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    Cooling heat problems

    How IT quelled meltdown from a 102-degree data center from hell.

  • BEASTLY STORAGE

    Nexsan’s monster array Scales from 336TB to a 4PB in capacity -- and is energy-efficient, too.

    Nexsan’s monster array

    Scales from 336TB to a 4PB in capacity -- and is energy-efficient, too.

  • IT ROADMAP

    When virtual servers fail Marathon CTO Jerry Melnick explains how EverRunVM makes sure your customers won't even notice.

    Virtualization to the rescue!

    Virtualization helps whittle disaster recovery time from weeks to hours.

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  • Q&A: Procter & Gamble CIO on HP outsourcing deal

    In a Forbes.com interview, Procter & Gamble CIO Filippo Passerini discusses the company’s decision to outsource its IT operations to HP – just one example of corporate commitment to “extract more value through external alliances.” As part of the outsourcing arrangement, P&G pays for data-center capacity on a per-unit basis, with the costs scaling down as volumes increase, he describes.

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  • Does virtualization mean an end for Linux operating systems?

    In an iTWire story, David Williams ponders whether virtualization will be the death knell for Ubuntu, Red Hat, SUSE and other Linux variants. But then he comes around to his short answer: “No” – at least not for home or business users. But in the data center, that might be another matter. Linux on big data center iron makes less sense in the face of virtualization, he says.

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  • Apple is seen as green

    Citing the results of GreenFactor, a global green enterprise IT study, ConnectIT reports that IT professionals surveyed most associated the following brands with green technology: Apple, HP, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Sony, and Dell. Not so green, according to respondent perception, were SAP, Alcatel-Lucent, Nortel, and EMC, ConnectIT reports.

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  • Data as fortress, but modular

    When its winds reach gale force or fire rages, a pre-fab, modular data center might help save the data. Data Storage Today notes the potential in a piece on iFortress, a seven-year-old company that makes metal-based panels that can be assembled into a room capable of protecting equipment against myriad disasters.

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  • CONVERGING ON MICROSOFT

    Podcast/Video: Xobni & Co-Founder Matt Brezina by Mitchell Ashley

    If you aren't using the Xobni plugin for Microsoft Outlook, then its time to upgrade from stone knives and bear skins to some new email + social networking tools. I had the pleasure of interviewing Xobni co-founder Matt Brezina earlier this year about Xobni, back when it was still in closed...

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