Data Center

Data Center Optimization: The Value of Business Service Management

Tips on using BSM to increase business value from the mainframe on down.

Consolidating Your Data Center? Avoid These Pitfalls

Data center consolidations are complex. Watch out for these four common mistakes.

Marathon’s Virtualization Tool Simplifies Disaster Recovery

Marathon's everRun VM holds appeal for CIOs who need to protect critical business applications running in VMs, without the cost and complexity of traditional high availability products. In one plus, the software doesn't require a SAN.

Server Benchmarks: Have They Outlived Their Usefulness?

Apple iPhone Users Devour Most Mobile Content, Research Shows

Inside One CIO’s Storage Nightmare

Kindred Healthcare CIO Rick Chapman faces a torrent of data, 400 terabytes strong and growing. Storage, he says, has become a hidden cost of health care. But he's employing a new cost-cutting weapon: virtual tape library technology.

Poll: Which Smartphone/PDA OS(s) Does Your Organization Support? Why?

Do You Know Where Your Infrastructure Is Managed?

Vendors don't always have to tell you when they send work offshore.

Outsourcing: The Pros and Cons of Offshore Remote Infrastructure Management

Remote infrastructure management outsourcingu2014the hot buzzword for offshoring IT operations worku2014is big business for India's IT services providers and a competitive imperative for U.S.-based outsourcers. But it may not be right for you.

Three Ways to Cut Technology Energy Costs Right Now

Thinking about reducing your company's environmental impact can seem like a daunting task. So don't. Instead, here are three nsimple things IT departments can do today to start saving energy costs. n