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Cisco's network-centric view of the virtual data center
Cisco VFrame Data Center promises to provision on demand the resources needed to keep a virtual data center running, but industry
watchers speculate if a network approach to technologies predominantly being used for systems and applications will be anything
more than a complementary tool.
Virtual goo
Multivendor and multidomain virtualization technologies potentially hold the key to a flexible, fluid resource on-demand data
center, but industry watchers and enterprise IT executives alike say the technology needed to control and optimize such environments
is not available today.
How one cash-strapped school district improved application performance
Using Silver Peak's NX Series WAN-acceleration appliances, the North Vancouver School District now can run podcasts and videoconferences,
among other applications, across saturated WAN links.
Four ways to improve IT and get better application performance
Here are four tips on how to improve IT and get better application performance.
Dear IT: Forget the technology
Optimizing applications end to end requires changes to the IT organization, not just new technology.
Four cool network optimization start-ups
Talari Networks, Aspera, FastSoft and Strangeloop Networks are four cool start-ups offering network optimization and application
acceleration.
Pimp your apps
Application performance will soar as traditional acceleration technologies merge and end-to-end optimization becomes a reality.
IBM’s answer to IT skills crunch: Woo students
IBM is reaching out to college students with new bundles of Web-based information, tools and software to help them hone the
skills they’ll need for fast-growing IT job opportunities.
Gas manufacturer defends SCADA systems
A large medical-grade gas firm is installing intrusion-prevention systems to circumvent security problems that the government
fears are a menace to power utilities and other essential industries.
Wall Street becoming Linux stronghold
NEW YORK -- Wall Street firms increasingly are buying into Linux, but some still need convincing that open source licensing
and support models won't make using the technology more trouble than its worth.
Pepsi bottler swallows skepticism, gives virtualization a try
Once skeptical of virtualization, IS manager at G&J Pepsi Cola Bottling Company in Cincinnati is leading a server and storage
virtualization project.
Even with $4 gas, demand for telework unmet, survey says
Even as gas prices hit historic highs in the U.S., most residents can't telecommute, according to a new survey released by
advocacy group Telework Exchange.
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