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Stress Test: Bloomberg CIO Deals with Stock Market Data Surge

During the stock market's most volatile week in years, the data throughput of Bloomberg LP's trading and financial news network has been put to the test. Here's how the company prepared for the sudden data explosion.

12 Aug 2011 5 mins

CIO Disaster Recovery IT Strategy

Using Renewable Energy in the Data Center

You know eco-friendly IT efforts can save budget dollars, but unless you've investigated solar, wind and other renewable energy options you may be leaving money on the table.

10 Aug 2011 6 mins

Data Center Green IT

VMware Licensing Change Opens Doors for Competing Virtualization, Cloud Providers

Some VMware customers are seeking alternate virtualization and cloud computing providers because of the price and licensing changes the company announced in June, IT analysts say. Here's a look at the competitive landscape for virtualization an

10 Aug 2011 7 mins

Cloud Computing Data Center Virtualization

Windows 7 Migrations: Don’t Get Distracted by XP, Windows 8

The world of Windows is becoming a crowded place. But between Windows XP's death and Windows 8's birth stands Windows 7, and it's the only version enterprise IT should care about, according to analysts and consultants.

10 Aug 2011 4 mins

Small and Medium Business Virtualization Windows

Hyper-V & Virtual PCs: How to Handle Virtual Disks

Times Have Changedu2014Has Your Data Center Changed with Them?

21 Jan 2017

Data Center

Hyper-V & Virtual PCs: How to Handle Virtual Disks

Choosing the right format for the right scenario is critical when it comes to performance and management of virtual hard disks (VHDs). We'll look at the pros and cons of the three methods -- fixed, pass-through and dynamic disks -- and highlight

9 Aug 2011 7 mins

Virtualization

Fear of Change Impedes Cloud Adoption for Many Companies

A new study concludes that internal attitudes have to change for cloud projects to succeed. Here are some tips for how to encourage that inside your company.

5 Aug 2011 5 mins

Cloud Computing IT Skills Virtualization

5 Ways to Lower your ‘VMware Tax’ with vSphere 5

Outraged VMware customers can take steps to minimize their costs under the company's controversial new licensing model.n

30 Jul 2011 9 mins

Server Virtualization System Management Virtualization

Data Center Spending Shake-Up

Survey shows private clouds and server virtualization are driving a shift toward data centers as an operating expenseu2002

30 Jul 2011 2 mins

CIO Data Management Virtualization

How Cloud Computing Will Change IT: 6 New Predictions

CIO.com's Virtualization and Cloud blogger Bernard Golden presents a clear picture of what the IT world will look like when cloud computing becomes the status quo. The future of IT has never looked more promising.

30 Jul 2011 10 mins

CIO Developer Internet

H&R Block Shifts from PCs to Virtualized Thin Clients

Tax preparer migrates stores to Wyse machines in an effort to cut costs

30 Jul 2011 3 mins

Desktop Virtualization Retail Industry

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Stress Test: Bloomberg CIO Deals with Stock Market Data Surge

Using Renewable Energy in the Data Center

VMware Licensing Change Opens Doors for Competing Virtualization, Cloud Providers

Windows 7 Migrations: Don’t Get Distracted by XP, Windows 8

Hyper-V & Virtual PCs: How to Handle Virtual Disks

Hyper-V & Virtual PCs: How to Handle Virtual Disks

Fear of Change Impedes Cloud Adoption for Many Companies

5 Ways to Lower your ‘VMware Tax’ with vSphere 5

Data Center Spending Shake-Up

How Cloud Computing Will Change IT: 6 New Predictions

H&R Block Shifts from PCs to Virtualized Thin Clients