INFRASTRUCTURE
The Ten Commandments of Disaster Recovery
How much can a flawed disaster recovery and business continuity plan cost you? Try an average of $90,000 for every hour of downtime among corporations, according to Strategic Research. Whether we're talking a hurricane, flood, terrorism or simply a loss of power, CIOs must consider every worst-case scenario and come up with a comprehensive failover and response strategy. In fact, the... Read More »
Seven Ways to Cut Data Center Costs
If CIOs are looking to reduce expenses in a big way, they may want to schedule a visit to their data centers—even if they may not like what they see. Indeed, these facilities consume enough energy worldwide to power 30 nuclear power plants or every single home in Italy, according to research from Green House Data. And they... Read More »
Making Data Centers' Power Usage Visible
ARC Productions uses data center infrastructure management software to better understand how electricity is being consumed inside its data center.
Read More »When to Upgrade Your Network
The CIOs of the San Francisco Giants and Omnicom's Diversified Agency Services share what they are learned about when to upgrade a network.
Read More »IT Getting Tough on March Madness Activity
While it’s fun, the upcoming March Madness college hoops tournament clearly can disrupt your IT operations. In fact, four of ten IT pros say the resulting streaming downloads and other content demand will impact network traffic, according to previously reported Read More »
Data Loss, Outages and Disaster Recovery
When it comes to IT priorities, much of the day-to-day focus is on the cloud, productivity, and lately, mobility. Security is a large concern, but it’s typically viewed as a secondary concern after a particular technology or solution is introduced into the company. For many IT professionals, trying to keep every project on target, and determining exactly what’s needed next or... Read More »
Data Centers' Business Priorities in 2013
They'd like to find better ways to increase the agility of their operations, to help their organizations adeptly adjust to rapidly shifting business conditions. They seek new options to do more with less--as in less energy usage. And they realize they face a talent exodus due to baby boomer retirements, and must get more creative in recruiting, retaining and training new employees. In this... Read More »
Businesses Lack Insight Into Network Activity
Enterprises are increasing their investment into network-centric computing to improve end-user productivity, manage costs and increase IT efficiencies. But these advancements are also adding to the overall lack of visibility into ongoing network activity, according to a recent Read More »
Ten Ways to Get the Most out of Google+
With more than 250 million registered users, Google+ has now emerged as a top social-media player. CIOs and other senior technology managers can take advantage of this fast-rising star to increase their professional visibility while promoting their organization's products and services. In his new book, "What the Plus!: Google+... Read More »
Public Cloud Services Market Booming
The subscription Web services market is now forecast to grow 19.6 percent in 2012 to total $109 billion worldwide, up from projections of 12 percent to 15 percent. Read More »
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The Role of Standards in Cloud Security
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Ensuring Resources for Mission Critical Workloads
Application workloads can thrive in cloud environments,...
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Improving Security in the Public Cloud
One of the main concerns about moving data to a public...
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