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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea

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With a well-planned deployment, and a good infrastructure, companies can efficiently load-balance their IT environment between multiple active, cloud-based, sites. So, if one site should go down – users would transparently be balanced to the next nearest or most available data center. . Data Center Videos. Convergence.

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Managing What Matters In the Cloud: The Apps » Data Center.

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The user level elements that are managed within such an IaaS cloud are virtual servers, cloud storage and shared resources such as load balancers and firewalls. The last point is key, since modern Enterprise Apps are typically constructed on multiple servers. Data Center Videos. Cloud Application Management. Convergence.

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Fountainhead: Emergence of Fabric as an IT Management Enabler

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If we think of "fabric computing" as abstraction and orchestration of IT components, then there is a logical progression of what gets abstracted, and then, what services can be constructed via logically manipulating the pieces: 1. Provisioning of the network, VLANs, IP load balancing, etc. December 9, 2009 at 8:21 AM.