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Half of All Virtual Machines are Not Secure, Study Finds

Roughly half of all businesses that use virtualized infrastructure are only "partially protected," according to a new Kaspersky Lab report, "Global IT Security Risks Survey 2014-Virtualization."
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MSPs Can Use Network Virtualization to Strengthen Positions, Save Money

New research shows that network virtualization is set to transform every aspect of the telecom industry, from technological and operational practices to the entire cultural infrastructure.
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Network Virtualization Set to Transform Telecom, Lead to Demands on Data Center Power

Network virtualization will completely transform the telecom industry, permeating every aspect of technological, operational and cultural infrastructure, new research shows.
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Survey Finds Securing Virtualized Infrastructure Should Be a High IT Priority

A recent survey from Kapersky Lab found that one out of four IT professionals claim little to no understanding of their options for virtualization security.
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Report Predicts Growth in Global Modular Data Center Market

A new research report is predicting that the global modular data center market will grow from $6.52 billion in 2014 to $26.02 billion by 2019.
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Server Technology, Lantronix Form Marketing Partnership

Server Technology and Latronix recently formed a marketing partnership that mingles Server Technology's power management solutions with Lantronix' existing line of remote IT management products for a best of breed solution.
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Micromarket Monitor Report: Turbo Growth for SDN in North America

With the rise in mobile devices, data traffic has increased significantly, and as cloud environments grow and networks become more complex, programming and automation have been thrust into the foreground.
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Johns Hopkins University Achieves High Performance Virtualization Breakthrough

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Air and Missile Defense Department's Combat Systems Development Facility has achieved a major breakthrough in virtualization according to GCN.
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Scaling and Proper Maintenance of VDI

In order to properly maintain virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), how important is scaling? After all, there are many questions which arise related to scaling and VDI.
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How to Drive Successful Virtualization

If you haven't taken your data, applications and processes virtual, it's likely in your long-term plan. Virtualization delivers considerable benefits for the organization ready to take that leap.
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New Cloud Storage Model Could Save Customers Money

Data centers are on the rise as storage is growing at exponential rates, sucking up all the racks evacuated by server virtualization.
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CloudPhysics Offers Solutions to Virtualization Problems

Virtualization has become an integral part of every business, and it is estimated that more than 98 percent of companies use some form of virtualization today.
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Enthusiasm for Cloud Computing Could Fall to Security Concerns

Like the wave of outsourcing that swept businesses only a few decades ago, the cloud is taking businesses along for the ride of a lifetime.
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Survey: SDN Market Size to Hit $3,670 Million by 2019

Businesses are always searching for cheap and efficient methods to manage networks while addressing the network issues faced commonly in running critical business applications.
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Advanced PDUs Provide Key Benefits in Data Centers

Advanced PDUs have many benefits, such as lower administrative costs, simpler installation and improved agility, a recent report concludes.
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Celeno OptimizAIR 2.0 to Power Edimax 802.11ac Home Routers

With the explosion of secondary internet devices including tablets, smartphones and connected home devices, managing home networks is getting more challenging. Moreover, current day consumers are expecting to have an optimized home Wi-Fi network that can ensure the high quality of service, video-grade WiFi performance across multiple screens consuming HD content throughout the home. With Airtime management technology, service providers can effectively manage Wi-Fi networks, and deliver good quality service.
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Cadence, Intel Team Again; Now for 14nm Tri-Gate Design Platform

Cadence Design Systems, a provider of electronic design automation solutions, enhanced its cooperation with Intel Corporation by extending its support to enable Intel's 14nm Tri-Gate design platform for customers of Intel Custom Foundry.
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Celeno OptimizAIR 2.0 to Power Edimax Home Routers

With the explosion of secondary Internet devices including tablets, smartphones and connected home devices, managing home networks is getting more challenging. Moreover, consumers are expecting to have an optimized home Wi-Fi network that can ensure the high quality of service, video-grade WiFi performance across multiple screens consuming HD content throughout the home. With Airtime management technology, service providers can effectively manage Wi-Fi networks, and deliver good quality service.
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Small Business Virtualization is the Key to Competitive Strategies

Businesses that don't take a leap into emerging virtual technologies will be left behind by those that do, and small businesses in particular have the most to gain from virtualization.
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Storage Growth, Business Growth, and Virtualization are Top Data Center Growth Drivers in Europe: Annual Digital Realty Survey

In a recent survey, Storage growth, business growth, and the virtualization of critical applications was said to be the greatest drivers for data center capacity growth in Europe.
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Proper Data Center Capacity Planning is Key to Success

As cloud computing and big data become pervasive in the world of technology, the need for bigger and better data centers is paramount. Strategic planning of those facilities, from building a new structure to retrofitting an existing one, is critical to being able to serve the current and future capacity needs of operators and their customers.
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Data Center Power Predictions: What Does the Future Hold?

