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Shifting Industry Trend, from Purchase to Leasing?

I'm seeing and hearing a trend talking with vendors, vars and customers of what appears to be a shifting trend…

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• Green
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On The Road Again: An Update

A while back, I posted about a busy upcoming spring schedule of activity and events, and then a few weeks…

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• Storage Architecture and Access

Server and Storage Virtualization – Life beyond Consolidation

Ask someone what virtualization of IT servers or storage means and the typical response is to consolidate under-utilized physical servers or…

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• Data footprint and proliferation reduction
• Data protection
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• Green
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• Power and Cooling
• server
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• Storage Architecture and Access

Do you have your copy of “The Green and Virtual Data Center” yet?

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It feels like Grand Central Station here…

Things have been busy (which is very good) and I feel like I'm at Grand Central station (Terminal) with the…

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• Education
• IT Industry Activity

RAID data protection remains relevant

RAID (Redundant Array of Idle/Independent Disks) has evolved significantly since the original RAID white paper from the University of California…

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Green Power and Cooling Tools and Calculators

In the course of doing research and consulting work with various IT organizations, VARs, trade groups and vendors over the…

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Protecting and Storing Personal Digital Documents

Cindy Waxer recently wrote a great article over at Bankrate.com that also appeared on CNBC.Com among other venues titled 5…

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Getting Caught Up – Its Been a Busy Year

I'm taking a bit of a break during the holidays, getting caught up on some things, getting a jump on…

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Is There Still Innovation For IT and Storage?

Is the IT industry and specifically, storage and networking segments currently lacking from innovation? The answer to that question exists…