Tag: infrastructure
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EMC, Symantec on Collision Course in Systems Management
Storage giant EMC is taking a step closer to becoming more of a systems management company–and on a collision course with Symantec–through the acquisition of configuration management software company Configuresoft. Configuresoft, a pioneer in security and network device configuration management and change control applications, will become a part of EMC’s Resource Management Software Group once… Read more
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IT Reseller Economic Stimulus Opportunity: Hospitals and Doctors
One of the biggest buckets of money expected to trickle down into the IT market as a result of the Obama administration’s economic stimulus package, or American Recovery and Reivestment Act, comes from the $20.4 billion directive to modernize hospitals and physician practices through the creation of electronic medical records and the end game of making… Read more
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Vyatta Takes Virtualization Out of the Box
Virtualization has impacted nearly every aspect of corporations’ data centers, save one – the network. While server and storage virtualization have increased efficiencies and allowed for consolidation across the board, the networking piece of the puzzle has remained anchored firmly in the physical world. Virtualization vendor Vyatta is poised to change all that with an… Read more
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Saving Money, Not Environment, Drives Green IT
Categories: News and TrendsGreen technology initiatives are becoming more prevalent, driven much by the need to save costs, but according to a researcher at IDC, even once the economy starts to pick up again, old habits of wasted energy are likely behind us. A survey of IDC Green IT Forum registrants found that 68 per cent of respondents… Read more
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Intel Spins Out Blade Server SIG, Plans Specification
Looking to spread the goodness of blade servers to systems builders beyond the HPs, Dells and IBMs of the world, the Server Systems Infrastructure (SSI) SIG (special interest group), spawned out of Intel, has gone off on its own as a separate member-funded entity with a mission of making blade server specifications available to the… Read more
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Smart Grid, Power Systems at Risk
Categories: SecurityIn the 2007 movie “Live Free or Die Hard,” New York cop John McClane does battle with former government security specialists who use their inside knowledge to launch a “fire sale,” an attack on power, road traffic and security systems to create a panic in and around Washington, D.C. While a fictional scenario, some say… Read more