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Data Center News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Emerson Network Power Enhance Data Center Operating Efficiency Data center professionals continue to be squeezed as they seek to optimize operational readiness, availability, and risk management. Learn ways to enhance your data center's efficiency through virtualization, digital system controls and emerging monitoring capabilities that has a potential net result of reducing your operating expenses on the order of 20% to 30% or more. Click here now. Network World's Data Center News Alert, 09/25/07 IT grapples with overcrowded, energy-guzzling data centers, 09/20/07: These days Andrew Fanara isn’t worrying about the massive amounts of electricity a big-screen TV consumes; he’s thinking about how electrical consumption in the data center is accelerating from the use of power-hungry servers and other network gear. Qumranet tackles desktop virtualization, 09/24/07: Qumranet, the company responsible for the development of the open source KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), Monday introduces desktop virtualization software. Rackable parks portable data center outside Intel event, 09/19/07: Rackable Systems is using the Intel Developer Forum to unveil its answer to Sun’s Project Blackbox, a shipping container full of computer equipment ready to power up as a portable data center. Storage Trends Explained Learn how IT shops can optimize their current storage systems with new tools and practices in this informative Webcast, Storage Trends and Options. Listen to industry experts explain the latest developments and address the hype surrounding future storage platforms. Click here for more information. IT job outlook: Nine skills in big demand, 09/24/07: Networking and wireless LAN experts are hot commodities, closely followed by those versed in open source and data center technologies, our annual salary survey finds. Get the stats. VMware bugs shine spotlight on virtualization security, 09/20/07: A set of newly discovered flaws in components of VMware's virtual machine software has called attention to some of the security risks associated with the practice of running virtual computers on a single system. Chat with Amazon.com’s CTO live: If ever there were a man that knew how to eek out capacity and secure a data center, it would be Werner Vogels, vice president & CTO of Amazon.com. Join him for a live chat on Monday Oct. 1 from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. EDT. Opsware adds storage tools to automation suite, 09/18/07: Opsware is rounding out its data center automation capabilities this week with the introduction of a storage automation add-on. In addition, the company is updating its entire software suite with IT process automation technology acquired earlier this year with start-up iConclude. DRAM prices plunge new lows, expected to keep falling, 09/20/2007: Anyone looking to add a bit more memory to their computers won a gift from the DRAM (dynamic RAM) industry. Heavy competition has caused prices to tumble and industry analysts predict further price declines. Storage networking protocol fundamentals: Read a free sneak peak of a chapter from Storage Networking Protocol Fundamentals by James Long, and published by Cisco Press.

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