Data Center

How IT Leaders Can Best Plan for Disaster

As recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Sandy continue, it's time to think about how your IT organization will prepare for the next disaster.

It’s an Android World—iOS, BlackBerry and Windows Phone Just Live in It

IDC's latest global mobile market share numbers paint a picture of a smartphone world completely dominated by Android, despite the popularity of Apple's iPhone.

RIP, Google Nexus Q (UPDATED)

Google removed all mention of the Nexus Q streaming-media device from its Nexus webpage, and the sphere-shaped device is no longer for sale in the Google Play Store.

How to Use Facebook’s Open Sourced Data Center Design to Cut Costs

When Facebook open sourced its data center and server specifications it paved the way for enterprises of all sizes to save money by following the social network's radical hardware designs. The Open Compute Project Foundation has formalized Faceb

The Amazon Outage in Perspective: Failure Is Inevitable, So Manage Risk

The Amazon Outage in Perspective: Failure Is Inevitable, So Manage Risk

The most recent Amazon Web Services outage left customers (and rival cloud providers) blaming Amazon. Instead, CIO.com columnist Bernard Golden says, everyone needs to accept that cloud computing is not immune to failure. Fortunately, a key advantage

Victorian data centre investment hits $500 million: Rich-Phillips

Contact centres’ IT infrastructure not meeting needs: Report

Hadoop Creator Outlines the Future of Big Data Platform

Doug Cutting, creator of Hadoop and founder of the Apache Hadoop Project, says big data is not hype and it's not a bubble. He lays out his vision of how Hadoop will become the Holy Grail of big data systems

Google ‘Nexus 4’ Smartphone by LG: More Purported Images, Details

A U.K. electronics retailer listed Google's new "Nexus 4" smartphone for sale online, along with Nexus 4 details and technical specifications. But Google isn't expected to officially announce the device until next week.

Can Citrix Make Any Windows App or Desktop a Cloud Service?

Project Avalon promises cloud-based Windows clients and a unified management interface. But there are licensing and security concerns to overcome.