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VMware at a Virtualization and Cloud Crossroads?

Could the cloud prove considerably less lucrative than initially imagined for VMware? And after years of having the server virtualization market virtually to itself, VMware is now facing serious competition there as well.




Tags: virtual machines, data center, public cloud, VMware, hybrid cloud, VM, vcloud, vCloud Hybrid Service

AMD Aims Opteron X-Series CPUs at Cloud Data Centers

Chipmaker sends Jaguar to the cloud as its low-power Kyoto chip technology is officially unveiled.


Tags: data center, AMD Opteron 6000, AMD CPU, big data, Kyoto, AMD, cloud computing, Operton X-Series

VMware Unveils Its vCloud Hybrid Service

The company's customers can now seamlessly migrate and integrate with the public cloud from their data centers.


Tags: virtual machines, vcloud, data center, hybrid cloud, public cloud, VMware, VM, vCloud Hybrid Service

Fedora Project Picks ARM Servers for Compute Deployment

A new compute cluster for the Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Project gives ARM processors bragging rights over Intel.


Tags: datacenter, data center, Linux server, ARM, compute, ARM processors, Fedora, ARM server, Linux

VCE Advances Integrated Server Vision

The Cisco/EMC/VMware joint venture puts out new data center system bundles and introduces a management paradigm for systems management.


Tags: VCE, EMC, data center, Cisco, servers, VMware

VMware CEO Aims for 90 Percent Server Virtualization

VMware grows its 2012 revenues as it plots a course forward for 2013.


Tags: virtualization, server virtualization, SDDC, software-defined data center, data center, VMware

HP Extends Serviceguard to Linux

HP narrows the gap between Unix and Linux with new mission-critical business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities.


Tags: disaster recovery, Unix, HP, high availability, data center, business continuity, Linux

Server Review: HP ProLiant BL660c Gen8 Blade Server

Improvements to HP's ProLiant BL660c blade server help it meet the most demanding data center requirements from virtualization to heavy-duty number crunching.




Tags: HP Blade Center, data center, Gen8, HP, blade server, HP ProLiant, server review

HP Adopts Intel Itanium 9500 and Updates HP-UX

HP's Mission Critical server portfolio gets both hardware and software updates.


Tags: HP, HP-UX, Itanium, mission critical server, data center, Intel

AMD Gets Ambidextrous for Cloud Servers with ARM

Seeing massive data centers as its opportunity for growth, AMD teams with ARM to roll out its next-gen servers.


Tags: Cloud server, ARM server, Cloud, ARM, AMD, data center

HP DL380p Gen8 Server Delivers Speed and Space

HP's DL380p Gen8 data center rackmount server should be at the top of any IT evaluation for new data center infrastructure.


Tags: HP, server review, rackmount, server, servers, data center, hp gen8

VMware's Vision for the Software-Defined Data Center

Just how realistic is VMware's endgame of a data center where everything is virtualized and controlled via software?


Tags: Nicira, Virtualization Management, virtually speaking, software-defined data center, virtualization software, virtualization, data center, VMware

Rackspace CTO: Open Rack Is Nice, But We Like Our White Boxes

With the cloud and data center vendor in continual need of new servers, what do they buy?


Tags: data center, Rackspace, Open Rack, Rackspace Cloud, Open Compute, whitebox, server

Open Compute Widens Servers with Open Rack

19 inch servers could soon become a thing of the past as the open source group pushes a new standard.


Tags: Open Rack, server, rack mount, Open Compute, data center, Server Blades, blade server, Facebook

5 Help Desk Solutions You Need to Know

The weakest link in IT organizations is often the help desk. Shift that label to another group with great software.


Tags: server room, data center, help desk

iTRACS Data Center Management Tool Keeps an Eye on Power Consumption

iTRACS PowerEye released for reducing energy consumption and costs in the data center.
Tags: data center, Data Center Manager, data center management, Data Center Management Software

A Cloud Computing Guide for Data Center Management

AFCOM has released a new data center guide to help organizations before they begin the transformation to public, private or hybrid cloud computing.
Tags: data center, data center virtualization, data center management

Old School Server Management Still Alive and Well

It's 2010, and you'd think server management would have reached new heights by now, but it hasn't -- Unless you've recently bought yourself a new pair of shoes.
Tags: data center, data center management, Data Center Management Software, OS, server management

Brocade Data Center Reports Energy Savings

The company claims a 75 percent energy savings using a new custom cooling system.
Tags: cooling, data center, energy

Case Study: A Cisco Data Center Convert

NightHawk Radiology Services uses Cisco UCS servers running virtualized workloads.
Tags: Cisco UCS, Cisco, data center, server room management

New Data Center Management Trends for Virtualization Technologies

Virtualization technologies help drive data center efficiency.
Tags: virtualization technologies, data center management, data center

Wipro Launches New FluidState Data Center

The company claims its prefabricated data center can be setup in less than a week.
Tags: data center, modular, modular data center, data center infrastructure

Server Room Management Trends: Going Dark

The dark data center is an increasingly viable strategy where infrequently staffed and equipped server rooms are equipped with motion-activated lighting.
Tags: data center, server room management, data center management

Data Center Management Mishaps

Overheated systems shut down after a worker changes a thermostat setting -- and other data center follies caused by human error.
Tags: data center management, server room management, data center

Green Data Center Management News

This week in green data center management news: Canadian researchers hope to perfect a way to host the Internet's content purely on green power.
Tags: green data center, IT, data center management, green IT, data center

Does Your Data Center Need a Storage Server?

