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Cloud Computing: Is the Cloud Green?

By Dick Weisinger

There’s no question that a single mammoth cloud data center is more energy efficient than the sum of the many in-house data centers that it can replace.  The cloud is more efficient because it can enable better utilization of resources and…

Master Data Management: Hot Market Even in Cool Times

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner is forecasting a healthy 18 percent annual  growth for MDM over the next four years.  In 2009m, annual sales of MDM totalled $1.3 billion.  At that rate, in 2014, MDM sales are projected to reach $2.9 billion.  MDM can…

Technology: IT Budgets to Begin Thawing in 2011?

By Dick Weisinger

The last two years have been tough ones across a lot of industries, and while by some measures, IT has fared better than many other industries, things still haven’t been good.  But things may beginning to look up.  Analysts and…

The Enterprise IT Revolution: On-premise Workers versus Remote ones

By Dick Weisinger

High speed connectivity has enabled companies to move data form their on-premise computing environments to the cloud and to then access and manage it remotely.  But connectivity isn’t only affecting business data, it is also affecting how employees work. A…

Data Centers: Tech Giants Turn to Fluid Dynamics to Achieve Greater Energy Efficiency

By Dick Weisinger

Both Facebook and eBay are reporting that they’ve been able to save money and become more energy efficient by making changes to the way that their data centers are cooled.  Facebook and eBay both were represented by panelists at a…