Cloud Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Relaying comments from earlier classes, graduating students gain a strong sense of personal accomplishment and professional goal achievement ( See "From PC Break/Fix to CloudMASTER® ") Shawn Bolan is Training Manager for New Horizons Omaha , a New Horizons franchise organization that provides virtual training through the cloud.

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Cloud Musings

MAY 14, 2014

Private Digital Network Services (PDNS) and partners will provide its national, Private Digital Network (PDN) core and a suite of highly sought after services to the Interoperability Clearinghouse Agile Cloud effort. If you enjoyed this article , get free updates by email or RSS - © Copyright Kevin L. Jackson 2012 ).'

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #35, another in my irregular series of posts that collect various articles, links and thoughts regarding data center technologies. Networking. Art Fewell takes a deeper look at the increasingly important role of the virtual switch. I hope that something in here is useful to you. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Welcome to Technology Short Take #44, the latest in my irregularly-published series of articles, links, ideas, and thoughts about various data center-related technologies. Networking. I’d love to hear from more networking pros (please disclose company affiliations) about their thoughts on this matter. Impressive.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2013

Depending on network connectivity, this might not get published until after the keynote is finished. From there, she launches into a discussion of the “customer virtualization journey”; it’s the same 3-step journey of IT production, business production, and IT-as-a-Service that we’ve heard about for several years.

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CTOvision

JULY 9, 2014

This definition was published in an article entitled “What is Big Data?” Data has mass, and there is a cost to moving it around the network. Many organizations have purpose-built solutions for asking business intelligence questions, providing disaster recovery/backup, etc., Harvard Business Review Blog Network.

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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. Utility Storage for Virtual and Cloud Computing. Networking.

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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 Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The company announced Virtual Gateway, a cross-platform keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) software development kit (SDK) that aides solution providers offer enhanced capabilities for diagnosing and troubleshooting datacenter hardware. It’s a virtual solution rather than a hardware approach to managing and troubleshooting.

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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 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. “Until today, cloud migration and cloud-enabled disaster recovery have not been viable for the vast majority of enterprise data center apps,” said Chawla.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2020

My list of links and articles from around the web seems to be a bit heavy on security-related topics this time. Still, there’s a decent collection of networking, cloud computing, and virtualization articles as well as a smattering of other topics for you to peruse. Networking. Virtualization.

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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. Featured Cloud Articles.

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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 Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

also improves data protection with automated snapshots and simplified support for existing data-center class backup and recovery software. It also adds Fibre Channel support for the virtual Granite Core that extends integration with enterprise-class storage arrays, including those from EMC, NetApp and IBM. “We Networking.

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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.

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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 Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Currently, Bill works as a cloud and virtualization architect at MTM Technologies, a Stamford, CT based consulting firm. Networking. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles.

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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. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles. ARCHIVED ARTICLES. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. New Numbers: Who Has the Most Web Servers?

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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. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles. ARCHIVED ARTICLES. Comments (required). DataCenterKnowledge. White Papers. Infrastructure.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Google says the majority of its capital investments are for IT infrastructure, including data enters, servers, and networking equipment. Networking. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles. ARCHIVED ARTICLES. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. Comments (required). White Papers.

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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. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles. ARCHIVED ARTICLES. 75 million render hours. Comments (required). Government.

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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. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles. ARCHIVED ARTICLES. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery.

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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 Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

It’s completely new and rebuilt (when compared to previous offerings like Virtual Private Data Center). Savvis offers a complete portfolio of IT solutions including managed hosting, colocation, consulting services and CenturyLink’s global network services. Networking. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

An article over at CNBC looks at the growing importance of the Washington, D.C. Networking. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles. ARCHIVED ARTICLES. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. Low Latency. CNBC Features CoreSite Trading Hub. CNBC Features CoreSite Trading Hub. Government.

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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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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2014

As usual, I’ve gathered a collection of links to various articles pertaining to data center-related technologies for your enjoyment. Networking. If you’re not really a networking pro and need a “gentle” introduction to VXLAN, this post might be a good place to start. What is Intel SGX, you ask?

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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. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles. ARCHIVED ARTICLES. Virtualization. You get Yahoo!

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Convergence » Virtualization » White Papers. IT consumerization and BYOD are paving the way to conducting business in a new fashion and allowing users new level so of network access. IT consumerization and BYOD are paving the way to conducting business in a new fashion and allowing users new level so of network access.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

That’s the message today from Rackspace Chief Technology Officer John Engates, who says recent price cuts on dedicated virtual machine instances from rival Amazon Web Services have led to confusion about “dedicated” products. Networking. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles. White Papers.

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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. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles. White Papers.

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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. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles. ARCHIVED ARTICLES. You can catch the webcast on demand. Comments (required). DataCenterKnowledge.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

RELATED POSTS: Instart Logic Launches Application Streaming Network. Instart Logic Gets $17M to Optimize Networks for Content. Networking. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles. ARCHIVED ARTICLES. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. Comments (required). DataCenterKnowledge.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

KV, and later KVM, helped IT centralize management by delivering the ability to connect to any remote server or networking device through an overlay network of dedicated hardware switches. Virtualization has helped to avoid some of these costs in the data center. The Virtual Gateway to the Future.

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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. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles. Virtualization.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

Networking. Featured Cloud Articles. Featured Modular Articles. ARCHIVED ARTICLES. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. Comments (required). DataCenterKnowledge. White Papers. Infrastructure. Modular Data Centers. Cloud Computing. Government. Supercomputing / HPC. Managed Hosting. Colocation.

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