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Data Center News
Data centers help organizations manage their technology resources. Helping to scale resources effectively, data centers increase efficiency. Read the latest data center news, analysis, and insights below:
4 best practices for big data
September 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Big data is a common buzzword in the business industry today, and companies everywhere are looking for the best way to put it to work. In this guest post, Emily Miller offers some advice for companies looking to take advantage.
Half of companies don’t care about data center efficiency
May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Green IT has been in the news a lot lately. But are stories about how big companies cut their data center power and cooling costs actually making other firms give up on doing so themselves?
IT keys for reaping the rewards of Big Data
April 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
These days, everyone is hearing about Big Data, but few companies know the best ways to implement it. In this guest post, IT instructor Michael Dorf has some advice for businesses.
Simple steps to reduce power costs in the data center
March 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Powering and cooling a data center takes up a lot of most companies’ operating budgets. The good news: There are a few steps IT can take to lower those costs.
5 key factors for managing airflow in a server room
January 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Any business with a server room has to balance the pressure to cut power and cooling costs with the need to keep IT equipment from overheating. In this guest post, data center expert Rob James explains how organizations can improve the airflow in their server rooms to control costs and keep equipment safe.
Survey: Big data brings real benefits for businesses
January 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Big data is one of the hottest buzz words in IT right now. But how many companies actually plan to implement the technology? A lot, says one new survey.
4 ways companies can destroy data silos
December 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In most organizations, IT holds a lot of data – but that data isn’t always effectively shared among all divisions that need it. In this guest post, tech writer Aidan Grayson has some advice for how companies can tear down dreaded data silos. _____________________________________________________________ The much maligned data silo occurs when one business unit within an organization [...]
4 power challenges created by server virtualization
November 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
Server virtualization offers many benefits, including the ability to cut power consumption by requiring fewer physical machines. However, virtualizing does introduce new power challenges, as data center expert Mathew Snover describes in this guest post. ____________________________________________________________ Virtualization is used in a lot of computing environments today, thanks to its benefits ranging from reduced hardware costs to [...]