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Aftermath of SOPA and PIPA: Let’s Talk IP

Aftermath of SOPA and PIPA: Let’s Talk IP

January 26th, 2012

The recently shelved SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (PROTECT-IP Act) bills that were up for consideration in the U.S. Congress have once more brought to the forefront a touchy subject, particularly with regard to the Internet: intellectual property (IP). With IT becoming such a critical underpinning of the U.S. and world economies, a frank reconsideration of the meaning and role of IP is long overdue. Re-evaluating Assumptions About Intellectual Property One missing item on the[...]

How to Bring the Green Revolution to Your Data Center Door

How to Bring the Green Revolution to Your Data Center Door

January 25th, 2012

Despite the fact that the cloud has increased enterprise sustainability, data center facilities around the globe are expected to consume 19 percent more energy in 2012 than in 2011, according to new research from Datacenter Dynamics. This is a bit concerning, considering that 29 percent of data center operators fear that there will not be enough energy to meet the growing demands of today’s high-consumption data centers within the next three years. This is a s[...]

Developing a Rapport Between Facilities and IT

Developing a Rapport Between Facilities and IT

January 24th, 2012

Facilities and IT have largely acted as separate entities in the data center, each with its own goals, priorities, concerns and procedures. A number of factors that have gained emphasis over recent years, however, make this separation problematic for companies. Since facilities and IT are ultimately working toward the same goal, establishing and nurturing a rapport between them can be a profitable venture. Here are some ways to do so. Ending the War Between Facilities and[...]

Top Tips for Migrating to the Cloud

Top Tips for Migrating to the Cloud

January 23rd, 2012

As the majority of today’s public sector organizations face the challenge of cutting costs across the board to meet government spending targets, one area that is coming under increasing scrutiny is IT infrastructure. As a result, cost-effective distributed IT platforms and services are being considered as an alternative to the costly proprietary minicomputers and mainframes on which many government organizations have relied for so long. Today, many critical legacy IT applications within public sector organizations sit o[...]

How to Justify the Cost of New Backup and DR Solutions

How to Justify the Cost of New Backup and DR Solutions

January 20th, 2012

I feel your pain: Your current backup application came out when Pong was all the rage in computer games, and you are keeping it running with spit, glue, duct tape, bailing wire and many long nights and weekends. You have no real disaster recovery (DR) strategy to speak of other than shipping tapes off site, and the last time you really tested DR with any reasonable hope of success was when your kids were still[...]


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Data Center Products You Should Be Aware Of

Data Center Products You Should Be Aware Of

January 24th, 2012

Data Center Products  Whatever the task—in a data center or elsewhere—you need the right tool. Jury rigging may be okay when you’re in a tight spot (for instance, you’re trying to bring your data center back online after a downtime event), but as a long-term strategy for operating your facility, it can be f..more...


Press Releases

Business Logic Attacks Attractive to Hackers, Imperva Finds

January 26th, 2012

Imperva (NYSE: IMPV), a pioneer and leader of a new category of data security solutions for high-value business data in the data center, today announced the release of the second..more...

FIBERTOWN Data Centers Boost Redundancy Through Multi-Carrier Connectivity

January 25th, 2012

FIBERTOWN Adds New Telecom Carriers FIBERTOWN, a provider of Houston colocation data centers and disaster recovery office space, announced the addition of new telecom carriers into its 50,000 sq.ft. North Houston..more...

Symform Announces Record Cloud Network Growth in 2011

January 25th, 2012

Symform Cloud Storage Service Grows Symform, a revolutionary cloud storage and backup service, today announced it has exceeded its growth projection for 2011, achieving an 800 percent increase in its user..more...


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