Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
Editors' Picks
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InfiniBand networking for storage and converged data centers
InfiniBand has expanded from its HPC roots to take on new, more mainstream use cases in the data center.22 Oct 2012
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Network infrastructure: Good practices
It pays to keep your network infrastructure healthy. Get expert advice on achieving this objective with ease.27 Sep 2012
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Data centre cases where PUE or power usage effectiveness doesn't work
IT pros use power usage effectiveness or PUE to determine their data centre's energy efficiency. But it doesn’t always give accurate energy usage details in all data centre cases.04 Sep 2012
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Post Olympics, it isn't game over for data centre contingency planning
London Olympics is over, but IT must not shift away from data centre disaster recovery and contingency planning. Review your plans to prepare your business for future disruptions.28 Aug 2012
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Together, we can beat cloud security risks
Cloud security risks are a primary concern for IT pros who hesitate to use cloud services. But taking preventive measures for safeguarding the environment isn't that difficult.02 Aug 2012
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Obstacles to data center outsourcing
Although many companies have started signing up with third party data centers, the business model of 'complete data center outsourcing' is still to become the norm.24 Jul 2012
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How small and midsize enterprises migrate to cloud-based services
Cloud-based services offer SME IT facilities that were once a luxury only for large businesses. But IT must take one step at a time towards cloud and be wary of vendor contracts.23 Jul 2012
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Data center network fabrics vs. software – defined fabrics
Are data center fabrics and software defined networks competitive or complementary technologies?01 Aug 2012
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New Brocade VDX chassis adds scale to data center fabric
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Data center fabric overview
A data center fabric is the next logical step for networks in the virtualization age. Discover the need for a data center fabric, as well as our roundup of players in the market.10 Jun 2011
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EMC World 2013: Google storage coming to your data center
EMC says its ViPR software-defined storage platform is the first step to creating Google storage in your data center.08 May 2013
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Cloud data center switching fabric could ease data center complexity
A growing number of cloud providers and operators are asking if their data center networks need a cloud data center switching fabric to simplify design and ensure connectivity.22 Dec 2011
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Point-Counterpoint: Do both SDN and data center network fabrics fail?
In this point-counterpoint feature, two network engineers turned-bloggers—Ivan Pepelnjak of IOS hints and Brad Casemore of Twilight in the Valley of Nerds—take opposing sides in the battle of netw...01 Aug 2012
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Dell Active Fabric: Converged fabric that's easy to deploy and manage
With Active Fabric, Dell delivers a converged fabric for data centers where server and storage admins call the shots.24 Apr 2013
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Avaya data center fabric supports collaborative apps
The Avaya data center strategy aims to support collaboration and UC in the campus and branch networks—or at least that's what execs will try to prove at Interop Las Vegas 2011.04 May 2011
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Channel Chat: Juniper Networks talks data center network fabric
Juniper Networks Worldwide Channels senior vice president Frank Vitagliano says implementing a new data center network fabric changes the way data center operates.16 Sep 2011
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Xsigo evolves I/O virtualization into data center fabric
I/O virtualization vendor Xsigo has evolved its product into a data center fabric by enabling server-to-server connections within its infrastructure.18 Aug 2011
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Juniper's QFabric: Interop's top data center network fabric?
Juniper's QFabric data center network fabric is a Best of Interop finalist for 2011 for its simplistic approach to creating flatter networks and improving overall cloud networking.09 May 2011