Building, and managing, the 21st century data center

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	Building, and managing, the 21st century data center Even if you've never heard of Flextronics you have probably used or benefited from one of the products this global digital equipment manufacturer has helped assemble -- a Microsoft Xbox 360, for example, or components that show up in everything from Cisco and Motorola devices to aerospace and automotive equipment. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Server Technology The one data center PDU that can do it all. Can your PDU Pivot? Introducing the PDU Power Pivot, the patented newest innovation from Server Tech, inventors of the intelligent PDU. The PDU Power Pivot's incredibly flexible design with a 90 degree rotatable power cord makes it the ultimate PDU for multiple racks and multiple facilities. See it in action today. Visit us at www.servertech.com/pdupowerpivot In this Issue New Juniper SDN device portends forklift upgrades for core Ethernet switch 10 Real-World Big Data Deployments That Will Change Our Lives DreamWorks tops compute-cycle record with 'The Croods' Deep inside Windows Blue: 10 coolest features in Microsoft's leaked OS eBay develops metric for data center performance New storage technologies to deal with the data deluge Dell confirms bids from Blackstone, Icahn group INSIDER Storage administrators demand simplicity WHITE PAPER: Cisco Design Guide: Cisco Virtualized Data Center, Version 2.2 Don't miss this in-depth guide. The Cisco VMTD system defines an end-to-end architecture, providing a reference for the migration or build-out of virtualized, highly-secure multi-tenant data centers for new cloud-based service models. Read Now New Juniper SDN device portends forklift upgrades for core Ethernet switch Any hopes Juniper EX8200 customers had that the core switch would grow to support next-generation 40/100G Ethernet, mobility, media-rich traffic, virtualization or cloud have been dashed. Read More 10 Real-World Big Data Deployments That Will Change Our Lives The amount of data in the world is increasing exponentially, doubling every 18 months. Here are 10 real-world big data deployments you may not have realized were driven by big data. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel® Accelerate Performance with High Performance Computing In this eGuide, articles from Computerworld and InfoWorld offer case studies, examples and opinions of how HPC can be applied to real-world problems today, and what the future of the technology is likely to hold. Read Now! DreamWorks tops compute-cycle record with 'The Croods' "The Croods" is the most sophisticated 3D film to date from DreamWorks, having taken 15 million more compute hours to render and 250TB of storage to make Read More Deep inside Windows Blue: 10 coolest features in Microsoft's leaked OS After an abundance of rumors, whispers, and slip-ups in job postings, we now have more concrete evidence of Microsoft's secretive Windows Blue operating system: An honest-to-goodness leak of an early build of the OS. Read More WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More. eBay develops metric for data center performance There's a maxim in the data center business that you can't manage what you can't measure, and eBay has come up with a new measurement for doing both. Read More New storage technologies to deal with the data deluge Enterprise storage demands are reaching a critical point, and vendors are scrambling to develop new products to deal with the data deluge. We look at how these technologies will help manage the major pain points for storage administrators. Read More Dell confirms bids from Blackstone, Icahn group Dell has received two counter-offers related to its plans to go private, with rival bids coming in from private equity fund manager Blackstone and entities associated with investor Carl Icahn. Read More INSIDER Storage administrators demand simplicity IT staffers at all levels are now tasked with managing data storage. They demand simplicity (but want power, too). Insider (registration required) Read More
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