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Sustainable IT: The 2013 Green IT Awards

Posted April 23, 2013 - 2:40 pm

These organizations have implemented innovative ways to slash waste, save energy, boost data center efficiency, and reduce CO2 emissions
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Cloud Integration: A Comprehensive Solution

Posted April 23, 2013 - 1:45 pm
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Oracle Database Cloud Service

Posted April 23, 2013 - 1:45 pm

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The Benefits of Cloud Without Compromise

Posted April 23, 2013 - 1:45 pm

This white paper looks at why, when evaluating your cloud strategy, it's important to consider the level of control and choice you will either maintain or have to give up to achieve some of these benefits.
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Managing Data with Cloud Computing

Posted April 23, 2013 - 1:45 pm

This Oracle and InfoWorld article looks at data center best practices for managing data with cloud computing. Cloud computing is a way to deliver the necessary flexibility, scalability, efficiency and speed.
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Game Changer

Posted April 22, 2013 - 12:00 pm

How can you bridges the gap between the data center and global offices at the edge?
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Case Study - Alamos Gold

Posted April 22, 2013 - 12:00 pm

WANs too small, latent, and unreliable for real-time collaboration with HQ
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Data Center Transformation and Its Impact on the Branch

Posted April 22, 2013 - 12:00 pm

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Data Center Convergence

Posted April 18, 2013 - 7:00 pm

Data Center Convergence includes several aspects that an organization needs to consider for better management and optimal performance of mission critical applications.
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Ready to Roam

Posted April 18, 2013 - 5:45 pm

A network infrastructure overhaul gives a Michigan school district the flexibility needed to achieve its long-term teaching and learning goals.
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An Upgrade That's Really Making the Grade

Posted April 18, 2013 - 5:45 pm

New switches plus more APs at Toccoa Falls College, GA boost WLAN speed and increase coverage.
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Foundation for the Future

Posted April 18, 2013 - 5:45 pm

West Islip New York Public Schools' network and connectivity upgrade offers benefits in the classroom and beyond.
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Modernizing Wireless Infrastructure for Today's Mobile and Data Driven Enterprise

Posted April 18, 2013 - 5:45 pm

Find out some of the compelling drivers and unique challenges that the Georgia Dome had to address to prepare the stadium for a robust, secure and flexible wireless infrastructure.
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The High-Performance WAN

Posted April 18, 2013 - 5:45 pm

Find out what are some of the top problems associated with large WANs and the technologies typically used to solve them.
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Ultra-Low-Latency Networking

Posted April 18, 2013 - 5:45 pm

In a world where so much trading is systematic, millisecond delays matter. Low-latency, high-performance networking, therefore, has become a competitive imperative.
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Rules of Citizen Engagement: To Protect and Serve Data

Posted April 18, 2013 - 4:30 pm

Government agencies have many of the same business imperatives that their IT counterparts have in the private sector. Similar pressure exists across common areas like networking in the data center, unified communications, mobility and security.
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Get an Integrated Approach to Data Management

Posted April 18, 2013 - 4:30 pm

This KnowledgeVault Exchange is your one-stop resource center for designing a winning data management strategy with quantifiable top-line gains and bottom-line savings.
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Adding WOW to the WAN

Posted April 18, 2013 - 4:30 pm

WAN optimization techniques tweak bandwidth for better network performance and more.
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Cisco extends Microsoft support in data center portfolio

Posted April 16, 2013 - 4:14 pm

Cisco last week extended its data center product line to support Microsoft's Windows Server 2012 hypervisor and VM management features to more tightly align their respective data center and cloud architectures for joint customers.
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Being green and the madness of crowds

Posted April 16, 2013 - 4:03 pm

Being green isn't easy and irrational beliefs about the health effects of wind farms just makes it that much harder.
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Flash Storage for Dummies

Posted April 16, 2013 - 12:45 pm

Flash Storage Technology What and Why
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Dell dives deeper into SDN with new hardware and software

Posted April 15, 2013 - 12:59 pm

Dell says it's hoping to move closer to the forefront of data center technology with the release today of a suite of new products designed for software-defined networking.
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Evaluating Managed File Transfer in the Cloud: What You Need to Know

Posted April 15, 2013 - 12:30 pm

Although most organizations today use email, FTP, scripting, cloud-based document repositories and other tools to send files, these modes of file transport suffer from a number of problems.
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What's next for Virtual Instruments

Posted April 15, 2013 - 9:55 am

Virtual Instruments, whose software and hardware is used to manage data center performance, plans to release the next edition of its VirtualWisdom software in the fourth quarter.
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Try out your Hadoop app on the world's largest cluster

Posted April 12, 2013 - 3:43 pm

It isn't often that you can get access to a thousand-node network to test your latest Hadoop app, but thanks to the efforts of EMC's Greenplum unit and some additional computing vendors, you can. More amazingly, it is free of charge.
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Open Data Management Configuration vs Specialized Database Systems: Considering All the Factors

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In-Memory Database Technology: A Critical Success Factor for the Real-Time Enterprise

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