How Surveillance Impacts Cloud and Data Center

Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Sep 9, 2013

With more information, users and devices requesting data, there are many privacy and protection challenges.

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Tags: Data Center, Cloud, Surveillance, Impact

Building Blocks of Successful Corporate IT

Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Sep 5, 2013

Disruptions in business models, technology, and work force have led to new challenges for CIOs and technology leaders. The business starts to see technology cost rise due to increased need and not mismanagement thus forming a circle.

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Tags: IT, Building Blocks, Corporate

Are Employees Putting Your Company’s Data at Risk?

Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Sep 4, 2013

With flexibility come security risks associated with intellectual property and company data. Clearly, the need to distribute data externally and do so quickly is growing.

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Tags: employees, Company’s Data, Risk

Washington Post Site Hacked

Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Sep 3, 2013

Washington Post acknowledged that a sophisticated phishing attack against the site led to hacking of Web site.

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Tags: Washington Post, Hacked, Phishing

Cloud Begins With Coal

Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Aug 29, 2013

The average square foot of data center uses 100 to 200 times more electricity than does square foot of modern office building.

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Tags: Data Center, Cloud, coal

Energy Efficiency Improvement Techniques For Data Centers from The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Aug 28, 2013

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Tags: Data Centers, Energy Efficiency, Improvement, Techniques, Electric Power Research Institute, EPRI

5 Data Center Network Management Tips from “The Breakfast Club”

Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Aug 27, 2013

Here is a fun way to look at network management tips from “The Breakfast Club.”

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Tags: Data Center, Tips, Network Management, “The Breakfast Club”

How Robots Can Simplify Data Center Management

Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Aug 26, 2013

There is growing need to remove heat generated by the equipment, effectively and efficiently. RFID tags, laser and barcode identifiers can create data center automation.

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Tags: Robots, Data Center Management

Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) Market: $5.4B By 2018?

Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Aug 23, 2013

Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (combines software defined networking (SDN), software defined storage and software defined servers)) market is planned to grow 70% annually through 2018 (from $396.1 million in 2013 to $5.41 billion in 2018).

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Tags: SDDC, Software Defined Data Center, future trends

U.S. Department of Energy is Hacked Again

Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Aug 22, 2013

U.S. Department of Energy has again been hacked. Employees hackers have gained personal information on 14,000 current and former staff, with data including names and social security numbers.

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Tags: U.S., Department of Energy, Hack