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Mon, Nov 16, 2009 12:05 EST
NSA's New $1.5B Data Center: Bonus or Boondoggle?
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Posted by: Michael Bullock in Soapbox Topic: Data CenterBlog: Data Center Expert
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Reading about the National Security Agency’s (NSA's) plan to build a $1.5 billion cyber security data center (Information Week) at the Camp Williams National Guard training base in Utah, I became
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Evaluating Data Center Colocation Options: Expert Tips
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Posted by: Michael Bullock in Best Practices Topic: Data CenterBlog: Data Center Expert
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If you're in the market for new or additional data center space, I have some advice that can help you make better decisions, save money, and avoid some pitfalls. For example, a company found what
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Data Center 2.0: How to Improve ROI in Nine Months
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Posted by: Michael Bullock in Best Practices Topic: Data CenterBlog: Data Center Expert
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With data center operations, equipment maintenance, staffing and licenses consuming the lion’s share of today’s IT budgets, companies can gain a great deal by optimizing their current operations.
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Beware Vendor Pressure in Data Center Relocations
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Posted by: Michael Bullock in Best Practices Topic: Data CenterBlog: Data Center Expert
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If you’ll be moving your servers to a new location during the next couple of years, I have some advice for you: Before you buy more servers and storage systems from your current vendor, find out
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Green Gotcha: Carbon Trading and the Looming IT Tax
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Posted by: Michael Bullock in Best Practices Topic: Data CenterBlog: Data Center Expert
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(Codes: 69aqybhcmp 8357kqrgdt) I’m going to stay away from the global warming and climate change debate; it looks (for now) like that train has left the station. Instead, I’d like to focus on
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5 Myths of Data Center Power Usage Optimization
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Posted by: Michael Bullock in Best Practices Topic: Data CenterBlog: Data Center Expert
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At a recent CIO / CFO conference, I saw why so many executives tune out when the topic turns to green IT and why they fail to make the "no-brainer" decisions that would immediately benefit
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Iran: Cloud Computing and Social Networking for Despots
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Posted by: Michael Bullock in News Topic: Data CenterBlog: Data Center Expert
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The recent Iranian election demonstrates the mind boggling power of cloud computing, social networking, and the role technology can play to improve the predictability of politics.Think about it.
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