Thursday, August 18, 2011

Nutanix launches server/storage appliance for virtual environments

Xsigo unveils virtual fabric for data centers | Dropbox cloud was a haven for data thieves, researchers say

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Nutanix launches server/storage appliance for virtual environments
Nutanix this week launched the Complete Cluster appliance, which according to the company's claims performs 10x better than traditional server and storage area network combinations. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Quantum

Data Deduplication for Dummies
What does data deduplication really mean? This 2nd edition of the book "Data Deduplication for Dummies" takes an in-depth look of the advantages of data deduplication. Learn exactly how data deduplication works, the pros and cons of various approaches, determining the right data deduplication ratio and answers to the most common dedupe questions. Read More

WHITE PAPER: IBM

Taming the Data Demons
Taming the data demons: leveraging information in the age of risk explores the framework and advantages of a holistic approach to data risk management, and provides both IT and line-of-business executives with the "why" and "how" to begin putting an end-to-end data risk management program to work in your organization. Learn more

Xsigo unveils virtual fabric for data centers
New software from Xsigo Systems is designed to link all the servers in a data center virtually, allowing IT managers to reconfigure virtual machines and other resources without carrying out traditional networking tasks. Read More

Dropbox cloud was a haven for data thieves, researchers say
Files entrusted to cloud-storage provider Dropbox were susceptible to unauthorized access via three attacks devised by security researchers, but the provider has since closed the vulnerabilities. Read More

The world's geekiest license plates
This slideshow is filled with images of vanity plates so geeky that they prompted someone else to take a picture and post it on Flickr. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Akamai Cloud Optimization for Amazon EC2™
The emergence of public cloud platforms and services has IT organizations thinking about which applications they want to keep in-house and which they can build within the cloud. Read more

Using renewable energy in the data center
Earlier this year, social networking giant Facebook finished construction of its newest data center in Pineville, Oregon. In a press release, Facebook officials touted the new facility as "setting new standards for environmental responsibility in data center design and operations." Those standards incorporate renewable energy tactics such as rainwater reclamation, solar energy, and heat recycling. Read More

Electromagnetic interference and 10GBase-T in the data center
The majority of data center LAN links use 1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet) running on unshielded twisted pair structured cabling (Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6a). While increasing demand for bandwidth is driving a shift to 10G Ethernet, that migration is being slowed by the fact that the 10G links being deployed today are based on optical transceivers or SFP+ Direct Attach copper, neither of which is backward-compatible to Gigabit Ethernet. Read More

Red Hat RHEV freed from Windows fetters
With the next release of its Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) package, Red Hat has finally rid itself of one of its most notorious dependencies, namely the use of Microsoft's Windows Server and SQL Server. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Fujitsu

Key Considerations before Virtualizing
This whitepaper examines the various virtualization technologies and shows the range of ICT infrastructure layers where they are applied. It also shows how Fujitsu incorporates these technologies into end-to-end solutions as an essential part of its Dynamic Infrastructures strategy. Read now!

Early OpenFlow user details 'exciting' benefits
OpenFlow promises to make networking more programmable, and one early user is reaping the initial benefits. Read More

Software costs a concern for AMD in data center hunt
AMD is looking at tax and software costs as it looks for ways to reduce the number of its data centers. Read More

10 scariest hacks from Black Hat and Defcon
Researchers showed all manner of serious attacks on everything from browsers to automobiles. Read More

Dell desktop, storage revenue drops in Q2
Dell had strong profit growth in the second fiscal quarter of 2012, although the company's revenue was hurt by a drop in sales of storage and desktop products. Read More



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