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Data Center

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Why Your Data Center TCO and Location Matter

From tax incentives to energy rates, there are several key factors that directly impact the total cost of ownership over the lifetime of your data center. Building your facility in the right place, then, is no small task. Here's what you need to

20 Nov 2012 6 mins
Disaster Recovery Financial Services Industry Green IT
opinion

Are You Guilty of Unconditional Smartphone Love?

CIO.com blogger Al Sacco takes a look at the "Unconditional Smartphone Love" phenomenon that causes smartphone owners to see only what they want to see in their new mobile devices.

16 Nov 2012 5 mins
Small and Medium Business Smartphones iPhone
opinion

CIOs: You Can Rescue Your Board

Members of the board of directors are dangerously undereducated about IT, says Maryfran Johnson. We have advice on how to fix that (in ways that will resonate with the directors and not scare them off).

15 Nov 2012 2 mins
Data Center
opinion

Facebook Wants to Build Dissolving Data Centers

Are cardboard computers in our future? Facebook and Purdue University are partnering to take green IT a step further by developing the first biodegradable server chassis.

10 Nov 2012 2 mins
Data Center Facebook Social Networking Apps
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Microsoft’s Cloud Services Mix Leaves Many Vendors in the Dust

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23 Feb 2017
Data Center
news

Microsoft’s Cloud Services Mix Leaves Many Vendors in the Dust

IBM became 'Big Blue' because it leased hardware and provided free software, but its collapse divorced the two. The growth of the cloud has caused another marriage, one that brings together software and services. Vendors such as Amazon, Goo

10 Nov 2012 5 mins
Enterprise Architecture Internet Service Providers SaaS
opinion

British PM Throws BlackBerry During Q&A Session, Recovers with Bad Cricket Joke

British Prime Minister David Cameron demonstrates what not to do if your BlackBerry unexpectedly starts ringing during an important meeting, event or speaking engagement.

7 Nov 2012 1 min
Data Center Small and Medium Business Smartphones
news

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.

7 Nov 2012 9 mins
Data Center Disaster Recovery IT Strategy
opinion

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.

6 Nov 2012 2 mins
Small and Medium Business Smartphones iPhone
opinion

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.

6 Nov 2012 3 mins
Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business
feature

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

2 Nov 2012 7 mins
Data Center Green IT IT Strategy