by Dan Fry
This article is the first in a three-part series exploring current
myths in the data center. Part two explores the myths of the green data
center and part three will explore the myths surrounding convergence in the data center.
A lot of IT executives have been asking me questions about Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM), questions such as: “What is it and how can it improve the performance and business outcomes associated with my data center?”
A Q&A with Alan Atkinson, XIO’s president and CEO
by Kim
Borg
As most storage-savvy industry players know by now, storage heavyweight, Xiotech, changed its name to XIO (pronounced X-I-O) last month - a move that had been hastened by not only the company’s amplified focus on solid state storage but also its view to going public within the next 18 months.
by Bala Pitchaikani
Meeting the needs of increasingly demanding data center applications may require more flexibility than users can gain by following the set recipe of a major networking vendor. In fact, the largest data centers in the world are built from open solutions, using open protocols and open usage models (like the ones defined by consortiums like Open Data Center (ODC) Alliance) and combined in ways that recipe-based configurations can’t support. This points to a need for best-of-breed solutions in the data center, but many data center operators are afraid to stray from the prescribed path defined by the largest network vendors. This not only hinders business agility but also datacenter optimization and elasticity. By opting for open, standards-based equipment, however, data center operators can gain flexibility, agility, and elasticity and, above all, provide the ability to deliver virtual datacenters with self-provisioning capabilities for their customers.
A Q&A with Kevin Brown, CEO of Coraid (www.coraid.com) -- a storage
vendor providing scale-out Ethernet SAN solutions -- about the newest trend in building
your business.
Why do you attend ExecEvents
[exclusive networking events for industry executives]?
"ExecEvents
provide an ideal forum for executive business development, and for understanding
the major shifts in data center technology. In addition, it facilitates
face-to-face meetings with many of the influencers from the analysts and press
community who are most relevant to our market."
by Naveen Prabhu
Enterprises are striving to ‘green-up’ their operations. Some are driven by legislative requirements, others by proposed operational savings, and some by the marketing value of eco-friendliness. However, attaining eco nirvana can be a complex and expensive chore for any enterprise, and the path to energy savings is paved with options, choices and in some cases, questionable technologies.
