There’s been a bit of a debate raging over whether or not Amazon EC2 has been oversubscribed and is suffering from performance problems because it. The discussion started when Alan Williamson wrote a blog post on Tuesday that said he…
There is no doubt that cloud computing is dominating today’s IT conversation among C-level security executives. Whether it’s due to the compelling cost saving possibilities in a tough economy, or because of perceived advantages in provisioning flexibility, auto-scaling, and on-demand…
HP, IBM, and Yahoo were among the recipients of grants from the Department of Energy for projects aimed at making data centers more energy efficient through innovative components, better power supplies and improved cooling tchnologies. The $47 million in federal…
Tonight I was reading on the challenges of cloud computing. I’m not sure how these “security issues” with the data center cloud get blown into these kinds of issues. The first issue is that cloud providers place several customer’s data…
What are the events that trigger significant change in the data center? I talk to organizations every day who are planning changes to their enterprise data center facilities. Here are a few of the common business events that cause change…
