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Taking a low tech approach to a high tech event
I showed up at the EMC World event with nothing more than my jacket and trusty analog recording device (pen). Not wanting to drag a laptop bag around all day or be distracted by any games installed I figured this was the best way to sample [...]

One Vendor – or Two, or Three or….
In today’s market place, we typically run into two philosophies. Its either a one throat to choke philosophy that seeks advantage through leverage of one point of contact and negotiation, or it’s a choose two and play them off against each other philosophy. Sometimes we find the [...]

So going green seems to me a relatively new label to old data center problems / considerations. Power consumption, air conditioning, floor space, rack density. Outside the data center, green means things like low emissions, ride your bike to work, clean energy, reduce your carbon footprint, recycle, or even plant a tree.
So where it makes [...]

A while back I wrote a white paper for GlassHouse – Five tips for a green data center it read. Practical tips was its objective.
Since that time almost every vendor has jumped on the green wagon. Of course every vendor has their own claim to getting there. Some claim that SATA drives spin slower and [...]

The fragile economy has driven a heightened need for IT departments to control capital outlays and operational expenditures and to provide cost transparency to the consumers of IT services. This cost containment and transparency are best pursued with two things: first a clear understanding of the baseline component unit costs and the associated [...]