Inside Facebook's Data Center: Where Likes Live

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NETWORKING UPDATE    Friday, March 08, 2013 News   |   Commentary   |   Slideshows   |   Reports   |   Videos   |   TechCenters   |   Events   |   RSS Feeds   TOP STORY Facebook's Data Center: Where Likes Live By Charles Babcock Welcome to the Oregon high desert, where Facebook's two "data halls" store all of your likes while the company pursues energy efficiency on a new scale. MUST READ U.K. Ranked Tops In European Broadband Study Britain has set steep goals for broadband adoption; Ofcom study aims to see how well it's doing compared to other European countries. SDN: Focus On The Possibilities, Not Just The Technology Engineers tend to focus on the limitations of the tools we own. That can all change, if we play our cards right. Collision Course: SDN And Server Virtualization With every data center resource -- compute, storage and networks -- now virtualized, the push is on to consolidate operational control. Oracle Appliance Upgrade Goes Beyond Database Oracle Database Appliance X3-2 update adds higher-capacity hardware, but virtualization unlocks a world of new compute possibilities. MORE NETWORKING NEWS ALSO IN THIS EDITION • Collision Course: SDN And Server Virtualization • Oracle Appliance Upgrade Goes Beyond Database • Strategy: Heading Off Advanced Social Engineering Attacks • How to Optimize the Virtualized Data Center • Facebook's New Look Pays Homage To Google+ • Cloud Perception vs. Reality • Cloud Connect Silicon Valley JOIN THE CONVERSATION Posted By mbushong: "Our collective inability to end-of-life things will ultimately determine whether SDN becomes another feature with the same old solutions, or it becomes a new way of doing new things." In reply to: SDN: Focus On The Possibilities, Not Just The Technology View Entire Response | Post Your Own Reply     INSIDE THIS WEEK'S ISSUE OF INFORMATIONWEEK: GET (TRULY) SOCIAL Companies must build more social networking bridges to customers, suppliers and partners -- not just among internal users. Also in our new, all-digital issue: Instead of worrying about overseas hackers, worry about the sorry state of your information security defenses. DOWNLOAD NOW FREE (Registration Required)     REPORTS & WHITEPAPERS: FEATURED REPORT Strategy: Heading Off Advanced Social Engineering Attacks Social engineering attacks are getting increasingly sophisticated, but there's only so much the law and technology can do to protect your organization. In this Dark Reading report, we detail how a social engineering attack is developed and what IT professionals can do to prevent their users from being targets and victims. DOWNLOAD NOW (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) MORE REPORTS FEATURED WHITEPAPERS How to Optimize the Virtualized Data Center A top priority for IT organizations is improving data center performance. With the integration of VMware and Dell EqualLogic, find out how you can ensure that the virtualized data center responds effectively to changing business requirements. DOWNLOAD NOW (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) MORE WHITEPAPERS   MOST POPULAR STORIES Facebook's New Look Pays Homage To Google+ Facebook's redesigned News Feed reminds many of Google+. For users, the revamp provides more control -- and some changes on the ad front. Facebook's Futuristic Data Center: Inside Tour Facebook's cutting-edge data center in the high desert of Oregon represents the future. Take a look at the technologies and choices that make it tick. IT Talent Shortage Or Purple Squirrel Hunt? Employers press for H-1B increases, while job hunters say searches seem designed to rule out U.S. workers. Is there really an IT talent shortage?? 8 LinkedIn Etiquette Mistakes LinkedIn is not just another social network like Twitter where anything goes. Avoid these "don'ts" and avoid becoming a LinkedIn pariah. 10 Best Android Apps Of 2012 Check out these 10 gems that stood out from the crowd of 700,000 Android apps.   WEBCASTS: Cloud Perception vs. Reality The benefits of cloud solutions include elastic scalability, better availability, faster time to market and attractive "pay-as-you-go" pricing. But how much will it cost? In this webcast (Tuesday, March 12, 2013) you'll hear from industry leaders and forward thinking analysts on the latest cloud trends, cloud platform comparisons including cost, security and manageability -- and much more! More Information & Registration MORE WEBCASTS   RESOURCES AND EVENTS: Cloud Connect Silicon Valley Cloud Connect returns to Silicon Valley, April 2-5, 2013, for four days of lectures, panels, tutorials and roundtable discussions on a comprehensive selection of cloud topics taught by leading industry experts. Use Priority Code DIWEEK2 by Jan 26 to save up to $500 with Early Bird Savings. It happens March 25-29 in Orlando, Fla.

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