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Technology: What Does it Take to Build a Cloud?

By Dick Weisinger

A lot. Take Microsoft’s Data Centers. One estimate derived from Microsoft public information is 220,000 servers. In January 2008 Microsoft reported 15 data centers, 17,406 racks with a total power comsumption of 72,500KW. Microsoft data centers are located in places…

ECM: Everyone on a Single Page?

By Dick Weisinger

A dream come true for content managers? Or another spec that can’t live up to expectations? It’s too early to tell, but on the surface, there’s a new specification around Content Managment that seems to have good potential. Alfresco, EMC…

Technology: Dispersed Storage

By Dick Weisinger

Data growth is huge, and that growth is driving a previously boring industry to reinvent itself. Hardly a week goes by without some announcement about changes being pioneered in the area storage technology. Traditional storage today guards against data loss…

Storage: Be Proactive, or Be Overwhelmed

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner Research points to the exploding amounts of digital data in the enterprise and warns CIOs to first consider options to control and manage data before overspending on huge amounts of storage. Many CIOs point to the rapidly falling prices…

Storage: Spin Around IBM XIV

By Dick Weisinger

Innovation is flooding the storage market as vendors seek to address customer pain points around their storage needs. IBM has invested $2 billion this year towards acquisitions that will help it offer software tools that address the high demand for…