Not all data centers need some form of local storage.
Tags: data center, storage server

Oracle Takes Next-Gen Data Center Push on the Road

Next week's event will tout Oracle's systems approach, Sun hardware and the benefits of private clouds.
Tags: Sun, Oracle, SAP, data center, enterprise applications

Data Center Management to Support Growth

Data centers approaching the limits of energy and space resources may need a transformation to prepare for the future.
Tags: data center, data center management

Green Data Center Management News

This week in green data center management news GE is in investing in SynapSense - a startup that uses software and wireless sensors to reduce energy usage in data centers.
Tags: green IT, green technology, data center management, data center

3 Ways to Secure Your Virtualized Data Center

Server virtualization may have caught on far and wide, but the technology for securing virtual environments lags. Regaining visibility at the access layer is critical to keeping your data safe. Here are three ways to accomplish this.
Tags: security, server virtualization, virtual machine, data center, virtual server

Universal to Power and Cool Datapod Modular Data Centers

Universal Networking Services will provide site infrastructure in Datapod's modular data center system.
Tags: modular data center, server room management, data center

Green IT: Data Center Management News

A new Forrester Research study indicates that nearly 40 percent of businesses now have a plan for implementing an enterprise-wide carbon and energy management system.
Tags: green IT, data center, data center management

AccelOps Launches Data Center Monitoring Channel Program

The company has announced details of a new channel program that lets partners sell its integrated data center monitoring platform.
Tags: data center, data center management

Data Center Management Green IT News

This week in data center management news China is developing the Tianjin Eco-City concept that will include green data centers for banking and manufacturing software systems.
Tags: green IT, data center, green power, green technology, data center management

Future Facilities, SynapSense Offers Integrated Data Center Management

Future Facilities has announced integration with SynapSense Data Center Monitoring and Energy Management Solution.
Tags: data center management, data center

IBM's in Hot Water to Cool Servers

The latest idea in supercomputer cooling is to let the machines operate at something warmer than meat locker temperatures.
Tags: supercomputing, IBM, data center, cooling, blade servers

Raritan Data Center Management Solutions Support Cisco UCS

Raritan's solutions are designed to support high-performance data centers, such as those built on Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS).
Tags: Cisco, Cisco UCS, data center, data center management

ElasticHosts Launches ElasticStack Cloud Server Platform

The company claims providers have already signed up to offer branded cloud services.
Tags: cloud service, Cloud server, data center, cloud services

Using Server Virtualization to Cool 4 Data Center 'Hotspots'

Finding your data center hotspots is one problem. Resolving them is another. Server virtualization may be part of the answer.
Tags: data center, server virtualization, data center management, virtualization

Know Your Data Center Management Capabilities

What does your management actually know about your data center?
Tags: data center management, data center, deployment, IT

iWave Offers Automated Data Center Management Solution

Orchestrator provides automation and service management for data centers and private clouds.
Tags: data center management, data centers, data center

Government Calls for Better Data Center Power Management

The Federal Government is looking for ways to better manage data center efficiency and reduce energy usage.
Tags: data center, data center management, power management

Data Center Servers Need Energy Star Rating

EPA standards failed to include a major energy hog in data centers: the data storage server.
Tags: Energy Star Rating, Enterprise, server, data center, EPA

NetApp, Microsoft Partner on Data Center Management Tools

The partnership will enable IT to manage virtual environments with standard Microsoft data center management tools.
Tags: data center, Microsoft, NetApp, data center management

Data Center Management Can Save IRS Millions

The IRS says it could save more than $3 million by implementing better cooling techniques in its data centers.
Tags: cooling, energy, data center, data center management

Top Data Center Management Concerns

Adequate data center management and monitoring capabilities have surpassed all other concerns on the lists of priorities.
Tags: data center, server power, data center management

Oracle Updates Virtualization Technologies

The Sun Ray 3 Plus client can significantly reduce power consumption.
Tags: virtualization technologies, data center, Oracle, virtual desktop, VDI

Implementing The Right VDI Strategy

A good virtual desktop strategy should focus on following the end user from device to device.
Tags: VDI, data center, desktop virtualization, virtualization technologies

JouleX Offers Smart Energy Data Center Management

JouleX promises energy monitoring products for the enterprise data center that can be installed in just a few hours.
Tags: data center management, data center, Energy Star

Data Center Management: Reduce Container Costs with Standardization

Containerized data centers lower costs, but it currently lacks standardization.
Tags: Data Center Manager, container, standard, data center

SGI Modular Data Center for Extreme Server Densities

The company has announced a new Universal ICE Cube modular data center for extreme server and storage densities.
Tags: SGI, modular data center, data center

Manure-Powered Data Centers -- The Next Big Thing?

