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Elastic IT resources transform data centers
12/04/08
The enterprise data center of the future will be a highly flexible and adaptable organism, responding quickly to changing needs.

Gartner's Top 10 disruptive data-center technologies
12/04/08
A new computing fabric replacing today's blade servers and a "pod" approach to building data centers are two of the most disruptive technologies that will affect the enterprise data center in the next few years.

Number crunching: Stats about energy consumption, virtualization and cloud computing
12/03/08
Gartner reveals how much data centers really cost, virtualization's impact on the enterprise, and other interesting data center metrics

Recession-proof jobs: Software design, network administration, IT security
12/03/08
The 25 most recession-proof jobs include several technology-focused career paths, such as software design and development, networking and systems administration, and IT security specialists.

Wanted: A long-term data center strategy
12/02/08
Global corporations do not have adequate policies for dealing with additional data centers gained through mergers, acquisitions and other factors.

VMware expands desktop virtualization capabilities
12/02/08
VMware has renamed and expanded upon its desktop virtualization software, with features that reduce storage requirements and allow offline access to desktops.

Talking Web, memory assistants and solar-powered cell phones headed mainstream, IBM says
11/26/08
A talking Web, solar technology embedded in windows and cell phones, and the end of forgetting will all come in the next five years, IBM predicts in its third annual Next Five in Five list.

New HP division makes data centers green
11/24/08
HP focuses on building green data centers with new consultancy division

How to survive a hurricane without halting business
11/24/08
Baton Rouge, La., firm Lamar Advertising uses data replication, co-location to survive hurricane.

Sports Web site goes virtual as it gears up for expansion
11/19/08
Fantasy sports site coasts along with server and I/O virtualization.

IT sector adds jobs despite economic turmoil
11/19/08
Surprising new findings from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the IT profession may be in far better shape than the job market as a whole.

IBM buy targets server consolidation
11/18/08
IBM's newest acquisition lets applications run on multiple platforms even if they were designed for a single type of microprocessor and operating system.

Spansion claims iPods violate flash patents in suit against Samsung
11/18/08
Patent lawsuit seeks to ban sale of iPods, BlackBerries and more flash-based devices.

Struggling Sun faces difficult choices about future
11/18/08
Bad times just keep getting worse at Sun Microsystems, and the vendor may face hard choices about which parts of its business to keep and which to shed.

Magic Johnson discusses video phones, Celtics-Lakers rivalry and today's NBA
11/17/08
Magic Johnson's businesses rely on Cisco TelePresence videoconferencing to communicate, cut costs on plane travel.

EMC forms Decho subsidiary, targets consumers' 'digital echo'
11/17/08
EMC has formed a new company known as Decho to help consumers manage personal information in the Internet cloud.

AMD Shanghai chips target virtualization performance
11/13/08
AMD's new Shanghai processors will improve performance of applications running in virtual machines with various features that reduce the amount of work required from a hypervisor.

Private cloud networks are the future of corporate IT
11/12/08
The future of enterprise IT is in private clouds, flexible computing networks modeled after public providers such as Google and Amazon yet built and managed internally.

Microsoft prepares new virtualization certifications
11/12/08
Microsoft is ramping up a new line of virtualization certifications to go hand-in-hand with its release of the Hyper-V server virtualization technology.

Sun debuts Amber Road storage lineup, boosts performance with flash memory
11/10/08
The use of flash memory to dramatically improve transaction processing highlights Sun Microsystems' new Amber Road line of storage appliances.

VMware acquires Trango, debuts mobile hypervisor
11/10/08
VMware is launching a hypervisor for mobile phones, letting handset makers design applications for multiple operating systems.

Egenera lays off 87 workers, refocuses on software
11/10/08
Economy, strategy shift behind Egenera's cost-cutting moves.

EMC unveils long-awaited cloud offering
11/10/08
EMC's long-awaited cloud storage offering helps businesses build and deliver Internet-based applications at massive scale.

IT shops renegotiate contracts to wring savings out of vendors
11/06/08
Six out of ten CIOs are trying to lower costs in 2009 by renegotiating IT vendor contracts.

Ex-Intel worker indicted on $1B trade secrets theft
11/06/08
An ex-Intel employee accused of stealing $1 billion worth of trade secrets and using them to help rival AMD was indicted in Massachusetts Wednesday.

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