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	Layer 2 Data Center Interconnect options For more than 20 years we have been using Layer 3 connectivity powered by dynamic routing protocols to route traffic between data centers, but adoption of virtualization and geo-clustering technologies is forcing us to re-examine our data center interconnect (DCI) models. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP From 600 Servers to 130 Learn how SIRVA Inc. slashed IT operational expense and capital spend and boosted performance by consolidating their data centers, modernizing to blade technology, and virtualizing servers using HP Converged Infrastructure. Read Now In this Issue Oracle hires Mark Hurd as co-president How to modernize your backup infrastructure VMware customers cast a wary glance at Microsoft's virtualization tools Black hole discovery could boost quantum computers WHITE PAPER: BMC In-house or subscription based IT Service Management? Help Desk software as a service is attractive to many IT departments. It offers the same benefits of traditional IT help desk solutions, in addition to reducing capital expenses, accelerating implementation, and providing easier upgrades. This paper explores considerations for implementing IT service management in-house or as a service. Learn more! Oracle hires Mark Hurd as co-president Former HP CEO Mark Hurd has a new job: oracle announced Monday night that it has hired him to be one of two Oracle co-presidents. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall A Powerful Platform for Virtualization Download this HP white paper to learn how the next-generation ProLiant servers can help companies achieve rapid ROI and dramatically lower their operational expenses. Read More How to modernize your backup infrastructure The technologies to vastly improve backup and recovery performance and reliability have arrived. Here's how to put them to good use Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks XNV Brings Virtual Lifecycle Management to the Network Extreme Networks ® delivers a network-based dynamic data center virtualization lifecycle management solution that delivers unprecedented visibility, control and automation of Virtual Machines (VM) to the network administrator. Read now! VMware customers cast a wary glance at Microsoft's virtualization tools VMware customers attending VMworld are taking a look at Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization software, but say it would be problematic to start over after investing heavily in VMware. Read More Black hole discovery could boost quantum computers British scientists have noticed an eerie similarity between the mathematics of the quantum entanglement utilised by quantum computers, and that of black holes as explained by string theory. Read More
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