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. Companies may opt to do a mix of both, with their own proprietary applications in their private cloud, and additional applications in the public cloud. ALAN McMAHON.

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Data Center Cloud Data Storage 242

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Continuing to sharpen its focus on enterprise cloud computing, IBM is joining forces with Pivotal to support CloudFoundry, the versatile platform as a service (PaaS) framework that allows developers to build applications that can run on multiple clouds. Storage Failures Hamper Cloud Foundry. IBM Pledges Full Support for CloudFoundry.

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Data Center IBM Data Cloud 197

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

With the new release IT managers can now extend the benefits of Granite to larger branch offices and data-intensive applications that previously were difficult or impossible to consolidate. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

Enterprise 191

Enterprise Enterprise Data Center Storage 191

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

At the O’Reilly OSCON 2013 this week in Portland, Oregon, Fusion-io made the announcement that its Atomic Writes API contributed for standardization to the T10 SCSCI Storage Interfaces Technical Committee is now in use in mainstream MySQL databases MariaDB 5.5.31 Fusion-io: Making Apps Faster With Flash Storage. Networking.

Open Source 177

Open Source Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 177

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Too frequently I&O says, “I got that application back online in 20 minutes”. Business services is the top level in a business, sitting above an application, in order to support a business service, you need to consider all the infrastructure involved. For sourcing, they make decisions, and thus own the hardware budgets.

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Data Center Trends Data Disaster Recovery 247

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Fieldview says its latest update focuses on addressing a critical gap in DCIM solutions: sharing data that is gathered, stored and analyzed with other applications. DataView is a non-compressed cache of data for a wide variety of applications to access or publish historical and trending data for asset management and capacity planning needs.

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Data Center Applications Disaster Recovery Data 180

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

“One thing we’ve learned from these customers is that dedicated hardware (whether bare metal or with virtualization) isn’t going away. If anything, there’s a renewed need for it with the increased use of I/O-heavy applications such as databases and Big Data platforms. In many cases, dedicated hardware will play a key role.”.

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Cloud Data Center Disaster Recovery CTO 198

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

CloudVelocity today released its One Hybrid Cloud software for migrating applications to Amazon Web Services. One Hybrid Cloud can “clone” existing cloud applications, making it easier to replicate a deployment in a new cloud environment or create a failover solution that keeps an app online when your public cloud crashes.

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Tools Data Center Disaster Recovery Cloud 205

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

The new benchmark being proposed is called the High Performance Conjugate Gradient (HPCG), and should better correlate to computation and data access patterns found in many applications today. Designing for a Benchmark, or Applications? Performance for Real-World Applications. gigaflops performance. gigaflops performance.

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Data Center Storage Applications System 204

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Targeted at both retail applications and data center cloud storage, the new 128Gb NAND Flash memory provides the greatest number of bits per square millimeter and lowest cost of any MLC device in existence. Storage News: SGI and Scality, Micron, Nimbus Data. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

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Data Center Data Storage Disaster Recovery 180

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

the DataCloud platform integrates cloud and on-premises applications while providing robust data quality and other data services. The upgraded infrastructure includes HP 3PAR StoreServ T400 Storage System and HP ProLiant DL360 Servers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Modular Data Centers.

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Data Center IBM System Cloud 190

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

A high-availability data center or colocation service provider minimizes the chances of downtime occurring for critical applications and makes it easier to secure and manage a company’s IT infrastructure requirements. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Modular Data Centers. Networking. Cloud Computing.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 201

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

The potential exists for significant savings as SDN allows data centers to move away from single source hardware to the commodity-based pricing we see with servers. 3) The dynamic nature of an organization’s applications and workloads. 6) The organization’s need to simplify security measures and control access to applications.

Data Center 207

Data Center Network Software Software 207

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

LoPoCo says it is using Intel Xeon “brawny core” chips and standard form factors, and gaining energy savings through its hardware design. ”It took a huge pile of rejected hardware to get to this point. “You really couldn’t buy enough CPU for common server applications in the past,” said Sharp.

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Data Center Data Intel Disaster Recovery 232

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The term refers to an IT facility where the networking, storage, CPU and security are virtualized and delivered as a service. Finally, the concept works at the hypervisor level, which allows the company to better and more fully utilize its hardware. SDDR works at the hypervisor layer and does not depend on hardware.

Disaster Recovery 125

Disaster Recovery Data Center Meeting Software 125

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

Businesses are looking to migrate applications hosted on-premise into the cloud using a variety of hybrid solutions,” said Andrew Higginbotham, chief technology officer at Savvis. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

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Data Center Cloud Data Fractional CTO 187

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

It also has an EMC Isilon clustered storage system with around 500TB of primary data storage. RELATED POSTS: Instart Logic Launches Application Streaming Network. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

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Cloud Data Center Data Storage 188

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

The company recently expanded its data center to add more capacity for data storage. The new data center offers re dundant application server hardware with instant local failover capability. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. By: Jason Verge July 22nd, 2013. Photo: PureSense). Networking.

