| Doing more with less: the state of today's data center Nearly every initiative data center managers pursue today has a common goal: getting more work done with fewer resources. How to Benchmark Data Center Energy Costs In the spring of 2007, UPS's Ben Swanson and Joe Parrino attended a conference on the growing problem of data center power consumption. One suggested remedy was to benchmark and analyze the power flowing through the data center. So after the conference, Swanson, the facilities department manager, and Parrino, a data center facilities manager, profiled their two main data centers to learn what they could do to increase their energy efficiency and, ultimately, save money. More on CIO.com Five Ways to Find Data Center Energy Savings Good Incentives Boost Data-Center Energy Efficiency Signposts on the Road to Data Center Energy Savings Start-up debuts 'cloud attached storage' at CES A start-up debuting at CES this week has made a device designed to seamlessly connect network attached storage to online backup services such as Amazon's S3 Simple Storage Service. Despite challenges, EPA says recycled electronics programs are growing We sure do throw out a lot of electronic junk. The Environmental Protection Agency said its recycling program, eCycling, collected and recycled close to 67 million pounds of used electronics in 2008, nearly a 30% increase over 2007. Companies are overstating green claims, consumers say Sixty-five percent of consumers think some companies overstate their green credentials to sell more products, according to research presented by industry organization Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) at the International Consumer Electronics Show on Tuesday. Slideshow: Axxana: start-up to watch in '09 The company’s Phoenix “black box” represents a new mode of data protection, keeping an enterprise’s most critical data safe during even the worst of scenarios -- terrorist attacks and natural disasters. Slideshow: Arista Networks: start-up to watch in '09 Arista makes the top 10 list as much for its people as its technology, a high-density, 10 Gigabit Ethernet data-center switch that features a customizable network operating system. Slideshow: RingCube Technologies: start-up to watch in '09 The company gets the nod for its vDesk desktop virtualization software, which gives users remote access to a personalized desktop from any computer or mobile device. Slideshow: Skytap: start-up to watch for '09 The company has created an Internet-based virtual laboratory for application development and testing or IT-operations testing. What Your Home Data Center Needs Over the holiday break, I scored a 1Tb Fantom External Drive for the post-rebate price of $89! After I attached it-replacing a 160Gb external drive, thus illustrating the truism that more capacity begets more need-I began thinking about the role of storage in the home. Are open source virtual machines a viable alternative to products from VMware and Microsoft? We test Xen-based hypervisors from Citrix, Novell and Virtual Iron and found that this trio of VM products should be taken seriously by enterprise data center managers.
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Citrix XenServer is tops among Xen-based hypervisors
Novell SLES 10.2 Xen offers great promise
Virtual Iron Xen offers topnotch security, policy controls Fault tolerance software promised for WS2008 Marathon and Microsoft will (finally) bring fault tolerant wares to WS2008, XenServer and one day, Hyper-V. Windows 7: It's still all about the XP users Microsoft Subnet blogger Mitchell Ashley says Redmond is working hard (and succeeding) at making a good first impression with Windows 7 – the install is virtually flawless. Live Mesh services get the thumbs up Most of Microsoft's Live services are me-too attempts but Live Mesh is different, allowing users to synch data between devices and including cloud storage that doesn't impose the usual data type limitations. Windows 7, an OS to love Microsoft Subnet blogger Ron Barrett offers a three-part series on why the IT will love Windows 7, why XP users will switch and why it will smash Linux. Who's a firm believer of FCoE now? Blogger Jimmy Ray Purser explains what got him sold on Fibre Channel over Ethernet as the fabric for enterprise data centers. Windows 7 and enterprise IT: a love match IT will want it, XP users will want it and even many Linux users will want it, says Microsoft Subnet blogger Ron Barrett. Fun with PowerShell 2.0 Eventing PowerShell 2.0 Eventing is the subject of a new free script from Microsoft Subnet blogger Tyson. Clustering in SQL Server 2008 SQL Server Failover Clustering is built in, but there's a lot to know to get it work, says Microsoft Subnet blogger Brian Egler. Keep your data safe Handling storage appropriately is the key to preserving data. Get the basics on SRM in our revamped Product Guide. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
Up for grabs: Two Cisco training courses from Skyline-ATS worth up to $6,990, a Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500, 15 copies each of the hot book titles Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration, IPv6 Security and Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks. Get all the entry details here. | 
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