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  • 10 Simple Steps to a Green Data Center

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Cars and trucks have long been the most visible symbol of America’s insatiable thirst for energy. But data centers—those sprawling computing centers that cram thousands of energy-hungry servers into air-conditioned rooms—though less visible, are starting to take their toll as well. As most CIOs know, data centers are wildly expensive and require gobs of electricity… Read more

  • 10 Lessons Learned (So Far) from the HP Scandal

    10 Lessons Learned (So Far) from the HP Scandal

    Eric Lundquist

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    With only a few days to go before the top Hewlett-Packard leaders—and ex-leaders—appear before a congressional Committee on Energy & Commerce hearing on September 28, I thought it would be a good time to recap what I believe are the top lessons learned so far. For our full report on the Hewlett-Packard scandal involving false… Read more

  • Freespire 1.0 Arrives Early

    Freespire 1.0 Arrives Early

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    Linspire was going to announce the release of Freespire 1.0—its free, Debian-based desktop Linux operating system that combines open-source software with legally licensed proprietary drivers, codecs and applications—next week at LinuxWorld in San Francisco. Instead, this new desktop Linux distribution has emerged early. Starting on Aug. 7, the final version of Freespire 1.0 became available… Read more

  • Study: Two of the 10 Best U.S. Jobs are in Tech

    Study: Two of the 10 Best U.S. Jobs are in Tech

    Deborah Rothberg

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    A study released April 12 ranked software engineers as having the best jobs in the United States, citing their use in "virtually every part of the economy." With an average pay of $80,500 and strong potential for creativity, 46 percent annual growth rate, and 44,800 annual job openings, the position received extra marks for the… Read more

  • IDC: BPO to Grow 10 Percent Annually

    John Moore

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    The worldwide business process outsourcing market will expand at a 10.9 compound annual growth rate through 2009, International Data Corp. said this week. IDC called the market “vibrant and brimming with opportunity.” The market, according to IDC, will reach $641.2 billion in 2006 compared with $382.5 billion in 2004. IDC identified procurement and training as… Read more

  • New 10 Gigabit Ethernet Products Bring HPC to the Enterprise

    New 10 Gigabit Ethernet Products Bring HPC to the Enterprise

    Jeffrey Burt

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    Vendors are expanding on the 10 Gigabit Ethernet offerings available to customers. Myricom Inc. and startup Level 5 Networks Inc. on Monday are both introducing new offerings designed to bring the high-speed interconnect into the data center and high-performance computing environments. In addition, Neterion Inc., which makes 10GbE adapters, earlier this month unveiled a channel… Read more