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Jun 8

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  • Beyond Chef and Puppet: Ten essential DevOps tools
    DevOps requires a hefty toolbox for managing code builds; IT pros identified 10 DevOps tools — beyond Chef and Puppet — that are hot right now. …
  • Q&A: How Facebook uses Chef configuration management tools
    How Facebook manages hundreds of thousands of servers and multiple code releases per day using DevOps and Chef tool for configuration management. …
  • How to fix network holes and maintain a secure data center
    The key to a secure data center is diligence and monitoring. Here’s how to lock down your network against incursion. …
  • IT execs remain wary about shared IT budget control
    IT shops in conservative enterprises used to directing the IT budget may start to feel the growing power of digital marketing in budgeting decisions. …
  • The basics of selecting server memory
    Understanding modern memory helps IT professionals make the best choices for selecting a server memory configuration and upgrades. …
  • Big data analytics software for intelligence community goes commercial
    IT shops that need to analyze huge volumes of data can look to a newly available big data analytics tool that was previously reserved for the intelligence community. …
  • Examining vendor offerings in converged infrastructure market
    IT departments looking to make their lives easier are looking to the converged infrastructure market for the simplicity these platforms can deliver. …
  • Comparing popular converged infrastructure products
    Several big-name vendors have converged infrastructure products, but which one fits best in your data center? …
  • Embracing chaos theory as part of enterprise IT strategy
    Enterprise IT strategy has long been based on straight-line extrapolation, but the industry must learn to embrace chaos if it hopes to thrive. …
  • Developing an effective change management process requires tenacity
    Companies seeking an easy way to manage and monitor changes in their environment have a variety of tools to choose from to assist IT shops. …
  • Coming up with a new configuration and change management plan
    That old configuration and change management plan was unwieldy and out of reach, but the need for having one hasn’t gone away. …
  • Big data projects require big changes in hardware and software
    Spreading out storage and compute may ease the burden of big data projects on data center staff and infrastructure. …
  • Are there too many options for outsourcing data center operations?
    Outsourcing data center operations is popular among businesses seeking flexibility and low costs, but the plethora of providers muddies the water. …
  • Thanks to recent storms, the data center recovery plan gets a facelift
    Recent natural disasters inspire some IT pros to start working on a new data center recovery plan. …
  • Opscode files down steep learning curve with Chef 11
    Opscode’s Chef 11 beckons to enterprises with better scalability and new usability features for systems management automation. …
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    Data Center Journal

    Jun 8

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    Data Center Knowledge

    Jun 8

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  • Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of May 18th
    The Week in Review: Digital Realty enters the DCIM market, inside Microsoft’s Quincy campus, data center management goes virtual, another major data center for the New York region. …
  • The Quid Pro Quo of Trade Show Swag
    It’s data center trade show season. Compass Data Centers CEO Chris Crosby offers an entertaining reflection on trade show expo hall goodies at the Compass Points blog. …
  • IO Immersant Brings Virtual Reality to the Data Center
    Ready or not, virtual reality is coming to the data center. IO this week demonstrated a new application that provides a 3D visual representation of a customer’s data center environment, allowing them …
  • Friday Funny: Green Lighting in the Data Center
    It’s Friday so it’s time for Data Center Knowledge caption contest! This week: Kip and Gary take “green lighting” to new heights. Submit your captions now! …
  • AlteredScale Opens Doors at 601 Polk in Chicago
    Colcoation provider AlteredScale has opened its doors at 601 Polk In Chicago. The building, which has been around for over a century, is right in the heart of a central business district often strappe …
  • Data Center Jobs: RagingWire Data Centers
    At the Data Center Jobs Board, we have a new job listing from RagingWire Data Centers, which is seeking a Sr. National Account Manager (Sales Hunter) in San Francisco, California …
  • CyrusOne Launches Internet Exchange Across Sites
    CyrusOne introduced its National Internet Exchange (IX), an on-net platform deployed across CyrusOne facilities in Texas and Arizona. The platform enables high-performance, low cost data transfer and …
  • Latisys Launches Disaster Recovery as a Service
    Cloud service provider Latisys is offering disaster recovery as a monthly service (or DRaaS). The portfolio of DRaaS solutions ranges from simple offsite data backup to near-instantaneous continuous a …
  • Design Lifecycle: Leading Edge vs Current Practice
    One of the design issues facing data center operators is the projected life cycle of the facility, writes Julius Neudorfer. The data center is evolving at a much faster pace over the last several year …
  • Bionimbus Applies Cloud Power to Genetic Data-Crunching
    An ambitious project at the University of Chicago aims to lead the nation in biomedical computation, by making the region the largest hub in the world for genetic and medical information. At the foref …
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    Data Center News

    Jun 8

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  • At Google I/O, Glass wearers say 'trust us'
    Google is facing some tough questions from Congress over the privacy concerns raised by Glass, its fledgling augmented reality system for recording and receiving information on the fly. But on the gro …
  • Dell profit dives 79 percent on falling PC sales
    Dell reported another quarter of declining profits and revenue Thursday as CEO Michael Dell continues his fight to take the company private.
  • Swedish data center saves $1 million a year using seawater for cooling
    A data center in Sweden has cut its energy bills by a million dollars a year using seawater to cool its servers, though jellyfish are an occasional hazard.
  • Data centers show signs of 'green fatigue'
    A new survey from the Uptime Institute suggests fatigue is setting in when it comes to making data centers greener, and it may be partly due to overachievers like Google and Microsoft.
  • After tweeting from space station, astronauts return home
    A new crew is taking over the International Space Station after two NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut successfully returned to Earth Monday night.
  • Intel loses ground as world's top semiconductor company, survey says
    As Intel mulls a plan to expand its contract-manufacturing operations, the company has lost ground as the world's top semiconductor company to chip suppliers benefitting from the success of mobile …
  • Virginia Tech researchers create underwater spy robot
    Researchers at Virginia Tech have built an autonomous, robotic jellyfish that could someday work as an underwater military spy.
  • Icahn, Southeastern make alternative bid for Dell
    Investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have made a counter-offer for Dell that would keep the computer company still publicly traded, according to reports.
  • Houston, we have a leak. Space station losing ammonia
    NASA ground engineers and astronauts aboard the International Space Station are working together to fix an ammonia leak on the station.
  • Obama plays up 3D printing's military applications under new manufacturing plans
    3D printing has been attracting more attention in recent months as a tool to create gadgets, toys and miniature works of art. Now President Barack Obama thinks it can also play a role in strengthening …
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