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Cloud Bursting: Maximizing Resources

The optimal ROI for Cloud bursting is a highly cyclical business model, which cannot afford to build the data structures required for peak load, and as a result, lose potential business. Cloud bursting allows highly cyclic businesses to apply “Kanban” methodology to trigger additional capacity to meet “just in time” demand. Scaling both up and down maximizes the utilization of…

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Added by Chris MacKinnon on January 12, 2011 at 18:30 — No Comments

Bursting The Cloud: Scaling Service To Meet Demand

Cloudbursting means that applications and services are dynamically provisioned in the cloud based on need, consumed in the cloud by users, and then de-provisioned after the need goes away. Cloudbursting a compelling model and driver for cloud computing. It is a true use case for a real-world hybrid cloud architecture. One key area to consider before building a burst-able cloud…

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Added by Chris MacKinnon on January 11, 2011 at 14:22 — No Comments

Data Center Energy Efficiency: The OptoEMU Sensor

Data centers are large facilities that include a huge assortment of servers and other computer hardware. Keeping this equipment operating and the facility up and running 24/7 is certainly of the utmost importance, but meeting the power requirements to accomplish this can be incredibly expensive. …

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Added by Chris MacKinnon on January 11, 2011 at 14:21 — No Comments

Advanced HTTPS Traffic Classification: Saas Success



When Data center/IT managers want to manage application delivery over a private WAN or the Internet,…
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Added by Chris MacKinnon on January 11, 2011 at 5:36 — No Comments

Remote Server Support Means Out-of-band Management



Data center/IT Managers should look for remote management console servers that offer more than just serial connectivity. You want to be able to manage everything remotely including power and environmentals. Another thing to evaluate is the…
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Added by Chris MacKinnon on January 11, 2011 at 5:34 — No Comments

Building a Private Cloud: Tips for Data Center and IT Managers

Identify a use case before starting. 

A common mistake that we see is the extraordinary focus on the technology as opposed to a focus on your cloud storage use case and the business case that surrounds the use case. The project should start with an analysis of the use case and it’s resulting impact on the business, and operate on the assumption you can source a cloud of…

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Added by Chris MacKinnon on January 4, 2011 at 13:32 — No Comments

Hosted Telephony: True Multi-tenant Architecture

Tomoko Shimizu, chief operating officer at Brekeke Software (www.brekeke.com), says:



The concept behind hosted telephony.



To provide enterprise level telephony…
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Added by Chris MacKinnon on January 3, 2011 at 13:36 — No Comments

Intrusion Detection And Prevention Tips

Robbie Higgins, Vice President of Security Services at GlassHouse Technologies (www.glasshouse.com), says:



IDS/IPS should be part of any company’s security environment large or small; firewalls for the most part are not very good in malicious activity detection. Deployment and…
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Added by Chris MacKinnon on December 30, 2010 at 2:46 — No Comments

Why Server Upgrades are Important

Scot Heath, Chief Technical Officer at 42U (www.42u.com), says:



Why are data center server upgrades important? 



From the perspective of the power and cooling infrastructure, severs continue to improve their energy efficiency. CPU manufacturers have implemented a variety of…
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Added by Chris MacKinnon on December 30, 2010 at 2:34 — No Comments

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