The data center fabric checklist you should know

	Some data center operators take their chances with floods | An IT bucket brigade relives Hurricane Sandy
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	The data center fabric checklist you should know Like anything in IT, there are several considerations to mull over before employing fabric technology to converge data center operations. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Fluke Networks Enter to Win a Visual TruView TruView is a unified application and network performance monitoring and troubleshooting appliance that solves problems FAST. Click here to enter to win an award winning Visual TruView. Click to continue In this Issue Some data center operators take their chances with floods An IT bucket brigade relives Hurricane Sandy Ex-Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie joins Hewlett-Packard's board Pick your hardware vision: Open Compute Project vs. 'data centers in a box' EMC bets on flash storage with ScaleIO buy Geek-themed Meme of the Week: No. 4 Products of the week 7.15.13 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Cisco Nexus 1000V delivers data center consistency to cloud Knowing is half the battle. And there are many technical challenges for virtualized network environments on the way to cloud-readiness. Gary Kinghorn, Senior Solution Marketing Manager at Cisco, and Bob Laliberte, Senior Analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), discuss these obstacles in this informative webinar. Learn how Cisco Nexus 1000V helps Some data center operators take their chances with floods Even most of those hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy are hardening their facilities instead of moving them entirely. In the storm-prone South, however, it's a different story. Read More An IT bucket brigade relives Hurricane Sandy The improbable tale of a diesel-fuel bucket brigade that kept a flooded Manhattan data center running in the wake of Hurricane Sandy is not retold with fondness by those who were involved, even if they do share a sense of pride in their achievements. Insider (registration required) Read More WEBCAST: HP Autonomy Dispelling Myths about Cloud–based Archiving Visit this Interactive Resource Center, designed to dispel any concerns you may have. It's packed with informative videos, whitepapers and case studies as well as Twitter feeds and a live Forum—everything you need to move confidently to the cloud. View Now! Ex-Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie joins Hewlett-Packard's board Hewlett-Packard's board of directors has received a major infusion of software know-how, with the addition of former Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie . Read More Pick your hardware vision: Open Compute Project vs. 'data centers in a box' There are two trends happening in the IT hardware market, each gaining momentum but offering very different ways of outfitting data centers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire Five Tips for Outsmarting the Information Age Adversary Today's attackers vigilantly wait for you to slip up before they strike your information systems and compromise your data. Learn five actions you can take to improve your information risk management and security strategy and stay one step ahead of the information age adversary. Read More EMC bets on flash storage with ScaleIO buy Boosting its portfolio of solid state storage technologies, EMC is acquiring ScaleIO, a purveyor of storage management software, for an undisclosed amount of cash. Read More Geek-themed Meme of the Week: No. 4 They are everywhere on the Internet. Most are cringe-worthy. A few are not, so I have started publishing a selection of memes that amuse me. Here's No. 4. If you'd like more: Geek-themed Meme of the Week: No. 3 Read More Products of the week 7.15.13 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Sophos and Symantec Read More
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