Data centers are on the rise as storage is growing at exponential rates, sucking up all the racks evacuated by server virtualization.
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Server Technology Provides Mobile Monitoring Solution to Follow Power Use

Server Technology offers a mobile monitoring solution that can provide the needed information: its ST Eye Bluetooth application with compatible hardware.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama Adopts HP and Microsoft Technology

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, which provides healthcare services to three million customers living in and out of the state, has been upgrading its networking and virtualization solutions with new technologies.
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Overture's Recent Headlines Highlight the Need for Global Network Services

If a service provider wants to offer a trial of managed enterprise services devoid of costly hardware investments, they now have the ability to do so.
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GE Introduces GE Zenith STS-3, STS-1 Series Static Transfer Switches

GE's Critical Power business has recently unveiled a new line of GE Zenith STS-3 Series three-phase static transfer switches and GE Zenith STS-1 Series single-phase static transfer switches, useful for critical infrastructure applications.
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Data Center Giants Enter into Partnership

Sealco, a major player in airflow management products and services as well as data center cleaning services, has entered into a partnership with Eaton to include Eaton's line of server racks and Eaton power management equipment.
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Software-Defined Networking Has a Lot in Common with Optimus Prime

The rise of server virtualization has brought a virtual revolution in how the data center operates, bringing not only more cost-effective servers but also dramatically more flexibility and the ability to create as needed.
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Emerson Network Power: Diversity in Data Centers Imminent

Everything around us is in a state of flux, transformation, and colocation experts believe that this change will carry over to data centers as they transform over the next decade and begin sporting a new look. A report from Emerson Network Power predicts that the convergence of data centers and telecom industries in the next decade will bring real-time data closer to consumers.
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Mega Data Center Market Predicted to Reach $20.55B by 2019

The rapidly increasing volume of data generated is creating huge demand for data storage, giving rise to the emergence of very large scale data centers. As more and more enterprises are moving to the cloud, and as the usage of smartphones increases along with the magnifying access to real-time data, mega data centers are getting more attention. With benefits like economies of scale and better manageability, mega data centers are emerging as efficient solution.
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Power Assure Releases EM/5, a ServiceNow Certified Data Center Monitoring Solution

Power Assure, a provider of software defined power solutions for data centers, has unveiled the new EM/5 monitoring solution that features certified integration with ServiceNow.
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Server Technology to Present at Data Center World 2014

Even as data center resource consumption approaches critical levels, executives everywhere are looking for ways to slash costs without sacrificing uptime or reliability. It's a conundrum vexing the business as a whole, but there are answers available.
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NetRack Registers Commendable Growth in 2013

NetRack, a solutions provider for data centers and end-to-end IT server racks, recently announced that it had a very successful 2013.
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EMEA Region Embraces Server Virtualization

Server shipments may be down overall in Europe, the Middle East and Africa ("EMEA" as a unit), but those that are being shipped are increasingly of the virtualized sort.
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BT IT is Optimizing its Data Center Assets

BT IT Systems will be using the Enlogic upgradeable EnPowered PDU to enhance its data center assets. Enlogic has designed the new power distribution unit (PDU) to have all the features of a basic PDU.
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Big Data Virtualization Appears to be Hot Trend

Big data virtualization helps businesses to analyze the increasing amount of big data they have at their disposal. Unless it is analyzed, put in forms that can be understood by business leaders and then applied to the market - it becomes of questionable use.
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Intel, SGI and 3M Collaboration Results in Hyper-Efficient Data Center Coolant

A groundbreaking supercomputer developed by Intel and SGI takes advantage of a new coolant from 3M and promises to revolutionize data centers around the world. Designed to use as little water consumption as possible for the coolant in a two-stage process, the supercomputer will be able to substantially reduce the energy requirements for data centers and shrink their environmental (and economic) footprints.
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New Report Forecasts the Growth of the Green Data Center Market

