Data Center Networking

Hurricane Earl Puts IT Staff on Alert

IT administrators need be on high alert from late August to October, the peak of hurricane season. Continue Reading »

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Microsoft Selects Virginia for Latest Modular Data Center

Microsoft announced last Friday that it will open its most advanced data center to date at Boydton Industrial Park in Mecklenbug County, Va. Continue Reading »

Integration Trend in Storage, Virtualization Management

Integration is becoming something of an issue for virtual environments and storage. Continue Reading »

TierPoint to Add Geothermal Data Center to its Liberty Lake Complex

TierPoint announced an $8.2 million project to build a third data center at its Liberty Lake complex near Spokane, Wash. Continue Reading »

Feds Commission Guidebook for Modular Data Center Procurement

Mark Bramfitt is helping create a procurement guidebook for modular and container-based data centers for government agencies. Continue Reading »

Considering Deduplication for a Midrange Data Center? Seven Questions You Should Ask

IT managers in most midrange data centers typically have limited staff and few backup specialists, and it can be hard to figure out how deduplication might fit into their situation. Continue Reading »

Hosting.com Retrofits Former Model T Factory into Data Center

Hosting.com has retrofitted a former Model T factory in Denver to house a 30,000 square foot data center. Continue Reading »

Questions Surround Dell's Storage Strategy

Is Dell on the road to becoming a true technology partner for enterprises looking to expand virtual and cloud environments? Or is it simply amassing an amalgam of random systems hoping that, eventually, something will stick? Continue Reading »

Oracle Won't Kill Sun Container, Won't Promote It Either

Oracle will continue selling Sun's data center container, but not as part of its official product line. Continue Reading »