CIO — Cloud technology is emerging as a viable option for companies that want to cut costs, increase agility or augment their own IT resources without building out new infrastructure — or all of the above. But deciding which type…
The first phase of Facebook’s data center in Prineville, Ore. will have a capacity for 28 MW of power, points out Data Center Knowledge. That’s about the same amount of power used by all the homes and businesses in the…
Technology experts may argue over the relative merits of the private cloud versus the public cloud, but the fact is that even moderately sized enterprises are bent on turning their static data architectures into flexible, service-oriented ones. The question remains,…
You know those cabling contests that try to get systems administrators to show off their racks? If this article from the MIT Technology Review is right, those may become a distant memory as researchers from the University of California, Santa…
What were the major trends in the data center industry during 2011? We’ve identified 10 trends that had a significant impact on the sector. Here’s our list: 1. The Cloud = Business for the Data Center Industry About once a…
