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Addressing security across the systems architecture
It is important to secure every element of systems architecture for overall security. But as system complexity increases, a traditional approach to security may not do the job.Tip
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Consumerisation of IT: How to strategise enterprise device management
Amid the rising consumerisation of IT, the traditional “one-size-fits-all” strategy can fail. IT must develop an open approach to consumerisation of devices and use VDI.Tip
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2011's top 10 tips on data centre, cloud and server virtualisation
A collection of top 10 expert tips on data centres, cloud computing, server virtualisation and VDI for IT professionals to recap the technology highlights and how-tos of 2011.Feature
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Troubleshooting VM performance, capacity management woes
Problems stemming from performance and capacity management are big worries for virtualisation administrators. But there are tool sets and metrics they can use for troubleshooting.Tip
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Planning virtual infrastructure growth and a move to the cloud
Expanding your virtual infrastructure and a move to the cloud brings issues regarding servers, storage and networks. Manage the growth with strategic planning.Tip
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Solved: Tricky application virtualisation issues
Once IT team members understand the nuances of applications and virtualisation technology, desktop application virtualisation will be far less frustrating and time-consuming.Tip
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Assessing your server refresh options
Hardware updates are unavoidable, but you have to know when a server refresh will make the most sense. Here are factors that signal it’s time for an upgrade.Expert Advice
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Day one at BriForum London: Reporter’s log
A run down of BriForum London, which took place recently at Chelsea Football Club.Blog: Reporter's Log
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Future technology: A booming off-the-shelf cloud computing market, MTI predicts
UK integrator shares its five future technology predictions for 2011, including forecasts for data centres, virtualisation and off-the-shelf cloud computing technology.Expert Column
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Virtualisation in 2010 through a newbie's eyes
Senior News Writer Beth Pariseau, a storage industry veteran, looks back on her first year covering the server virtualisation market.Article | Fri Jan 07 00:00:00 EST 2011
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Gatwick Airport uses data centre decontamination service: news roundup
Gatwick airport’s initiative to improve performance and life of its IT; public sector’s progress in virtualisation and IT pros’ server management woes are this week’s highlights.News | Fri Mar 30 10:16:19 EDT 2012
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VKernel vOPS customers gain Quest integration sooner than anticipated
VKernel vOPS now includes Quest vFoglight and vOptimizer, just months after the merger. Is the knee-jerk integration right for tomorrow’s cloud infrastructures?News | Wed Mar 14 11:58:05 EDT 2012
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Data centre consolidation: Developing an on-going strategy
Data centre consolidation is an on-going process as businesses and technology constantly evolve. A strategy focused on considered and phased approach will be crucial for success.Tip
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2011's top 10 tips on data centre, cloud and server virtualisation
A collection of top 10 expert tips on data centres, cloud computing, server virtualisation and VDI for IT professionals to recap the technology highlights and how-tos of 2011.Feature
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Troubleshooting VM performance, capacity management woes
Problems stemming from performance and capacity management are big worries for virtualisation administrators. But there are tool sets and metrics they can use for troubleshooting.Tip
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Assessing your server refresh options
Hardware updates are unavoidable, but you have to know when a server refresh will make the most sense. Here are factors that signal it’s time for an upgrade.Expert Advice
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Day one at BriForum London: Reporter’s log
A run down of BriForum London, which took place recently at Chelsea Football Club.Blog: Reporter's Log
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The appeal of Citrix licensing: Hypervisors and per-server licenses
While Citrix chooses to license its XenServer technology on a per-server basis, VMware, its main competitor, opts for the counting-CPU-sockets approach.Expert Advice
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Data storage evolution keeps rolling along
Modern business requirements have steered data centres to adopt ever more efficient means of storing data.Expert Advice
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Virtual data centre tutorials
SearchVirtualDataCentre.co.UK’s tutorials provide IT professionals with the latest information on data centre management, design and infrastructure, using virtualisation technologies, backup and disaster recovery, power, cooling, costs, cabling and more.Tutorial
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Gatwick Airport uses data centre decontamination service: news roundup
Gatwick airport’s initiative to improve performance and life of its IT; public sector’s progress in virtualisation and IT pros’ server management woes are this week’s highlights.News | Fri Mar 30 10:16:19 EDT 2012
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Take storage pressure off hypervisors by using dedicated disk arrays
Making hypervisors and virtual servers work overtime to cope with data explosions affects their performance. Some IT pros are using dedicated disk arrays for storage management.Tip
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VKernel vOPS customers gain Quest integration sooner than anticipated
VKernel vOPS now includes Quest vFoglight and vOptimizer, just months after the merger. Is the knee-jerk integration right for tomorrow’s cloud infrastructures?News | Wed Mar 14 11:58:05 EDT 2012
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A data centre infrastructure strategy fit to support business growth
An organisation’s data centre infrastructure strategy must be able to provide a flexible IT platform that can attune itself to changing business needs.Tip