A new report highlights the importance of the green data center market and its growth, based on an in-depth analysis and segmentation of the market based on various aspects.
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In Spite of Popularity, Not All Businesses Moving to the Cloud-Yet

According to Silicon Angle, U.S. businesses will spend $13 billion on cloud computing and managed hosting services in 2014, with end users spending $180 billion worldwide on public cloud services by 2015.
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Bank of America Looking to SDN Data Centers for its IT Growth

As the world continues to migrate from cash to digital commerce, financial institutions have to ensure their entire IT infrastructure is able to withstand the growth that is foreseen in the coming decade.
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Virtualization Offers Big Cost Savings, Environmental Advantages

As cloud applications and services generate an ever-increasing amount of big data, the demands on data center power consumption and server bandwidth have exploded.
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Growth Predicted for Green Data Center Market

The green data center market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 27.2 percent to 2019, according to a recent report by RnR Market Research.
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How Businesses May Want to Make the Move to Virtualization

Virtualization is an increasing trend at businesses and IT firms. If a move to the cloud is possible, it may be easier to move virtual environments to the cloud than physical hardware.
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Green Data Center Market Up and Rising

The present trend of going green is pervasive and even data centers, known to be power guzzlers are seen to be transforming and advocating techniques that would bring them within the green fold.
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Should Virtualization Be Open-Source?

Virtualization is becoming a mainstream technology for most large businesses, as it offers profound changes to the way data centers perform.
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New Reality: Virtualization Specialists May Need to Know More about Networks

Recently, there has been increasing use of virtualization in the computer sector - as well as more use of the specialists who businesses can rely on for their expertise.
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Data Center Power Woes? Check Out What the Experts Say on Capacity Planning

A recent whitepaper highlights how data center capacity-planning to optimize the consumption of data center power can be a complex process with strategic and operational implications that are far-reaching.
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Can Companies Really Expect 100 Percent Data Center Power Uptime?

According to a recent Power Strategy Experts case study, ScaleMatrix has a revolutionary new data center approach that enables flawless performance.
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Tech Leader RF Code Unveils New Sensor for APC

RF Code, a company focused on real-time asset management and environmental monitoring, has rolled-out a new PDU sensor tag, the R170 PDU Sensor for APC.
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Data Center Power Challenges Have Nothing on Virtualization and the User Experience

Keeping information in silos has long been a preferred method of operation; not because it was efficient for storage, but because it was easier for the individuals capturing that information and finding it again later.
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Microsoft's DPM Finds Little Favor with Industry Leaders

As companies continue to vie for ownership of the biggest data, the demand for bigger data centers is keeping pace. Yet as many move toward virtualization and cloud-based solutions, backup continues to be a primary focus.
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IT People Need to Think About Cabinets as Well as Machines

IT people might not think too much about the cabinets their machines reside in, but according to Mark Hirst, a T4 product manager at Cannon Technologies, a manufacturer of cabinets, they're one of the most important elements of a data center.
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Will Virtualization Ease the Drain on Data Center Power?

As companies continue to grab onto the opportunities in Big Data, the push for data center power is growing intense, so much so that CIOs everywhere are taking a hard look at this line cost.
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How Can You Reduce Data Center Power on the Other Side of the World?

Raritan has recently extended its portfolio into the data center space, offering power management capabilities. Its latest introduction into the market has been with power management in iPDUs.
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Ericsson Unveils New Network Management System

Telecom equipment vendor Ericsson has announced a new unified network management system designed to deliver high-performing networks that also adapt to changes both in the real and virtual world.
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Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 Converts Big Data into Actionable Information

Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, has released Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6, which will serve as a platform for data integration and unified access covering disparate data sources.
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Recent Retail Hacking Exposes Vulnerability in Remote Network Management Software

The recent security attacks on large retailer groups such as Target Corp and Nieman Marcus have opened serious questions about the safety of confidential data such as credit card information shared by customers.
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Seven Ways to Disaster-Proof Your Business

Whether from global warming or other factors, what is clear is that disasters happen. And with our businesses increasingly reliant on digital technology, in many ways we're more exposed than ever to the effects of disasters.
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Temperature Monitoring System Critical for Enterprise Data Centers

