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10 things IT architects should consider when choosing data storage technologies

September 18, 2012 7:31am PDT

One important part of dealing with data is figuring out how and where to store it. Here are ten things to think about when choosing the right data storage technologies for your enterprise or project.

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Five apps for better data center management

April 16, 2013 12:37pm PDT

Five data center management apps that span the spectrum of potential tools and reports.

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Gallery: Microsoft takes wraps off Windows Azure

October 29, 2008 4:51am PDT

At Microsoft's PDC 2008 conference, the company's chief software architect Ray Ozzie took the wraps off Windows Azure which is an operating system that lets developers write programs for...

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Gallery: AMD demos 'Shanghai'

November 17, 2008 9:25am PST

AMD held a demonstration of its new quad-core, 45nm Opteron processor, Shanghai, on Wednesday at a datacenter belonging to the second largest ISP in Europe, Strato, in Berlin.

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Data centers in the 21st Century

April 22, 2013 9:29am PDT

Here are some snapshots of data centers from around the world that take advantage of the newest designs and technological advancements to achieve better security, performance, efficiency, and...

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System Center 2012 SP1: Managing the managers

January 8, 2013 9:00am PST

John Joyner gives an overview of the new integration features that are part of the System Center 2012 suite of management packs.

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Data center management on the go with ICM Mobile

April 29, 2013 12:50pm PDT

ICM Mobile from TE Connectivity can help data center workers complete work orders on the go. Find out how.

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Server room makeover at Westminster College

April 1, 2010 1:30pm PDT

Scott Lowe, CIO for Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, shares photos of his team's efforts to revitalize the school's neglected data center.

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Spotlight: Quickbase online data management

January 6, 2010 1:15pm PST

Quickbase is an online database designed for any team or enterprise looking to seriously improve their work flow or the management of their data.

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Gallery: Saving your data from nuke attack

May 13, 2008 8:52am PDT

Barbed wire, fences, guards, and guard dogs are just the first level of security for an English datacenter that claims to be safe from nuclear, chemical and biological attack.

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Microsoft data centers: Beyond the container (images)

March 23, 2010 11:00am PDT

With the latest iteration of its data center design, Microsoft has created self-contained units that can be pre-built and shipped anywhere in the world.

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Photos: Rackable's data center in a box

March 27, 2007 3:45am PDT

Concentro squeezes as many as 1,200 servers along with power and cooling equipment into a 40-foot shipping container.

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Inside IBM's deep green data center

September 16, 2009 4:00pm PDT

IBM has rebuilt an existing data center to use the latest in energy-efficient technologies and building designs.

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Data center redesign project

August 15, 2007 6:02am PDT

Jeffrey Albert, a Data Center Facility Engineer, shares photos of the upgrade and expansion at a 2,000-square-foot data center.

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How Google secures its data centers (photos)

April 29, 2011 5:45am PDT

Google has opened the doors to one of its data centers to show how it protects customer data

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Photos: Inside a Microsoft data center

November 2, 2009 4:10am PST

CNET News' Ina Fried tours Microsoft's massive new Chicago-area data center during recent grand opening event.

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Screenshots: Data Center Planner review

May 1, 2013 10:13am PDT

Just about any data center administrator will benefit from a fully featured data center planning application.

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Photos: GE's LEED Platinum data center

August 19, 2011 7:54am PDT

GE recently built a $48 million state-of-the-art data center, one of the first in the world with LEED Platinum certification. Here are photos from the grand opening on August 18, 2011 in...

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Restless data: Diffusion via virtualization

February 23, 2009 2:46am PST

Left on its own, data will find its way to the farthest recesses of your data center. But when helped along by implementation teams, there's no limit to data diffusion.