IT
Remote Testing: the Achilles Heel of Cloud Services
Cloud services provide a new and promising opportunity for enterprises to address the growing complexity of information technology (IT). The availability of smartphones and the expectation of immediate and simple access to both private and company-specific information globally are driving ... Read More »
MeriTalk: Government IT Virtualization Gaining Steam
If there’s a trend in an industry toward greater energy efficiency, lower operating costs and reduced existing infrastructure, you can bet that government will be the last one on the bandwagon—and IT virtualization is no exception. Nevertheless, MeriTalk has reported ... Read More »
Put Your CPUs Back to Work in Your Data Center
Central processing units (CPUs) in enterprise servers are the brains of the data center, yet CPU inefficiency is one of the most overlooked issues in IT today. Just as high unemployment creates an idle economy, CPU underutilization creates idle data ... Read More »
Aftermath of SOPA and PIPA: Let’s Talk IP
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 ... Read More »
Developing a Rapport Between Facilities and IT
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. ... Read More »
Top Tips for Migrating to the Cloud
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 ... Read More »
How to Justify the Cost of New Backup and DR Solutions
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 ... Read More »
Computer Economics IT Salary Report: Stagnation in 2012
In its 2012 IT Salary Report, Computer Economics projects that despite the worst of the economic recession having ostensibly past, IT salaries in 2012 will still fail to show marked improvement. Despite a net increase in dollars, most raises for ... Read More »
Maximizing Consolidation ROI with Real-Time Data Integration
Too many platforms, too many technologies and too many vendors to manage—this is a familiar complaint from many IT managers these days. While trying to keep up with the exponential data growth and demand for performance and innovation, most enterprises ... Read More »
Women in the Data Center
To illustrate the status of men and women in the data center, picture a computer geek in your mind. Now, be honest: do you envision a man or a woman? Chances are, you probably imagined a man (pocket protector, thick-rimmed ... Read More »
