Virtualized Greek

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They talked about how end users shouldn’t use their premier VDI solution XenDesktop as a disaster recovery solution. If you are using Windows Server 2012 you can actually cluster a physical server with a virtual server by leveraging Windows native clustering.

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Virtualization Strategy Cloud Disaster Recovery 60

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 23, 2012

By Werner Vogels on 23 January 2012 12:01 AM. VM Import allows our customers to move virtual machine images from their datacenters to the Cloud and Amazon Direct Connect makes the network latencies and bandwidth between on-premises and AWS more predictable. All Things Distributed. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway.

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Storage Web Services Disaster Recovery Applications 116

Fountainhead

APRIL 20, 2009

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. ► 2012. (15). Virtualization. (31). Blog Archive. ► 2013. (10). ► July. (2). ► June. (2).

Disaster Recovery 100

Disaster Recovery Data Center Virtualization Banking 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

One cloud computing solution is to deploy the platform as a means for disaster recovery, business continuity, and extending the data center. Remember, some components of using the Wide Area Network (WAN) as a delivery mechanism may be resource intensive. Leveraging Cloud and Virtualization for Disaster Recovery.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2013

Depending on network connectivity, this might not get published until after the keynote is finished. This is a software-defined data center discussion—compute virtualization, storage virtualization, network virtualization, and management. Next, Pat moves into a discussion of extending virtualization to networking.

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Vmware Virtualization Data Center Storage 63

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 28, 2013

7 Software Defined Networking Considerations – Moving to software defined networking is not a matter of “when” but “how,” and there are seven main factors IT administrators should consider when determining whether SDN is right for their network, says Patrick Hubbard of SolarWinds. Networking.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 232

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

“We automate five sets of critical processes and extend authentication and other network services into the cloud, making the cloud a seamless extension of the data center. CloudVelocity says more than 100 enterprise trials have conducted trials since the company emerged from stealth in December 2012. Networking.

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Tools Data Center Disaster Recovery Cloud 205

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

A breakdown of power usage at Facebook’s data centers during 2012, from the company’s annual sustainability report. Facebook’s data center energy use grew 33 percent in 2012, as the company installed tens of thousands of servers in its new company-built data centers. Facebook’s Power Footprint Growing, Moving East.

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Data Center Energy Data Report 262

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Internap Network Services (INAP) announced that Hiring Process Management (HPM) solutions provider TalentWise is leveraging Internap’s managed hosting and route-optimized IP connectivity services for the high-performance delivery of its cloud-based hiring solution, TalentWise Hire. Networking. December 2012 (151).

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 179

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

7 Software Defined Networking Considerations. 7 Software Defined Networking Considerations. The move toward software defined networks (SDN) in the data center is no longer a question of “if” or “when,” but “how.” 2) The size of an organization’s network. Industry Perspectives. By: Industry Perspectives July 26th, 2013.

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Data Center Network Software Software 207

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

billion from the fourth quarter of 2012. 1Q 2012: $607 million. 2Q 2012: $774 million. 3Q 2012: $872 million. 4Q 2012: $1.02 Google says the majority of its capital investments are for IT infrastructure, including data enters, servers, and networking equipment. Networking. December 2012 (151).

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Data Center Google Data Disaster Recovery 258

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Our goal has been to find a cost-effective solution for our IT needs that would make it convenient for employees of our company to access our shared network (documents and emails) all over the globe without much hassle, difficulty, or expense. ► 2012. (15). Virtualization. (31). Blog Archive. ► 2013. (10). ► July. (2).

Cloud 113

Cloud Data Center Storage Google 113

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. The updates feature Intel SSD drives and SandyBridge Xeon 2630L processors, adjustments to caching, and a shift in network cards. In the end, we settled on the network cards from a company called Solarflare.

Data Center 208

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 208

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

And, each will provide disaster recovery office space, redundant private telco rooms and 10,000 square feet of raised floor in a Private Data Hall. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134).

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 200

Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

Not all High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) is solved by VM technology. But hardware, I/O, storage and network have to be provisioned too. ► 2012. (15). But we also fail to notice the complexity it creates for managing I/O, storage connectivity and other physical-world management issues. cmon folks.

Data Center 100

Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

So the number of companies that really understand the network topology, the data center construction, the server requirements to build this public cloud infrastructure is very, very small.” Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). July 2012 (134).

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Data Center Microsoft Data Disaster Recovery 276

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

During a media event this week Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group at Intel, set the stage for Intel’s approach to re-architect the data center and journey through periods of transformation that are changing from network-centric to human-centric models. Networking.

