Chris Preimesberger

LAS VEGAS–Novell on Dec. 3 will introduce four new data workload management software packages emanating from its $205 million acquisition of Platespin eight months ago.Novell claims to be the first and only vendor to provide complete data center management of the entire workload lifecycle, across multiple operating systems, multiple hypervisors, physical and virtual environments.“Data centers […]

LAS VEGAS-Because the virtualization of IT infrastructure now is so pervasive and integral to the daily operation of data centers, it would behoove IT managers to take a look at the next five years and get a projection of where trends in this technology might be heading.So, Thomas Bittman, a Gartner data center research vice […]

LAS VEGAS-Few IT managers ever get the opportunity to put together a well-written, well-researched strategy with detailed architecture to build a fresh new data center.What is most likely to happen in the real world is that a manager will inherit an older data center-one in which the inventory increases over time due to business initiatives, […]

LAS VEGAS — The concept of a so-called “meta operating system” for data centers and smaller IT systems is getting a lot of attention this week at the Gartner Data Center Conference here at the MGM Grand Hotel.Fundamentally, a metaOS is a virtualization layer of software, wedged between applications and distributed computing resources, that utilizes […]

Exactly two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court quietly enacted a package of changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a set of legal guidelines that govern all levels of courts in the United States.Among them were changes to rules 26 and 34 through 37, which clarify the issue of e-discovery of critical evidence.These […]

Rain or shine, Macy’s will stage the 82nd edition of its world-famous Thanksgiving Day Parade on Central Park West in New York City the morning of Nov. 27.And, as it does with just about everything else in the world, IT will have played a major role in the organization and presentation of the 2.5-mile-long event, […]

The Station posted an article Nov. 24 about IBM’s new cloud computing services. The upshot: IBM’s Global Services group will now help other companies determine whether their internal cloud computing systems are airtight and fully functional — and certify them as such. It’s the equivalent of the old Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. (If you […]

High-end disk maker Samsung Electronics announced Nov. 25 that it is beginning to produce 25GB and 50GB solid-state drives for performance-optimized server applications, such as video on demand, Web serving and online transaction processing.The announcement came from the company’s Eschborn, Germany, semiconductor fabricator.The new SLC (single-level cell) SSDs have about twice the random write performance […]

All signs seem to point to a rather practical holiday gift-giving season this year, thanks to the uncertainty in the macroeconomy. Save those frivolous gifts for white elephant parties!Gifts that promise to have usefulness for a long time will be favored, economists say, as people try to get the most for their money.And what could […]

IBM has revealed a new approach to cloud computing, a clear enterprise trend that has been building for at least two years but that really hasn’t been recognized in the same terminology by the world’s largest IT company.Describing it as the “nascent computing model known as ‘cloud,’ ” IBM on Nov. 24 introduced a new […]

We received a tip last night, Nov. 19, that Samsung has started mass-producing 256GB solid-state drives for use in notebooks and desktop PCs. That would make them the highest-capacity drives yet for portable PCs. According to Samsung, the 256GB SSD news notes include: –Double the general performance rate of Samsung’s standard 64GB and 128GB SSDs […]

Where to Start Cutting Data Center Power CostsHere’s a listing of ideas from Emerson Network Power that can be instituted immediately in virtually any data center.Cover Your Bases. It may be more difficult to recover from an outage during tough economic times than during prosperous one. A relatively small investment in precision air conditioning and […]