To help data center managers understand how best to employ new energy metrics and tools, we examine five ways to optimize use of available space, cooling capacity, and power.
When it comes to high-end data warehousing, Microsoft isn't promising something it can't deliver: it's been shipping a special release of its SQL Server 2008 R2 database since November of last year.
Will Enterprise 2020 be hosting a substantial portion of its workloads on GPUs or on other non-traditional architectures?
Introducing the "Total Architect" and the benefits this position can bring to your enterprise.
Architecture changes and technologies are emerging that enable IT professionals to provide solid infrastructures, eliminate downtime, and deliver applications with consistently high availability.
High-density zones strike a balance between the power and cooling requirements of different kinds of data center assets. The rub, of course, is that they'll cost you.
After all, if your company doesn't know what data center components waste energy, how can you change it?
IBM rides System z to server-market bragging rights and CA tees up $1 million in mainframe-related training.
IBM still hasn't made good on the most intriguing aspect of its zBX vision -- an extension to the x64 world.
Organizations must be cautious to ensure they can manage their embedded devices as their population grows.
System z is back! Sales surged by almost 70 percent during z Enterprise's first quarter of availability, while MIPS capacity increased by almost 60 percent.
IT shops don't perceive any single vendor as being more efficient than its competitors.
Hewlett-Packard Co. launches portfolio of private cloud services, hardware and software and announces plans to jump into public cloud hosting.
What’s the most reliable server operating platform of them all? If you answered z/OS, you’re right. The rest of the tally might surprise you, however.
Two years on, CA's Mainframe 2.0 is bearing fruit, with provocative new product offerings and a host of new mainframe-oriented services.
From powerful mainframes to small smartphones, it was a year filled with change and challenges, contradiction and contrast for enterprise IT.
The 2010 history books will show that many of the developments in storage have been driven by economics rather than pure innovation. Our storage analyst, Jon Toigo, takes a look back at the significant storage news of 2010.
When does migrating off the mainframe make sense, and should MIPS be the measurement standard we use?
A look at the key challenges DBAs may face with virtualization, plus best practices to address them.
The benefits and drawbacks of software-as-a-service, plus tips for choosing a SaaS provider.