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Data Center Intel Data Storage 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Networking. To move into a hybrid packet-optical circuit switch network, optical circuit switches (or photonic switches) can be aided by SDN scripts to redirect data flows from one network to another. RELATED POSTS: Hybrid Packet-Optical Circuit Switch Networks are New Data Center Standard. Networking.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 173

Fountainhead

MAY 5, 2009

So, not only can you define a virtual server instantly, you can define a *physical* server (maybe a virtual host, or a physical machine) down to I/O, NICs, Storage and Network. Along with enabling server consolidation, the software is delivering superior high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (HA). ► 2012. (15).

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Disaster Recovery Storage 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

DreamWorks animators use HP Z800 and Z820 workstations with Intel Xeon E5 processors, a HP FlexNetwork architecture, and HP networking to simplify collaboration among artists. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). Government.

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HP Data Center Data Film 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

A look inside the network operating center for Akamai Technologies, which operates more than 127,000 servers around the globe. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156). Government.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 199

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Content delivery provider EdgeCast Networks has secured $54 million in new financing. The company will use the funding to develop and launch new web acceleration, routing and security services, strengthening its IP portfolio, as well as expanding its global network behind its content delivery network (CDN). Networking.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 181

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Asking potential data center and colocation service providers’ questions uncovers important information about the facility, network access, operations, performance history and the quality of service delivery. His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 201

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

It offers visibility and control for IT assets, consolidated central access to racks, blades, network and storage from one hub. IT managers can use Virtual Gateway to securely configure or fix compatible components, whether they be servers, network switches, storage devices remotely, in a “one to many” solution. Networking.

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Data Center Intel Tools Development 192

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

” In 2012 the company made an upgrade to its system, which resides in a containerized data center from IBM, located outdoors next to offices at Fox Studios in Australia. RELATED POSTS: Instart Logic Launches Application Streaming Network. Instart Logic Gets $17M to Optimize Networks for Content. Networking.

Cloud 188

Cloud Data Center Data Storage 188

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Riverbed and VMware Collaborate on Networks. Roundup: Riverbed, Force 10 Networks. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156). May 2012 (180). April 2012 (155).

Enterprise 191

Enterprise Enterprise Data Center Storage 191

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

“Amsterdam is ideally located at the heart of the demand we are seeing for today’s networked data centre requirements across Europe,” said Bernard Geoghegan, Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa of Digital Realty. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182).

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 202

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

The new products cut across the company’s market leading Data Domain, Avamar, NetWorker and Mozy product lines. EMC NetWorker 8.1 Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156).

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Data Center Data Backup Storage 190

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

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. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166).

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Data Center Video Cloud Data 184

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

. ”We believe that we have considerable upside embedded in our portfolio as we increase the utilization of existing and new inventory, positively mark to market expiring capacity, and most importantly, continue to drive increased network density and valuable customer communities across our data centers.” Networking.

Data 193

Data Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage 193

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156). May 2012 (180). April 2012 (155). March 2012 (155). February 2012 (169). January 2012 (147). Disaster Recovery.

Storage 221

Storage Data Center Data Disaster Recovery 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Earlier this year, BrightRoll created an ultra-low-latency video advertising solution by building on Equinix’s Ad-IX platform instead of public networks for its ad exchange traffic. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166).

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Data Center Data Advertising Disaster Recovery 183

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

” “Cisco’s acquisition of Sourcefire will help accelerate the realization of our vision for a new model of security across the extended network,” said Martin Roesch, founder and chief technology officer of Sourcefire. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182).

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 195

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

In a way, the more advanced your IT environment, the more you leverage your physical infrastructure, the closer you need to manage it – which is precisely where DCIM comes into play: managing and optimizing power, cooling, space, network connections and even weight. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152).

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Data Center Trends Data Disaster Recovery 247

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 20, 2013

Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156). May 2012 (180). April 2012 (155). March 2012 (155). February 2012 (169). January 2012 (147). Disaster Recovery.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Microsoft 230

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

One Wilshire is a key meeting place for the world’s communication networks, serving as one of the busiest intersections in global Internet and telecom traffic. “One Wilshire is one of the preeminent West Coast network facilities,” said Michael Wong, Vice President of GI Partners. Networking. October 2012 (182).

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Data Center Real Estate Data Storage 205

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156). May 2012 (180).

Data Center 195

Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage Data 195