Why automation and virtualization must go hand in hand

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	Why automation and virtualization must go hand in hand With VMworld 2010 this week, and in particular VMware's own strategic cloud infrastructure announcements, start-ups and longtime IT fixtures alike are clamoring to get the word out that they've got what it takes to help enterprises coordinate between virtualized premises-based infrastructure and the public cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade The State of Data Center and Network Infrastructure Instead of a preparation method of rip and replace, examine how organizations can follow a more cost-effective strategy of evolving their data centers. Go inside the phased network architecture upgrade, which enables new levels of application flexibility and business agility. Read now! In this Issue Hurricane Earl may test IT teleworkers Moving a data center? Avoid these four career-limiting mistakes Join Network World's group on LinkedIn Microsoft to build giant data center in Virginia Purdue app slows servers when cooling fails Five reasons Linux beats Windows for servers Verizon uses VMware for enterprise cloud service Virginia's IT outage continues, 7 agencies still affected Data breaches begin close to home WHITE PAPER: RIM The CIO's Guide to Fixed Mobile Convergence Highly secure mobile email and data applications help mobile workers stay in touch and up-to-date with a wide range of business issues. Extending that streamlined anytime, anywhere access to mobile voice applications is the next frontier in worker empowerment. Read Now. Hurricane Earl may test IT teleworkers Power outages caused by Hurricane Earl, now swirling in the southern Atlantic, may pose more of a problem to IT telecommuters than to overall data center operations. Read More Moving a data center? Avoid these four career-limiting mistakes Moving a data center is a major undertaking for most organizations. And a successful move is a nice resume builder for any IT professional. The process provides a chance for exposure across the company, as virtually every department is touched by the IT organization (and affected by a data center move) in some way. Read More Join Network World's group on LinkedIn Why join Network World's LinkedIn group? You can have interesting discussions with your peers, managed by Network World editors. You can make new contacts in your industry. It looks good on your profile. And of course, it's free. Join today. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alcatel - Lucent A 'hands-free' approach to optical networking With unmatched scalability and performance, Alcatel-Lucent has a future-proof, Carrier-grade WDM solution which enables the flexibility, intelligence and reduced time to revenue data centers require and offers key tools for successful deployment: training, network management, spares and support. Read now Microsoft to build giant data center in Virginia Microsoft is to build another large data center, this time in Virginia, despite scaling back plans for an earlier facility in Iowa. Read More Purdue app slows servers when cooling fails An administrator from Purdue University has developed software that can slow servers when the AC goes out. Read More Five reasons Linux beats Windows for servers Rapid growth in the market for x86 servers over the past year brought good news for both Linux and Windows, as research firm IDC reported last week. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alcatel - Lucent Converged Mobile Backhaul As service providers strive to leverage their network to deliver innovative services, optimizing the transport infrastructure is key in ensuring profitability. In converged mobile backhaul, the Alcatel-Lucent 9500 MPR creates a transition from TDM to IP, while preserving low total cost of ownership. Read Now Verizon uses VMware for enterprise cloud service Verizon Business is tapping into the popularity of VMware technology with a cloud computing service designed to let customers easily move workloads between their own infrastructure and Verizon's cloud. Read More Virginia's IT outage continues, 7 agencies still affected Public agencies within the Commonwealth of Virginia continued to experience intranet service outages as the result of a memory card failure in a storage area network managed by outsourcer Northrop Grumman. Read More Data breaches begin close to home Last issue I pointed you to a story that Oracle's Mark Dixon had sent me about a manager who kept using the accounts of departed subordinates to co-sign authorizations that helped her steal $11 million dollars from her organization. Mark had more to say on data breaches, though. Read More
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