CIO.com - Data Center

8 Essential Features You Need in a Business Router

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

It's not enough to offer the latest wireless standard. Make sure the router that will support your office is up to snuff.

Tech Titans Talk: The IDG Enterprise Interview Series

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

In the IDG Enterprise Interview Series, you'll hear from technology CIOs and CEOs on today's burgeoning trends, ongoing headaches and upcoming product plans. Check out this informative series from IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant and his team of editors.

Swedish Data Center Saves $1 Million a Year Using Seawater for Cooling

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Collocation provider Interxion uses water pumped from the Baltic Sea to cool its data centers

Dell Aims to Cut Desktop Reliance with Workstation for Data Centers

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Dell intends to move workstations into the data center and then serve up intense multimedia and engineering applications to remote users over the cloud or in virtualized environments via thin clients.

Cisco Cites Data-center, Wireless for Quarterly Revenue Increase

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Cisco says sales of servers and data-center switches are gaining with the company's play for overall IT leadership

At Google I/o, Attendees Compete to Save the World, Virtually

Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

A competition taking place on Google's mobile Ingress game kicked off on Tuesday

Data Centers Show Signs of 'green Fatigue'

Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Success stories from cutting-edge firms such as Google and Microsoft are causing a backlash at less capable data centers

Scientists Harvest Electricity From Plants, Bloggers Make Awful 'Power Plant' Puns

Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have worked hard to hijack photosynthesis to create truly clean electricity.

Microsoft Improves Photo Management in Skydrive

Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Upload speed for photos has been increased

Networks in 2020: More Traffic, Less Energy

Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The GreenTouch industry consortium says new technologies could cut power consumption by 90 percent

Box to Revamp Document Viewing with Crocodoc Acquisition

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Box plans to integrate Crocodocs' HTML5 document viewing technology into its enterprise cloud storage and file sharing application

Netgear to Target Mid-Market with Future SDN Capability

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

While much of the hype for software-defined networking is focused on large-scale data center deployments, some companies are taking a different angle.

More Data Isn't Always Better, Says Nate Silver

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Big data may seem to promise big insights to users, but more isn't always better, cautions statistician Nate Silver, who became one of America's most well-known faces of data analysis after his FiveThirtyEight blog accurately predicted 2012 presidential election results in all 50 states.

Facebook-Led Open Compute Project Tackles Network Switches

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Speaking at Interop today, Open Compute Project Chairman and President Frank Frankovsky announces plans for a new open source project to develop a specification and a reference box for an open, OS-agnostic switch.

Fusion-io CEO Resigns, is Replaced By Former HP Executive Robison

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The flash storage company's co-founder and chief marketing officer has also resigned