Besides generating a chuckle or two, a manure-powered data center may be the ultimate in sustainable energy for both developed and developing countries. HP Labs presented the concept at the ASME International Conference on Sustainability last week.
Tags: green technology, green IT, green computing, data center

Data Center Management: Power Management and Virtualization

Despite adopting virtualization and power management techniques, data centers are still power-hungry.
Tags: data center management, data center, power management

Move Virtualized Server Applications Across Data Centers

AppZero 4.5 lets groups of virtualized server applications to be 'scooped and moved' across the data center and cloud.
Tags: Enterprise, Cloud, Virtualized Server, Server Applications, data center

Juniper Unveils Software to Automate Data Center Management

The company has announced new software to improve the automated management and support of enterprise and data center networks.
Tags: Enterprise, data center management, data center

Dell to test ARM Servers for Large Data Centers

Dell plans to test multicore ARM processors from Marvell Technology Group for use in low-power data center servers.
Tags: Dell, ARM server, ARM, data center

Server Virtualization for Better Data Center Management

More data centers require server deployments to be virtual unless there is specific need for a physical server.
Tags: virtualization, server virtualization, data center management, data center

Government Data Center Management and Consolidation Plans

Through its government-wide data center consolidation effort, the federal government plans to increase server virtualization.
Tags: data center management, data center, consolidation, virtualization

Choosing Between Windows Server 2008 R2 Editions

How to choose the right edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 to best suit your needs.
Tags: data center, Windows Server 2008 R2

Inside Ten of the World's Largest Data Centers

In pictures, here is an inside look at ten of the world’s largest data centers.
Tags: server, Microsoft, data center, Facebook, Google

Liquid Blade Servers for the Data Center

From PCs to rack mount and blade servers, liquid cooling is making its way in to the data center.
Tags: data center, servers, liquid cooling, blade server

SynapSense Offers New Data Center Management Services

The company is offering new environmental optimization services as a part of its Data Center Monitoring and Energy Management Solution.
Tags: data center management, optimize, energy management, data center

Infoblox Acquires Netcordia Data Center Management Solution

The two companies will immediately begin integrating data center management functions.
Tags: integration, storage server, data center management, data center

BeyondTrust Secures Server Virtualization Migrations

Company offers privilege identity management across guest operating systems as well as hypervisor hosts.
Tags: server virtualization, virtualization, virtual platform, data center

QNAP Announces 8-Drive, Rack-Mounted Storage Server

The TS-859U-RP Business Series Turbo NAS offers 8 hot-swappable hard disk drives and redundant power-supply in a 2U rack-mounted unit.
Tags: storage server, data center, server, rackmount

Intel Labs Uses Old Servers to Create Routers

Intel Labs uses open-source Click Router to tie servers together for a new role.
Tags: data center, redeployment, server, router

Eaton Power Management Integrates with VMware vCenter

The company's Intelligent Power Manager software are fully integrated into VMware's vCenter server virtualization platform.
Tags: virtualization, data center, server virtualization, power management

The Data Center Shift to Virtualization

Virtualization is becoming the underlying technology for many different data center IT needs.
Tags: data center, virtualization, data center management

The Next Step in Enterprise Virtualization

Enterprise virtualization technology is in high demand with infrastructure-as-a-service or virtualization-as-a-service announcements expected.
Tags: data center, virtualization, Enterprise, server virtualization

Lightfleet Uses Light for Blade Server Interconnections

Lightfleet claims its product uses light signals to replace the cabling and switches typically used in a blade server.
Tags: power, blade server, data center, cooling, blade

Extreme Virtualization for Data Center Management

Extreme Networks announces its new dynamic virtualization lifecycle data center management solution.
Tags: virtualization, dynamic, data center, Cloud, data center management

HP Details its 'Cisco-free' Data Center

Calling the technology 'Cisco-free', HP has announced its newest data center that uses HP/3Com equipment.
Tags: 3Com, Cisco, data center, HP

Voltaire Offers Virtualized Data Center Management

New software designed for virtualized data center management orchestrates end-to-end virtual machine connectivity.
Tags: data center management, data center, virtualization, Voltaire

New Tool for Server Room Monitoring

Degree Controls announces the Accusense F333 monitoring tool.
Tags: data center, monitor, server management, management, server

How the Quest for Mobility Leads to Modular Data Center Management

When it comes to data center management, is a modular server room the way to go?
Tags: data center management, data center