Tuesday, October 11, 2011

6 Steps to Boost Data Center Power and Cooling Efficiency

Inside ICS-CERT's war room | Fire at NYSE data center causes temporary disruption

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6 Steps to Boost Data Center Power and Cooling Efficiency
Increased energy efficiency in a data center can be reached without major changes to IT equipment or facilities. Here are six ways to get there. Read More


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CIO Perspectives Houston
CIO Perspectives is coming to Houston on November 2, 2011. Join your fellow Houston senior IT executives to discuss the latest strategies and technologies affecting organizations today. This is your best opportunity of 2011 to gain important insight on your most pressing IT and business issues. Register today!

WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies

Building the Next Generation Data Center
Virtualization promotes flexible utilization of IT resources, reduced capital costs, high energy efficiency, highly-available applications, and improved business continuity. Learn More

Inside ICS-CERT's war room
A tour of ICS-CERT facilities at Idaho National Labs. Meet the people who will get the call when the next Stuxnet worm strikes. Read More

Fire at NYSE data center causes temporary disruption
An electrical fire on Sunday at a data center of the New York Stock Exchange in Mahwah, New Jersey, affected communications connectivity to 58 trading firms, but the exchange expects "completely normal operations" for Monday's market open. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

The CIO's New Guide to Design of Global IT Infrastructure
Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster. Read now!

McNealy: I would have run HP if they'd asked me
Scott McNealy, the former chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems, would have accepted the job of running Hewlett-Packard if he had been asked, he said this week. Read More

Putting the QNAP T-1079 Pro NAS to the test
After wrestling with DSL modems for the last two issues, Gibbs finally gets to check out the QNAP T-1079 Pro NAS and he likes what he finds. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Case Study – Petrobas
Download the case study to learn how Riverbed deployed Steelhead® appliances to reduce Petrobras' backup window from 34 hours to four hours, improve application performance for remote workers to LAN-like speeds, and more. Read now!

The Year of the Virtual Desktop Fails to Materialize--Again
In mid-2010, as the number of Windows 7 betas spread and the clock ticked down to October, when the long-awaited replacement for XP would officially ship, computer vendors and analysts painted expected that a major new operating system would revive spending on x86-based PCs and servers, which had taken a hit since the recession began in 2008. Read More

GAO report: DHS data mining needs privacy oversight
Data-mining programs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are not fully reviewed by the agency for their effectiveness and, in some cases, for their compliance with privacy protection mandates, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Read More

Enterasys CEO: Total cost of ownership sets us apart
How's this for a challenge? The CEO dies suddenly and you're tabbed to take his place -- on the heels of your network infrastructure company entering into a major new strategic partnership and in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Oh, did I mention your competition includes some companies named Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks, among others? That's life for Chris Crowell, CEO of Enterasys Networks, who took over in 2009 shortly after predecessor Mike Fabiaschi's untimely death. Read More

Oracle snub of Benioff: Petty or just incompetent?
Petty or incompetent? There's no mistaking Marc Benioff's opinion: The Salesforce.com CEO believes he was booted from a 10:30 a.m. keynote spot today at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 by the shod foot of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. Benioff last night sent this tweet both pointing a finger at Ellison and inviting followers to hear him speak at an alternative venue: Read More



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26 helpful open source network management tools
Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, configure and map their networked devices. Here are 26 examples of open source network management software tools to help you do your job.

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