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Is the EcoPOD the World's Greenest Data Center?

HP introduced a new modular data center at HP Discover this week that resembles a double wide mobile home with a cooling system that the company says has 95% better efficiency than the monolithic data centers built over the past 20 years. The cooling system for the HP EcoPOD is designed to adapt to IT loads and outside conditions. For the most…

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Why webOS is a Challenge to iOS and Android in the Business World

webOS is the heart of how HP will compete against far more established competitors in the mobile marketplace, especially in the enterprise, where it may have its best chance of success against Apple iOS and Google Android. At the opening keynote yesterday for HP Discover, CEO Leo Apotheker said the TouchPad is designed with the enterprise in mind…

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MacBook Air Contest: What are the Considerations When Looking at Server Infrastructure?

What are key considerations when looking at server infrastructure in cloud deployments? That's the question this month for our MacBook Air contest. Best comment on this post wins. You'll need a Disqus account to participate. The question raises all kinds of potential conversations, ranging from the type of server to integrate to the network…

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Brief: The Critical Importance of the New Data Infrastructure

It's really about speed these days. And data. And the right infrastructure so the data can all flow and keep the business running smoothly. The Critical Importance of the New Data Infrastructure by John Titllow of ReadWriteweb is a brief that explores the impacts that can have when it comes to your organization. Questions covered in the report…

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White Paper: The On-ramp to the Cloud and the Road to Get There

Virtualization is an on ramp to the cloud. But the road to the on ramp is one that organizations are still learning to traverse. The modern IT organization will get there. The investments in virtualization are being made and they are not expected to slow down. This white paper from Trend MIcro explores the role of information security that…

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White Paper: Making the Convincing Argument for Virtualization

What do you need to do to build a case for virtualization? It can be a cultural shift for a company to adopt virtualization. It requires different skill sets and an approach that turns a data center into a network that optimizes an infrastructure according to the principles of a shared infrastructure.

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SOAP is Not Dead - It's Undead, a Zombie in the Enterprise

SOAP is dead. No it's not. SOAP is undead. And the undead still inhabit the enterprise... in a big way. I'm at Gluecon, the kind of event where passionate developers gather. These are people who for the most part never use SOAP. They work with REST - undoubtedly the king of all APIs.

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White Paper: Scaling a Reliable and Extendable Virtualization Infrastructure

Desktop virtualization is a hot topic throughout the virtualization industry. Organizations view desktop virtualization as a way to control costs and use limited resources to manage large-scale desktop infrastructures while increasing security and deployment efficiency. NetApp, VMware, Cisco, Fujitsu, and Wyse joined forces to create an…

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Desktop Virtualization

The Small Business and the Cloud [Infographic]

The small business owner is in that phase right now in which they are asking the young store clerk about all this cloud stuff. It may be surprising but they are also asking about virtualization. Businesses are starting to understand that they can leapfrog into a new competitive world by using virtualization to use multiple operating systems and…

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A CDN-Style Service for APIs

A content delivery network (CDN) is fine for distributing the data from a Web page but the advent of a new programming interface will help create a new method for pushing data to the edge of the network. The first signs of this new network is coming from companies that are creating a new wave of API services for better distributing the billions…

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Is the EcoPOD the World's Greenest Data Center?

Why webOS is a Challenge to iOS and Android in the Business World

MacBook Air Contest: What are the Considerations When Looking at Server Infrastructure?

Brief: The Critical Importance of the New Data Infrastructure

White Paper: The On-ramp to the Cloud and the Road to Get There

White Paper: Making the Convincing Argument for Virtualization

SOAP is Not Dead - It's Undead, a Zombie in the Enterprise

White Paper: Scaling a Reliable and Extendable Virtualization Infrastructure

The Small Business and the Cloud [Infographic]

A CDN-Style Service for APIs