Oracle to provide Sun road map next week; Why data center temperatures have moderated

	Why data center temperatures have moderated | Does the Microsoft and HP integration strategy signal a new business model?
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	Oracle to provide Sun road map next week Oracle will provide more details about its plans for Sun Microsystems at an event next Wednesday, the same day European regulators are expected to sign off on the deal. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: NetApp Imagine Virtually Anything ™ on 1/26 How can I flexibly share IT resources, maximize SLAs, & dramatically cut costs? Cisco, NetApp, and VMware help you imagine and achieve virtually anything with one elegant solution. Hear an executive discussion & participate in a live Q&A with technical experts from all three companies. Register Now! In this Issue Why data center temperatures have moderated Does the Microsoft and HP integration strategy signal a new business model? Fujifilm, IBM tech could yield 35TB magnetic tape drives Data center density hits the wall IBM mainframe woes continue with big Q4 drop WHITE PAPER: Force10 Data Center Optimization Strategies Enhance the efficiency of your data center by improving power and cooling. Learn the strategies you can use to refine power efficiency, thereby boosting your TCO and lowering your budget. Read More Why data center temperatures have moderated After a huge spike a few years ago, better power-management tools, multicore chips and advanced power supplies have helped keep temps down. But, ironically, virtualization may make things hotter again. Read More WHITE PAPER: Eaton - NWW A Compelling Power Alternative With power and cooling costs taking a big chunk out of IT budgets, power reductions anywhere in the data center are welcome. Read about two key ways to improve end-to-end energy efficiency by changing the voltage of power distribution and by taking advantage of new, high-efficiency, multi-node UPSs. Learn More Does the Microsoft and HP integration strategy signal a new business model? "Some assembly required." It's not just the fine print on children's bicycles and dollhouses that dads encounter on Christmas Eve. That phrase also applies to the new data center, with virtualized servers and applications, and management tools to monitor and control how things work. There's lots of integration work to be done to get everything to work together. Now Microsoft and HP say they are going to lessen your integration burden by doing some of the work for you. Is this level of cooperation the future of the IT industry? Read More WHITE PAPER: Data Domain VMware Data Backup and Recovery Best Practices VMware offers extraordinary benefits, but it can come at the cost of extra storage, backup resources and administrative challenges. Data Domain deduplication storage offers a way out by reducing redundant data across VMware data backups, operating at disk speeds, and providing cost-effective replication for fast DR using backup images. Click here to learn more. Fujifilm, IBM tech could yield 35TB magnetic tape drives Fujifilm and IBM announced they were able to demonstrate a new particulate that can be used to create magnetic tape cartridges that are 44 times more dense than today's Generation 4 LTO Ultrium's cartridges. Read More Data center density hits the wall Industrial Light & Magic has been replacing its servers with the hottest new IBM BladeCenters -- literally, the hottest. Read More IBM mainframe woes continue with big Q4 drop IBM's mainframe division finished a disappointing 2009 with a 27% Q4 revenue decline, but Big Blue is hoping the next generation of its mainframe computer will boost sales in 2010. Read More
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