Budget dollars focused on virtualization; Green storage means money saved on power

Data Center News Alert Force10 Networks, Inc. Building the Reliable Business Network Join Force10 Networks, our strategic partners and guest speaker Abner Germanow, director of IDCs enterprise networks services for an event that highlights the application and data trends that are driving the need for reliability and flexibility through the business network. Learn more or register for this complimentary best practices seminar! Network World's Data Center News Alert, 05/22/07 Spending priorities shift from security to consolidation, virtualization: survey, 05/18/07:  IT executives in the next 12 months will be focusing their budget dollars on projects such as server consolidation and network upgrades, as previously high priorities such as security, risk management and compliance fall off their Top 10 lists. Green storage means money saved on power, 05/21/07:  In a perfect world, you easily could rein in the rapidly increasing amount of power that storage systems consume just by telling users to stop stockpiling data. In the real world, you'd lose your job for suggesting that. Fast IBM Power6 chip enters slowing Unix market, 05/21/07:  Facing a slowing Unix market, IBM released its Power6 processor on Monday, its fastest chip yet for high-end servers. The chip runs at double the speed of its Power5 line, but uses the same amount of power. From servers to storage: Virtualization saves It's touted as one of the fastest and easiest ways to better manage and control your infrastructure. Download this guide today and see how network IT execs are making virtualization pay off in the real world; discover the 8 virtualization gotchas you need to know; and much more. Click here to download. The new backup tools you can’t live without, 05/21/07:  Spun off from the broader storage-resource management market, these tools monitor and report on backups across multiple vendors' backup products. In doing so, they can ease the auditing process. Editor's Note: Does Apple belong in enterprise data centers?:  We're putting together a story to be published in Network World looking at the enterprise-readiness of Apple technology, and we need your help. Have you deployed or evaluated Apple's XServe servers or its XServe RAID storage platform? What did you find? Do you think Apple's server and storage gear is ready for enterprise data centers? What are the biggest drivers or deterrents? Should IT administrators become more Mac friendly? We're looking to tap into our readership and share your experiences with our audience. Please send your ideas and contact information to senior editor Deni Connor.

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