Seeking nirvana vision for the next-gen data center

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	Seeking nirvana vision for the next-gen data center There is basic agreement on the nirvana vision for the next-generation data center, but the tricky part is getting there from here. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Explore desktop access from any device 4. Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) allows end-users to access their desktops anywhere, anytime, on any device. Cisco VXI is the only solution to deliver an uncompromised, flexible, secure virtual workspace across the enterprise that combines virtual desktop, voice and video for an unparalleled end-user experience. Learn More In this Issue Cray to Build 20-Petaflop System Nixon Peabody: 300 physical servers were swapped for 30 VMware ESX servers Northrop Grumman: Virtualizing or retiring approximately 3,000 servers Allstate: Reduces nearly 3,000 servers or devices in 18 months Prudential Financial: 1,000 servers moved into a virtual environment State Street: Compression technology helped cut storage use by 50% NBC Universal: Retired or recycled 47 tons of hardware Kaiser Permanente: Slashes data center power by 7.2 million kilowatt-hours 2011 Top Green-IT Vendors EMC unveils all-SSD VNX, high bandwidth arrays 10 LinkedIn Tips to Boost Your Job Search UAE police claim Blackberry outage made driving safer WHITE PAPER: Infoblox Evolution of Network Services Portends IT Sea Change Mobility, virtualization and cloud computing are revolutionizing the way people work. What's more, the advent of IPv6 will further complicate matters. IT must find an answer through simplifying and automating network management tasks. View Now! Cray to Build 20-Petaflop System Cray was awarded a $97 million contract to build a supercomputer that could potentially deliver up to 20 petaflops of peak performance, or 20 quadrillion floating operations per second, to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Read More Nixon Peabody: 300 physical servers were swapped for 30 VMware ESX servers Boston-based law firm Nixon Peabody has elevated its focus on sustainability to the highest corporate level. A chief sustainability officer and a Green Operations Steering Committee lead green initiatives throughout the organization, and IT spearheads and enables much of the work. Read More Northrop Grumman: Virtualizing or retiring approximately 3,000 servers Northrop Grumman set an important environmental goal in 2010: to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by about 25% over the next five years. And Read More Allstate: Reduces nearly 3,000 servers or devices in 18 months Allstate Insurance has been pursuing energy-saving initiatives for several years, and it has seen a cumulative energy reduction of about 40% through more efficient data center operations and the use of virtualization, according to Anthony Abbattista, senior vice president of technology solutions. Read More WHITE PAPER: ExtraHop Application Performance Management In this eGuide, Network World, with sister publication CIO, offer news on the latest trends, best practices, and straightforward advice on these solutions and the challenges of managing application performance. Learn More! Prudential Financial: 1,000 servers moved into a virtual environment When Mary O'Malley became Prudential's environmental task force chairperson in 2007, she found that the company's IT department was already focused on being green. Read More State Street: Compression technology helped cut storage use by 50% The IT department at State Street has spent the past decade making its operations more energy efficient as part of an overall commitment to environmental stewardship at the financial services firm. But Madge Meyer, executive vice president, chief innovation officer and technology fellow, says the task is never truly finished. "We have a very mature program, so a part of our mission is to continue to drive down energy use," she says. Read More NBC Universal: Retired or recycled 47 tons of hardware NBC Universal had no room to expand its West Coast data center, located on the Universal City lot in Los Angeles. So Dan Johnson, senior vice president of platform technology, and his team recycled it. The data center refurbishing project, which CIO Christopher Furst refers to as "converting a brownfield," virtualized 60% of the physical servers and shut down 2,000 physical machines. Read More Kaiser Permanente: Slashes data center power by 7.2 million kilowatt-hours A tag-team effort by Kaiser Permanente's data center IT and facilities groups delivered a one-two punch to energy consumption in the company's three data centers this year, cutting an eye-popping 7.2 million kilowatt-hours of power from overall data center operations -- and over $770,000 from power budgets. "We are one of the few companies that have the data center facilities team as part of IT," says Steve Press, executive director of data center facilities services, who credits collaboration for the results. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Proactive Performance Management for Enterprise Databases In this Quest Software white paper, read about the inherent challenges of proactive database management, and the what to look for when choosing the right management tool for your company. Read it today. Read now! 2011 Top Green-IT Vendors Technology vendors and data center suppliers were also invited to participate in Computerworld's search for the Top Green-IT Organizations. These companies completed the same survey as the end user organizations and were judged on the same criteria -- most notably, on their IT departments' efforts to reduce energy consumption in their IT equipment, and to use technology to conserve energy and lower carbon emissions. Here are the top 12, in ranked order: Read More EMC unveils all-SSD VNX, high bandwidth arrays EMC today announced the availability of an all-solid state drive midrange VNX array with 10X the performance of previous models, as well as a high bandwidth option for its hard drive VNX models, offering 50% more bandwidth. Read More 10 LinkedIn Tips to Boost Your Job Search Is your job search lagging? Not seeing the results you'd like? Check out these ten expert tips from CIO.com's Kristin Burnham to enhance your search. Read More UAE police claim Blackberry outage made driving safer Make of this what you will: Police in the United Arab Emirates contend that last week's extended BlackBerry service outage significantly reduced traffic accidents there. From a story in The National, based in Abu Dhabi: Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 2011 tech industry graveyard Fortunately for the tech industry, there's a lot more living than dying, with 2011 seeing the birth of everything from Apple's iPad 2 to the Google+ social network. But inevitably, 2011 has also seen its share of dead, killed, murdered, offed, obliterated companies, technologies and ideas as well. Here's your chance to pay last respects, and who knows, maybe a few of these will sprout back to life. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here.Also: Please take our survey on certifications and your career MOST-READ STORIES iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Oct. 21 The Microsoft/Android war: Which patents are at stake? Cisco CEO's pay falls 32% Gartner: 10 key IT trends for 2012 Gartner: 16 long-held IT business practices you need to kill iPad 2 vs. business class tablets Cheap power: An overnight revolution Wi-Fi devices crowd 2.4GHz band; IT looks to 5GHz SQL injection attack has compromised nearly 200,000 ASP.Net sites Steve Jobs ranted, raged against Android as 'grand theft'
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