Data Center

Why CFOs and Cloud Computing Have a Love-Hate Relationship

Cloud computing offers a value proposition that can be both appealing and unsettling to the CFO. However, CIO.com columnist Bernard Golden explains why freeing up capital investment should more than make up for the uncertainty of variable monthly pri

Surviving the Battle of the OS

5 Ways to Prepare for Big Data With Scale-Out NAS

Excited by the prospect of turning your company's unstructured data into actionable business intelligence? Your first step is to create a storage architecture that can deal with petabytes of data. EMC Isilon's Nick Kirsch says scale-out NA

Pricey Bose Bluetooth Headset is an Audiophile’s Dream

The Bose Series 2 Bluetooth headset packs superior comfort, sound quality and noise cancellation into a compact, stylish package. But it doesn't come cheap.

HP’s Power Announcements and Missed Opportunities

Virtualizing Hardware Enables Greater Flexibility, Reduced Capex and Opex

HP’s Power Announcements and Missed Opportunities

HP recently unveiled products ranging from servers to thin clients to workstations. However, the real power in these announcements isn't in each one. It is in the collective power they represnt. The question, according to CIO.com columnist Rob E

How to Choose the Right NAS System for Your Business

As prices fall and capacities soar, network attached storage systems are becoming an increasingly appealing option for small and mid-sized businesses. What factors should you consider when you begin to evaluate NAS systems for your own firm?

Google Cloud Storage Cuts Prices, Integrates With Tech Providers

Google Cloud Storage has reduced its prices from 8 percent to 15 percent across all tiers and is pointing to technology providers that are integrating it directly into their offerings to provide solutions including NAS replacement, active archives, b

BlackBerry Bible: Everything You Need to Know About Your RIM Smartphone–and PlayBook Tablet

From keyboard shortcuts and tricks from mobile experts, to free software downloads, battery life tips, device reviews and insider commentary, we offer you our expert guide to help you master your smartphone and earn a BlackBerry black belt.

Email Up to 30 Images at Once with Kicksend for iPhone

The iPhone’s iOS software only lets you email up to five photos at a time. But the free Kicksend application blows past that limitation.

Application Streaming Gets a New Face With Cloudpaging

Application streaming--delivering software on-demand from centralized servers or the cloud--holds great promise, but has proved elusive in practical application. Legacy applications can prove difficult to virtualize and performance has been problemat