Enterprise data centers almost always require a temperature monitoring system. In fact, the ideal computer room monitoring system almost always includes several temperature sensors as well as at least one humidity monitor. It's been known for years that electronics operate at optimum performance when they can be kept relatively cool and at constant environmental conditions. Why is this?
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IBM Increases Cloud Presence with the Launch of SmartCloud Data Virtualization Service

IBM's latest partnership is with Actifio, a copy data virtualization platform provider, and Completel, a French operator in the FTTO (Fiber to the Office) network, to launch a SmartCloud data virtualization (SCDV) service.
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Hitec QPS: A New UPS System to Power the Data Centers

In order to keep network closets, computer rooms and data center infrastructure up and running, Hitec Power Protection has introduced the QPS uninterruptible power system (UPS) to the U.S. data center market.
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Choice Hotel Data Centers Deploy Raritan's DCIM and Power Management Solutions

Raritan International India, a provider of data center infrastructure management (DCIM) and data center power management solutions, has been selected by Choice Hotels to enable uninterrupted access and control of its data centers.
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CoreSpace Unveils New SLA Guarantee for Power Protection in Its Dallas Data Center

With the support of the GE SG series of uninterrupted power systems, CoreSpace is now unveiling a new service level agreement guarantee for power protection in its Dallas data center.
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Spiceworks Survey Examines IT Professional Spending Priorities in 2014

A newly published survey by Spiceworks has looked into the spending priorities of North American IT professionals in the year 2014.
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Tips and Tricks for Improving Virtual Server Capacity

Cloud computing reduces costs dramatically, since not only do offices have more floor space for more profitable pursuits, but they also have to spend less acquiring the actual hardware necessary for servers.
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Data Center Storage and Power Trends for 2014

It is easy to see that virtualization is the overarching trend in the data center, but behind that mega-trend are many significant changes in the data center.
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Servergy Unveils Cleantech Server Line

The newly released Cleantech Server line from Servergy is a new set of clean and green class of high I/O PowerLinux servers that are designed to satisfy the energy requirements of data centers around the globe.
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Virtualization Teams Have Growing Power Role in Network Decisions

Managing large amounts of data is increasingly easier thanks to remote cloud-based storage, because virtual networks are much easier to manage and operate than physical network equipment is.
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Hospital Adds SDN and Network Virtualization with Help from Nuage Networks

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has selected Nuage Networks software defined networking (SDN) solutions for deployment in the health system's backup network.
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A New Look at Data Backup: Consolidated Approaches for Cloud, Mobile and Big Data

Every time IT has to add a new machine to increase backup capacity, IT staff members have to take care not only of hardware but also of upgrades, updates and software licenses.
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Using Virtualization for Disaster Recovery

The flexibility of virtualization makes it a great tool for such disaster preparations, because it truly can allow computing systems to be easily moved.
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Following a Few Best Practices Can Ease the Fears of Virtualization

For a number of organizations, virtualization is a great way to reduce the investment in infrastructure, create the right redundancy and allow for flexibility in the mobile workforce.
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Raritan's PX2 iPDU Hits Billion-Hour Milestone

With increased size, density and complexity, data companies are looking for effective tools to reduce power costs, increase both operating and energy efficiencies, and maximize staff productivity.
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EMC Honored with 'CIO CHOICE' Title for Virtualization and Data Recovery

EMC recently confirmed that it has received the 'CIO CHOICE' recognition honor title in two categories -- in Storage Virtualization and Cloud and Data Recovery Solutions -- in India.
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Saudi Arabia Worry: Imminent Arrival of 'The Internet of Things'

The coming of the Internet of Things is starting to feel a bit like Y2K in terms of its intimidation factor. The closer we get to having an IoT-enabled society, the more we hear about how woefully under-prepared we are for it.
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Cloud Platforms Burst the Virtualization Bubble

Cloud computing will dominate the IT space as the hottest technology for the next two years, followed by management and automation functions required for production and virtualized data centers, according to a recent study
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Even Small Businesses Can Virtualize

Virtualization enables small businesses to much more easily upgrade hardware as needed without having to take down the server, and allows for testing without the need for additional equipment.
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Server Virtualization Not Equally Employed

Server virtualization may have massive benefits, but it adds a layer of complexity that not all can handle. That means that not all shops treat virtualization equally, or so finds new research from QuinStreet Enterprise.
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Want Better Security? Look Toward Virtualization

Network managers have a running list of things to keep tabs on, but the top priority will always go to security. Network security by itself is a full-time endeavor, as it requires that much to manage.
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Forward-looking for Virtualization: What Will 2014 Bring?

