Data Center

Cloud Computing Meets Washington: Lots of Data Security and Privacy Questions

There's a great deal of uncertainty how data security and privacy laws and regulations apply in a cloud computing environment. That's not good news for policymakers or users.

Ballmer’s Apple Trash Talk Gets People Talking

Measure and Accelerate Green in Your Data Center

The role of PUE, DCiE and new performance metrics

Google Android Not a Netbook Threat to Windows 7, Say Analysts

Industry analysts say that Google is not likely to rush its Linux-based Android OS on netbooks, but if prices keep dropping for non-Windows netbooks, buyers may soon resent paying more for Windows. And that's when Google could capitalize.

Web 2.0’s Power of Less

As a dyed-in-the wool journalist, I am rarely seduced by slogans or pitches, but "The Power of Less" for the upcoming Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco resonated.

Economic Blues Could Slow, Not Stop, Data Center Construction

Multi-year construction projects will continue, but outsourcing and a secondary market for cast-off facilities could slow future building.

Tech Talk: The Controversy Over Twitter’s Value, Why No Job Is Beneath You, and More

CIO.com readers weigh in on Twitter's business value, the importance of ERP, taking a lower-level job and other hot topics in the tech world.

Microsoft Releases Final Version of Internet Explorer 8

Managing IT atop Mount Washington: Not Your Typical Tech Job

On Mount Washington, the highest peak in the Northeastern U.S., the winds whip faster than they do in Antarctica, the bitter cold will freeze bare skin in seconds, and Steven Welsh tends to the IT infrastructure that meticulously records the mountain

Windows PCs Getting Life from Recession While Macs Gasp for Air