http://www.cio.com/ en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:53:09 GMT 2009-11-07T17:53:09Z en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/506923/Data_Center_Start_Up_Offers_Energy_Saving_Software?source=rss_data_center A data center start-up is exiting stealth mode with technology that reduces power and cooling costs by analyzing the energy consumption of IT equipment and applications. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jon Brodkin <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506923/Data_Center_Start_Up_Offers_Energy_Saving_Software?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506884/Google_Dashboard_Gives_You_a_Bird_s_Eye_View_of_Your_Cloud?source=rss_data_center If the size of your Google cloud is starting to look like Act IV of A Perfect Storm, you'll probably be interested in the company's latest feature, Google Dashboard--a one-stop shopping overview of all your Google cloud services, with links to preferences and privacy settings for each. (The Dashboard link is somewhat buried on your account settings page, so you might want to bookmark google.com/dashboard.) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jeff Porten <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506884/Google_Dashboard_Gives_You_a_Bird_s_Eye_View_of_Your_Cloud?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506804/Cisco_EMC_Cloud_Packages_Proprietary_but_May_Not_Cause_Lock_in?source=rss_data_center The private cloud packages developed by Cisco and EMC could integrate with existing internal clouds. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jon Brodkin <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506804/Cisco_EMC_Cloud_Packages_Proprietary_but_May_Not_Cause_Lock_in?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506719/Beware_Cloud_Computing_s_Hidden_Costs?source=rss_data_center Companies need to explore a multitude of related cloud expenses to ensure that costs don't ultimately outweigh the technology's benefits. Chris Curran shares some key questions regarding architecture, process and flexibility. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Chris Curran <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506719/Beware_Cloud_Computing_s_Hidden_Costs?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506615/Acadia_Gets_Cloud_Computing_Venture_Rolling_in_Asia?source=rss_data_center Cisco Systems, EMC and VMware hope to soon sign the first Asian customers for their cloud-computing partnership and Acadia joint venture. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Sumner Lemon <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506615/Acadia_Gets_Cloud_Computing_Venture_Rolling_in_Asia?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506639/Cisco_EMC_VMware_Partnership_is_a_Long_Shot?source=rss_data_center Cisco, EMC and VMware today joined forces to sell products as a private cloud offering to enterprises. Called the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition, the announcement was called "unprecedented," something destined to lead to "greater IT infrastructure flexibility." Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Lucas Mearian <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506639/Cisco_EMC_VMware_Partnership_is_a_Long_Shot?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-03T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506586/Rackspace_Cloud_Suffers_Third_Outage_Since_June?source=rss_data_center Rackspace suffered another data center failure Tuesday that caused outages for its cloud computing customers, the third such incident since late June. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jon Brodkin <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506586/Rackspace_Cloud_Suffers_Third_Outage_Since_June?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-03T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506585/Cisco_EMC_Unveil_Data_Center_Joint_Venture?source=rss_data_center Cisco and EMC this week unveiled their anticipated collaboration, which will provide integrated products and services for customers building private cloud computing infrastructures. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jim Duffy <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506585/Cisco_EMC_Unveil_Data_Center_Joint_Venture?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-03T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506522/Unisys_Official_Says_Cloud_Computing_Can_Save_Money_By_Eliminating_U.S._Jobs?source=rss_data_center Cost savings generated by replacing U.S. workers with IT persons from India was cited as a benefit of private cloud computing Monday afternoon by a Unisys official at a technical conference. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Paul Krill <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506522/Unisys_Official_Says_Cloud_Computing_Can_Save_Money_By_Eliminating_U.S._Jobs?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-02T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506504/ArcSight_Adds_Unstructured_Log_Analysis_with_Logger_4?source=rss_data_center Event management vendor ArcSight will soon start selling a new version of its product, designed to mine unstructured computer logfiles for signs of hacking or illegal activity. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Robert McMillan <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506504/ArcSight_Adds_Unstructured_Log_Analysis_with_Logger_4?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-02T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506488/The_Incredible_Shrinking_Data_Center?source=rss_data_center Tom Gonzales is planning to shrink his company's data center footprint from 45 feet by 15 feet to a mere 12 feet by 12 feet -- and he couldn't be happier. "We're using more space than we need," he says. "We're going to return some of that to the company." Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT John Edwards <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506488/The_Incredible_Shrinking_Data_Center?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-02T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506475/CRM_Tips_The_Fixed_Price_is_Not_Right?source=rss_data_center Many companies buy CRM consulting services the way they buy hardware: Fixed price. What if this just isn't the right model, no matter how good a price you get? Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT David Taber <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506475/CRM_Tips_The_Fixed_Price_is_Not_Right?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-02T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506430/Cisco_s_Data_Center_Guru_Talks_Direction_Strategy?source=rss_data_center As a 13 year Cisco veteran, John McCool, senior vice president and General Manager of Cisco's Data Center Switching and Services Group, has seen a boatload of change. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT John Dix <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506430/Cisco_s_Data_Center_Guru_Talks_Direction_Strategy?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-02T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506428/Four_Considerations_for_SSD_Deployment?source=rss_data_center While solid state drives offer increased performance, the key to figuring out the role they can play in the data center is balancing that performance against cost. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Bob Fine <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506428/Four_Considerations_for_SSD_Deployment?source=rss_data_center 2009-11-02T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506186/Secrets_of_Successful_Data_Centers?source=rss_data_center A look at what makes data centers successful. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Neal Weinberg <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506186/Secrets_of_Successful_Data_Centers?source=rss_data_center 2009-10-29T04:00:00Z