Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The world's coolest data centers; Energy tips

Facebook and eBay share energy tips for data centers | SAP's in-memory analytics boxes set for November release

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The world's coolest data centers
Data centers gobble up energy and generate heat, but here are some data centers that try to do it with their own flair Read More


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Facebook and eBay share energy tips for data centers
Facebook and eBay shared some tips this week for improving efficiency and cutting energy bills in data centers. Read More

SAP's in-memory analytics boxes set for November release
SAP plans to release its High-Performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) in November, roughly six months after announcing the product. Read More

Comcast begins DNS security rollout
Comcast has begun migrating its customers to a new Internet security mechanism that will help protect them from being inadvertently routed to phony Web pages for pharming attacks, identity theft and other scams. Read More


WHITE PAPER: ArcSight

Building a Successful Security Operations Center
This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center

Researchers one step closer to 'bootless' computer
Physicists at the University of California have taken a giant leap closer to creating a new computer chip that gives memory the brains of a CPU, which promises to vastly improve computer performance and keep systems in an always-on state. Read More

Sync data using MobileMe or Google
As soon as your collection of Apple devices running OS X or iOS expands to two or more, the issue of syncing is bound to come up. You'll want most or all of the important personal data on your first device--e-mail, calendars, contacts, notes, and more--to be identical on your second device, and you'll want to be able to update the data in either place and have the changes reflected in the other. Read More

Other sync options
Although the methods I've outlined for syncing your data with MobileMe and Google are effective for most people, they aren't the only means of keeping your data in sync between devices. A great many other syncing products and services exist. Here is a small sampling. Read More


WHITE PAPER: NetApp

Storage for Windows Environments
This paper discusses how consolidating your Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint Server data along with your Windows files using NetApp storage for Windows environments reduces the cost of physical storage as well as ongoing management costs in Windows environments. Read More!

Government and largest IT supplier HP agree to cost-cutting
The Cabinet Office has signed a memorandum of understanding with its largest supplier, HP, to make significant cost cuts. Read More

EMC stock rises on Oracle buyout rumor
Speculation that Oracle might buy EMC has pushed EMC's stock price up about 5% on Thursday, even as several analysts called such an acquisition unlikely. Read More

Cisco Announces Changes to CCNP Security
Voted Number 1 Future Technology Area in a Survey of CCIEsCisco announced changes to the CCNP Security certification track today, in addition to the big changes to CCNA and CCNP Voice. (Yes, Cisco is changing the name from CCSP to CCNP Security.) At first glance, the changes almost seem minor - no changes to CCNA Security, still four exams, with names that look like the same topics as the old CCSP. Cisco claims the associated courses have changed quite a... Read More



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