Unplugging the data center

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	Unplugging the data center Nathan McBride joined AMAG Pharmaceuticals in 2008 with an ambitious goal: to rebuild IT using as little internal infrastructure as possible. He succeeded. Read More WEBCAST: VMware | IBM Virtualization Infrastructure With IBM and Vmware Virtualization technology is now expanding beyond the server compute elements to encompass networking and storage aspects as well. Learn More In this Issue HP creates a new way to sell data centers CIOs band together to lift Michigan's fortunes 10 Ways to Keep Windows XP Machines Secure Resume Makeover: How to Sell Your Tech Sales Skills EMC acquires flash storage startup DSSD Why ABM Is Migrating from VMware to Hyper-V SanDisk announces 4TB SSD, hopes for 8TB next year New products of the week 05.05.14 Don't forget how close Microsoft came to losing Novell lawsuit WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Survival Tips for Big Data's Impact on Network Performance The pressure is on to show tangible value from big data rollouts. Learn how performance monitoring tools can provide network managers and IT administrators insight and visibility into networks, infrastructures and applications far in advance, resulting in smooth transitions, accomplished network managers, and project success. Learn More HP creates a new way to sell data centers Hewlett-Packard is selling its data center services in a new way, via a program it calls "facilities as a service," or FaaS. Read More CIOs band together to lift Michigan's fortunes Three years ago, when David Behen signed on as the state of Michigan's CIO at the age of 42, he knew he didn't have all the knowledge or experience he would need to do the job. So he did what he says any good leader would do -- he asked for help. Read More 10 Ways to Keep Windows XP Machines Secure Now that Microsoft's support for the popular Windows XP operating system has ended, you'll need to use every trick in the book to stop your machines from being compromised. Read More WHITE PAPER: Limelight Networks Predictive Performance: Measuring the Digital Experience As websites get more immersive and more complex, organizations need to rethink what, and how, digital experience performance is measured. Speed (or responsiveness) is only one of several factors to consider. Learn More Resume Makeover: How to Sell Your Tech Sales Skills In this month's CIO.com Resume Makeover, the devil's in the details as career and resume expert Ross Macpherson takes a technology sales professional's resume from confusing to concise Read More EMC acquires flash storage startup DSSD EMC has agreed to acquire DSSD, a Silicon Valley startup developing technology for pooling server-based flash for high-performance data access. Read More Why ABM Is Migrating from VMware to Hyper-V Facilities solutions specialist ABM has more than 100,000 employees and customers around the world, all served by a small IT team struggling to deliver IT services to its constituents. It needed to find a way to deliver IT services faster and cheaper and says virtualization with Hyper-V is the way forward. Read More : CommVault Acxiom Case Study This case study, which focuses on Acxiom, explores how the company was able to secure employee data, reduce migration costs and boost productivity with the CommVault Edge software. Learn More SanDisk announces 4TB SSD, hopes for 8TB next year While announcing the launch of its new line of 4TB enterprise-class SSDs this week, SanDisk also said it plans to up the ante for capacity. Read More New products of the week 05.05.14 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Radware and CA Read More Don't forget how close Microsoft came to losing Novell lawsuit How close? Hung-jury close. No, make that single-juror, hung-jury close ... and even that single juror didn't see Microsoft as blameless. Read More
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