IT
STEM, Life and Balance
Our technology-focused society can lead us to place undue emphasis on certain areas of life. Individuals—whether on their own or at the behest of employers or advisers—might for example think about their work-life balance (or lack thereof). The same need ... Read More »
Mind the Gap: Network Visibility and Programmability Are Essential to Software-Defined Data Centers
Thanks to virtualization, server systems administrators have become the heroes of IT. They’ve saved the organization money and they’ve become more responsive to business needs. Meanwhile, developers have continued on their ascent as the ruling class of not only IT, ... Read More »
Boston and Data Center Disaster Preparedness
Although the Boston Marathon bombing may be raising awareness of manmade disasters as a threat to data centers, a much different danger seems to have emerged from the situation. But is there anything companies can do to counter this new ... Read More »
The Birth and Death of Big Data
The era of big data is upon us. IBM estimates that 90% of the data in the world today was created in the last two years alone.[1] By 2020, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that the amount of digital ... Read More »
Pro & Con: Intellectual Property (Part 3)
With intellectual property (IP) coming under increasing scrutiny, society has the opportunity to evaluate the merits of IP and to either strengthen the current system or reform (or even eliminate) it. But proceeding wisely in this matter requires examination of ... Read More »
The KSS Principle: Keep Storage Simple(r)
Experts like to talk about the big trends driving the storage industry—trends like automation, flash and convergence. Although these trends are important, there are just two points for storage professionals, CIOs and business executives to bear in mind: the accelerating ... Read More »
CISPA and Internet Tax: While We Weren’t Looking
The recent Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent—and perhaps equally disturbing—de facto martial law imposed by authorities in pursuing two suspects captured the attention of the U.S. In the meantime, however, legislators have been busy with other tasks: namely, attempting ... Read More »
Time to Rethink Network Security
On August 15, 2012, Saudi Arabia’s national oil and gas company, Aramco, suffered a debilitating cyberattack. More than 30,000 computers were rendered inoperable by the Shamoon virus. U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta described this virus as the most destructive ... Read More »
Who (and What) Is Next for Intel?
Next month, outgoing Intel CEO Paul Otellini will step down from his post amid a recent earnings drop and questions about the company’s future. The chip giant has yet to name a successor, but the next CEO will take the ... Read More »
Industry Perspective: Effective Passwords to Protect Your Business
Industry Perspective is a regular Data Center Journal Q&A series that presents expert views on market trends, technologies and other issues relevant to data centers and IT. This week, Industry Perspective asks Bill Carey about how companies can ensure that ... Read More »
