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Is there a place in the Data Center for UX? Absolutely.

“A server without an operating system and a data center without an operating system is nothing but a box of parts.” – CIO of IO Kevin Malik

Business Intelligence (BI), or the process of taking raw data and producing meaningful information, has been applied to many areas of business to increase efficiencies, anticipate failures, and model “what if” scenarios. The data center has been slow to adopt this technology but no other area of technology needs it more.

Featured in the Data RoundUp this week: Global IT spend is on the rise. World Backup Day. Data center optimization debate. Terabit wireless downloads.

Featured in the Data RoundUp this week: The Roadmap for Data Center Transformation (whitepaper). Data Center 2.0 – Reality Strikes (video). Super Capacitors. No more physical mail. TEDTalks – Machines Taking Our Jobs. Mobile World Congress. All the Machines are Talking to Each Other.

With server virtualization now firmly embedded in the data center mainstream, a growing number of businesses are focusing on how to squeeze the greatest value out of their virtualized investments. Since server virtualization is based on the proposition that enhanced utilization will inevitably lead to improved efficiency, enhanced performance and lower costs, it’s only natural… View Article

It’s no exaggeration to state that networks lie at the heart of every data center. Without fast, efficient and reliable network support, servers and storage systems become little more than expensive pieces of metal furniture. Obtaining the best possible network performance is an important first step toward ensuring overall data center excellence. But where to… View Article

A growing number of businesses are creating data warehouses—or expanding existing data warehousing deployments—to gain a variety of benefits, including data mining, data visualization, online analytical processing (OLAP) and improved decision support capabilities. A successful data warehouse’s foundation resides on performance, availability, scalability, communications and cost. Deficiencies in any of these areas can undermine a… View Article

Solid-state-storage is already found in USB memory sticks, smartphones, media players and a variety of other devices. Before long, you may also find solid-state drives (SSDs) performing key tasks inside your data center. While hard drives aren’t yet ready to join the endangered species list, SSDs can help data centers keep pace with speedier servers… View Article

Your data center’s most valuable asset isn’t its servers, storage systems or any other physical components—it’s the data these systems handle.  To ensure that your data center never loses a single bit of information due to technical or environmental factors, it needs to have an effective strategy for efficiently backing up and recovering data.  Here… View Article