The idea of virtualization has come a long way since being about servers-only. Virtualization has popped up in other areas of technology, from call centers to networking to desktop functions.
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McAfee Looks to 2014 as a Big Year for Data Center Protection

The data center is already one of the biggest parts of a lot of operations out there, but as far as security titan McAfee is concerned, it's about to be protected like it is the biggest, and particularly in India.
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Save Space While Adding Power with Server Technology's New 'HDOT'

Server Technology, a leading company producing high-quality rack mount power distribution and monitoring solutions that also help manage power capacity, has done it again with its newest offering known as "HDOT" - a High Density Technology Outlet.
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Moving Data Centers from Electrical Infrastructure to Fuel Cells

Researchers are on their way to collapse the entire energy supply chain so the energy a data center needs will be confined into a single cabinet of a server.
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Wipro-Cisco Joint Study Shows Enterprises Adopting Hybrid Cloud

Cloud computing has changed the IT environment forever, and introduced a level of efficiency and equality that allows businesses and individual access to resources previously too expensive to contemplate.
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Virtualization Helps Even Small Businesses

Although it isn't as publically known as smartphone adoption, one of the big technology revolutions currently unfolding is virtualization.
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Study Finds Data Center Outage Costs Increased 41 Percent Since 2010

A new study has found that data center downtime has remained a costly item for organizations, and the cost has increased over the last three years.
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Middle East Increasingly Adopting Green Cooling Solutions

As cooling accounts for more than 50 percent of a data center's operating budget -- and is growing with increased computing loads and rising utility fees, energy efficiency news could well be a new chapter in data center cooling.
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Server Technology Buys PDU Direct

Sometimes it makes sense to directly manage the distribution of your award-winning products yourself. This was the conclusion recently reached by Server Technology.
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Five Tips to Migrate to a Complete Virtual Data Center

With increasing demands, virtualization is touted as a solution to data center growth. To run with more workloads and to reduce hardware, a cloud approach can be the right choice.
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Vendors Need to Focus on What the Cloud Delivers, Not the Tech Itself

There's a disconnect between the revolution in cloud computing and business practices. As usual, it stems from silos and a lack of communication.
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Red Hat Focused on Development of 64-bit ARM Processors for Servers

Red Hat, an enterprise open-source software vendor, has initiated steps to augment the development of 64-bit ARM processors for servers used in data centers.
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Rockwell Automation Unveils Industrial Data Center Offering

Rockwell Automation, a provider of industrial automation and information solutions, has announced the launch of its Industrial Data Center offering designed to help manufacturing and production companies take advantage of the benefits of virtualization.
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Innovation Has Moved to the Data Center

Slowly but surely, computing is migrating toward relatively dumb terminals that are ultimately powered by the cloud. The cloud is becoming where computing is done.
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ST Eye Brings PDU Monitoring by Phone

Checking on power use and environmental factors in a server room can be time-consuming and sometimes downright uncomfortable, if collecting these readings requires a trip to a hot aisle.
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What Size Company Does it Take for a Shift to Virtualization?

The shift to move away from complete reliance on hardware in the corporate environment was captured in a recent Blackstone Group survey. Nearly 70 percent of SMBs are relying on virtualization technologies to make this happen.
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Benefits of Virtualization for Small Businesses

More and more, companies are turning to the idea of virtualization, a concept that allows multiple operating systems and applications to run on one powerful computer.
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Cloud Computing and Virtualization - Together for a Bigger Bang

When new technologies are introduced, many times users feel they have to choose an either/or option. This is primarily driven by businesses that push their respective product or service.
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A Buoyant Data Center Networking Market is in the Offing

A business analyst has projected a rather optimistic scenario for the data center networking market and believes that it will make giant strides in the APAC region.
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Raritan Bolsters its Rack iPDU Portfolio with New Configurations

Raritan, a provider of data center infrastructure management (DCIM) and rack power distribution solutions, has unveiled newer versions and configurations of its three-phase intelligent rack power distribution units.
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High Power Density Data Centers Are Here To Stay, But How Will They Be Cooled?

With the massive adaptation of cloud computing and data analytics, there's been a boom in demand for efficient data centers.
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