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Data Center Big Data Data Storage 216

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

QA/QC assistance- supervising consultants as needed, invoice / Payment, application processing, tracking and reporting, and tracking of all key project documents, including submittals, RFIs, change orders, invoices and payments, lien releases, etc. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Modular Data Centers.

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Data Center Data Project Management Disaster Recovery 180

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

The new application is highly-interactive, makes comparative reports, and makes Radar Cloud and CDN performance data more accessible than ever. “As Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. Modular Data Centers. Networking.

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Data Center Cloud Data Windows 191

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

MapR Technologies announced MapR M7, a Big Data platform for NoSQL and Apache Hadoop applications, now available through Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR). Benchmark tests of M7 running on AWS High Storage instances have shown it delivering consistent performance of over 100,000 operations per second per node. Modular Data Centers.

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HP Big Data Data Center Storage 179

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

The systems will be based on open internet standards and designed to help application developers mobilize connected assets of all kinds. ARM technology and its ecosystem create the bedrock of this smart intelligence that will enable others to build unique services and applications to help the IoT flourish.” Modular Data Centers.

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Internet Data Center Data Energy 200

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

From centralizing data collection, managing physical capacity and assets, and integrating with critical IT management applications, DCIM unifies the processes, tools and raw data needed to provide an accurate view of data center performance across both IT and facilities. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

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Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage Data 195

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Cloudsmith provides tools for system administrators and developers that make it easier to automate management of IT resources through intuitive GUIs and SaaS applications. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. Networking.

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Data Center Disaster Recovery Enterprise Enterprise 192

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Funding from new and existing investors will help the company advance its portfolio of 3D MEMS Optical Circuit Switching systems, extend its IP portfolio and provide working capital for its rapid production growth driven by new applications in software defined datacenter networking. Modular Data Centers. Networking. Cloud Computing.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 173

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

The evolution of enterprise applications and rise of big data has eclipsed traditional database capabilities and provides an opening for a significant new market entrant,” said Andy Vitus, partner, Scale Venture Partners. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Modular Data Centers. Networking. Cloud Computing.

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Data Center Data Big Data Enterprise 184

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Storage and bandwidth is growing accordingly.” There’s a lot of business intelligence and data warehousing that require a lot of horsepower, as well as application/web servers and other applications dedicated to handling massive email volumes. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

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Cloud Data Data Center Firewall 189

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Still, many users insist on utilizing their own devices to access applications, workloads and their data. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

Data Center 182

Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage Policies 182

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

Our customers are telling us that their business applications require data center solutions that offer assured availability and we have been able to deliver.”. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. Modular Data Centers.

Data Center 176

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 176

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

If you have planned well , your applications and databases will be safely backed up at a BCDR data center; a comprehensive primary site restoration plan should include ready candidates for a new permanent facility, as well as sources for all the necessary equipment to run your regular operations. Modular Data Centers. Networking. Government.

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Disaster Recovery Data Center Backup Business Continuity 202

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 21, 2013

Pairing for Scalability: In-Memory Data Grids and the Cloud - By dramatically simplifying and enhancing the deployment of scalable applications within cloud infrastructures, in-memory data grids play a key role in delivering on the promise of cloud computing, writes William Bain of ScaleOut Software. Modular Data Centers. Networking.

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Data Center Industry Data Disaster Recovery 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

We are pleased with the continued evolution we saw in our sales mix, recording an increasing number of leases bringing high-value applications to our platform,” said Tom Ray, CEO of CoreSite. They’re seeing mobile applications as a key growth opportunity. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Networking.

Data 193

Data Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage 193

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

” “The majority of customer requirements and application workloads that are being deployed today are not utilizing a hybrid IT infrastructure,” said Cooney. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

Data Center 195

Data Center Cloud Data Architecture 195

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

It has been adding and developing open office productivity applications to its arsenal. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Modular Data Centers.

Data Center 186

Data Center Cloud Disaster Recovery Internet 186

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

At the heart of this topic are application programming interfaces (APIs) Bias reviews the history of OpenStack, noting how it initially had no native APIs, but now has a native API that is largely identical to the API for the public cloud of Rackspace Hosting , the initial patron and largest user. Modular Data Centers. Networking. Government.

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Google Data Center Cloud Open Source 199

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

For IT Operations, change is a fact of life, taking place at every level of the application and infrastructure stack, with an impact on nearly every part of the business. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. Networking.

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Data Center Big Data Data Analysis 209

Fountainhead

JANUARY 24, 2011

And its value proposition was simple and uncomplicated: Consolidate applications, reduce hardware sprawl. Now the industry had its proof-point: There were times when full-up IT automation, without visibility into hardware implementation, worked and was useful. Enter Virtualization. It was a no-brainer. Back during Cloud 1.0,

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Cloud Data Center Virtualization Data 216