31, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. As Dell announced its new 11th-generation (11G) server product line, Egenera also announced PAN Manager support for Dell hardware, such as Dell m610 11G blades as well. March 31, 2009 at 11:29 AM. Big Data. (6).

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Dell Intel Data Center Virtualization 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Intel is offering a new Software Development Kit for data centers that complements its Data Center Manager (DCM) product, a key ingredient in more than 80 percent of today’s Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) offerings. It’s a virtual solution rather than a hardware approach to managing and troubleshooting.

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Data Center Intel Tools Development 192

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The Software Defined Data Center Meets Disaster Recovery. The Software Defined Data Center Meets Disaster Recovery. The concept of the software-defined data center (SDDC) rose to prominence during VMworld 2012, with VMware touting it as the next big leap forward in information technology management. Industry Perspectives.

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Disaster Recovery Data Center Meeting Software 125

Fountainhead

APRIL 7, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Tuesday, April 7, 2009. PAN Manager is the "secret sauce" Egenera has been using to manage its own hardware for years, and recently OEMd to Dell as part of their Dell PAN System. 。 April 8, 2009 at 12:03 AM. Big Data. (6).

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Virtualization Dell Data Center Hardware 100

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Monday, September 7, 2009. Why do we have data networks, storage networks and management networks (all distinct, I might add). And frankly, this is where fundamental “data center complexity” probably arose from. Fountainhead.

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Industry Data Center Virtualization Network 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

EMC Refreshes Data Protection Portfolio. EMC Refreshes Data Protection Portfolio. At a Backup to the Future event this week EMC announced a broad array of new hardware and software products that enable customers to deploy new Protection Storage Architectures. Cloud Computing » Services » Storage.

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Data Center Data Backup Storage 190

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group at Intel, discusses the company’s vision for the data center at an event Monday. By: John Rath July 24th, 2013.

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Data Center Intel Data Storage 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Blades » Green Data Centers. Low Power Company (LoPoCo) believes high efficiency servers can save businesses more than half of what they spend to operate their data centers. Low Power Company (LoPoCo) believes high efficiency servers can save businesses more than half of what they spend to operate their data centers.

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Data Center Data Intel Disaster Recovery 232

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Audit-Buddy Wants to Befriend Your Environmental Data. Audit-Buddy Wants to Befriend Your Environmental Data. Purkay Labs has a simple, elegant solution to figuring out data center temperature and humidity. Data is either displayed on the unit or transferable by USB. Management. By: Jason Verge July 17th, 2013.

Data 214

Data Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage 214

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 28, 2013

5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ. 5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ. It’s not easy to stay current on the many facets of data center technology and operations. This week’s Industry Perspectives explore five hot topics for data center professionals and executives. Modular Data Centers.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 232

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Stream Data Centers. Stream Data Centers Building in Minnesota Market. Stream Data Centers Building in Minnesota Market. A look at one of the dedicated utility yards at a Stream Data Center in Dallas. Photo: Stream Data Centers). Photo: Stream Data Centers). By: Jason Verge July 15th, 2013.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 200

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 20, 2013

Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 20. Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 20. Racks of servers housed inside the Microsoft data center in Dublin, Ireland. For your weekend reading, here’s a recap of five noteworthy stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this past week. By: Rich Miller July 20th, 2013.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Microsoft 230

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Refining Your Criteria for Data Center Site Selection. Refining Your Criteria for Data Center Site Selection. Determining the location of a data center is one of the crucial decisions for a company as it is based on strategy and goals of a company. By: Industry Perspectives July 24th, 2013. PRASHANT BAWEJA.

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Data Center Data Telecommunications Infosys 212

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

As it seeks to consolidate its IT infrastructure across dozens of agencies, the government has had trouble sorting out how many data centers it has, and even more trouble adding up all the server closets, which includes rooms smaller than 100 square feet. Now Over 7,000 Data Centers. So how many “data centers” are there?

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Data Center Government Data Storage 246

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Google’s Data Center Building Boom Continues: $1.6 Google’s Data Center Building Boom Continues: $1.6 Google’s extraordinary data center building boom continues to drive its spending, as the company invested a record $1.6 billion in its data centers in the second quarter of 2013. 2Q 2009: $139 million.

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Data Center Google Data Disaster Recovery 258

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Content delivery and security specialist CloudFlare has been growing rapidly as it builds out a global network of data centers. RELATED POSTS: OVH Builds Custom Servers at its Data Centers. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 208

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 13, 2013

Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 13th. Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 13th. The exterior of 365 Main’s newest data center facility in Emeryville, Calif. For your weekend reading, here’s a recap of five noteworthy stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this past week. Photo: 365 Main).

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Data Center Data IBM Storage 210

Fountainhead

MARCH 11, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Wednesday, March 11, 2009. This story is more than just about gaining energy efficiency by reducing the amount of network hardware. This story is more than just about gaining energy efficiency by reducing the amount of network hardware.

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Energy Data Center Dell Virtualization 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Data Center Videos. OVH Builds Custom Servers at its Data Centers. OVH Builds Custom Servers at its Data Centers. Rows and rows of custom-built servers inside an OVH data center. When the staff at OVH’s newest data center need to install a new server, they don’t need to go far to find one. Photo: OVH).

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 199

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. It won’t happen overnight; nine years is a long time to accumulate files and data. Don’t be surprised, then, to see me start talking more about switching away from OS X, and exploring applications and tools that work on other platforms.

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Operating Systems Apple Applications Linux 123

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

A “catastrophic failure” in the state of Oregon’s government data center has delayed unemployment payments to residents, the state said Tuesday. The description of the Oregon outage suggests a hardware failure for a storage unit. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers.

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Storage Data Center Data Disaster Recovery 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

Savvis Announces Availability of Rebuilt Cloud Data Center. Savvis Announces Availability of Rebuilt Cloud Data Center. Savvis , the cloud hosting unit of CenturyLink, announced global availability of an infrastructure as a service offering called Cloud Data Center. By: Jason Verge July 25th, 2013. It has a new user interface.

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Data Center Cloud Data Fractional CTO 187

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Data Center Jobs. Data Center Jobs: CBRE. Data Center Jobs: CBRE. At the Data Center Jobs Board , we have two new job listings from CBRE, which is seeking a Project Manager – Data Center and an Associate Project Manager – Data Center in Mountain View, California. Data Center Jobs: CBRE.

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Data Center Data Project Management Disaster Recovery 180