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Data centre consolidation: Developing an on-going strategy
Data centre consolidation is an on-going process as businesses and technology constantly evolve. A strategy focused on considered and phased approach will be crucial for success.Tip
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How IT can convince stakeholders of the value of technology projects
IT professionals must take data centre measures to convince stakeholders of the business value of technology projects. This will help IT emerge as a valuable business resource.Tip
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Addressing security across the systems architecture
It is important to secure every element of systems architecture for overall security. But as system complexity increases, a traditional approach to security may not do the job.Tip
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Virtualisation technologies: hits and misses of 2011
Amid a slew of virtualisation products and management suites that emerged in 2011, some products such as Spring platform impressed users, while others such as VMware MVP didn’t.News | Mon Dec 19 05:19:32 EST 2011
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2011's top 10 tips on data centre, cloud and server virtualisation
A collection of top 10 expert tips on data centres, cloud computing, server virtualisation and VDI for IT professionals to recap the technology highlights and how-tos of 2011.Feature
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Troubleshooting VM performance, capacity management woes
Problems stemming from performance and capacity management are big worries for virtualisation administrators. But there are tool sets and metrics they can use for troubleshooting.Tip
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Gatwick Airport uses data centre decontamination service: news roundup
Gatwick airport’s initiative to improve performance and life of its IT; public sector’s progress in virtualisation and IT pros’ server management woes are this week’s highlights.News | Fri Mar 30 10:16:19 EDT 2012
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Is the UK government right to ask suppliers to cut IT contract costs?
As the UK government asks 19 of its largest suppliers to cut IT contract costs, questions of fairness are raised.Tip
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Frameworks or platforms for IT infrastructure management: Are they worth it?
The utility of frameworks for IT management has been hotly debated. Are they worth it? Do they save time? Defining what frameworks actually are is the first step. Richard Ptak will drive to do just that in his first column for SearchDataCenter.com on the topic.Tip
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Resurrecting a failed ITSM implementation
With each failed IT Service Management (ITSM) implementation, these projects become more difficult to complete. An expert outlines how to identify the cause of a failed ITSM implementation and how to bring about organisational change and successful adoption.Tip
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OGC certification enables out-of-the-box ITIL tools
The Office of Government Commerce has implemented a certification programme to ensure that IT Infrastructure Library tools support the terminology and best practices of ITIL v3.Article | Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2009
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Troubleshooting VM performance, capacity management woes
Problems stemming from performance and capacity management are big worries for virtualisation administrators. But there are tool sets and metrics they can use for troubleshooting.Tip
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HP and Oracle settle legal spat over Hurd hiring
HP and Oracle have agreed to settle their legal spat over the hiring of Mark Hurd; plus more daily news.Article | Tue Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2010
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Microsoft makes Windows HPC Server more Linux friendly
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Beta 2 will work with Linux, but is this capability enough for Microsoft to gain ground in supercomputing?Article | Thu Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010
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High-availability solutions in nonvirtualised environments
High-availability solutions ensure uptime and help avoid infrastructure problems. But without virtualisation, their hardware and software requirements can be quite pricey.Tip
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High-availability clustering in virtual data centres
High-availability clustering offers more server choices and easier storage methods in virtual environments. It also reduces the risk of crashes and improves server maintenance.Tip
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RES Software offers VDI management suite: News Roundup
RES Software launches suite of management features to aid virtual desktop deployments; Veeam backup and replication increases speed of virtual servers at The Pensions Trust; Overland Storage launches iSCSI SAN with hooks into VMware and Hyper-V; and other news of the week.Article | Fri Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2010
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Second look at HPC: Is retail ready for supercomputing?
Five years ago, IT pundits said nontraditional supercomputing customers, specifically retailers, would soon buy high-performance computing, or HPC, for business intelligence. Did those predictions come true?Tip
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VMware software on smartphones: News roundup
VMware software on smartphones; new intelligent workload roadmap for Novell; and other news of the week.Article | Thu Dec 10 00:00:00 EST 2009
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With Hyper-V's clustering and storage, who needs HA?
Hyper-V detractors say that the hypervisor's lack of high availability (HA) makes it inferior to VMware. But with Windows clustering features and storage options available in Hyper-V, SMBs may not need HA.Tip
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Server cluster failure considerations to maintain a fault-tolerant data centre
Server clustering can help you achieve a fault-tolerant data centre, but cluster failures can cause problems if your heartbeat monitoring system is on the same network as your production workload. An expert discusses the problems he encountered with VMware High Availability (HA) heartbeat monitoring and VM host failures and how his company decided to solve the problem.Tip
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