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  Storage software sales hit all-time record highs

  The sales of storage software last year produced record revenues of more than $US14 billion in 2011, according to market research firm IDC .

  By Lucas Mearian | 13 March, 2012 05:39

  Tags: Configuration/maintenance, datacentre, EMC, hardware systems, IBM, IDC, storage, Storage Hardware, symantec

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  New datacentre to create 200 jobs: Victorian government

  A US data company will develop two new centres in Melbourne's west, creating more than 200 new construction jobs.

  By AAP | 16 February, 2012 10:15

  Tags: careers, datacentre, datacentres, victorian government

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  IDC on 2012: Prepare for Cloud wars, mobile explosion, higher IT spending

  IDC researchers say some big battles will be brewing in 2012 in the cloud, mobile and Big Data arenas, so much so that "companies like Microsoft, HP, SAP, RIM, and others - including Apple- will face 'crossroads moments' in 2012. By the end of the year, we should have a good idea which vendors will - and won't - be among the industry's leaders at the end of the decade," said Frank Gens, senior vice president and chief analyst at IDC in a statement.

  By Michael Cooney | 03 December, 2011 04:26

  Tags: anonymous, Apple, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, datacentre, hardware systems, IDC, infrastructure management, internet, management, Microsoft, mobile, mobile applications, mobile apps, networking, sap, smartphones, wireless

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  iPad improvement: A great keyboard and network app

  I have written several times about my ongoing love affair with the iPad and, surprise, a wave of iPad-related products has been appearing in the Gibbs Universal Secret Underground Bunker.

  By Mark Gibbs | 04 November, 2011 07:31

  Tags: Android, applications, bluetooth, consumer electronics, datacentre, hardware systems, iOS, iPad, Linux, logitech, mobile, Mobile OSes, networking, non-Windows, operating systems, smartphones, software, tablets, Telecommunication, Windows, wireless

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  Brocade balances SAN base with new data center reality

  ith a 65% share of the SAN market, the company is in an enviable position to jump on next-generation data center opportunities

  By Jim Duffy | 29 December, 2010 10:17

  Tags: brocade, datacentre, foundry

• Special report: Emerging IEEE Ethernet standards could soothe data center headaches

  Cisco, HP and others are waging an epic battle to gain control of the data center, but at the same time they are joining forces to push through new Ethernet standards that could greatly ease management of those increasingly virtualized IT nerve centers.

  By Jim Duffy | 19 January, 2010 17:34

  Tags: Cisco, datacentre, Ethernet, HP, VEPA, virtualisation

• Analysis: Would you like a data center with that server?

  Faced with the continued commoditization of servers, IT vendors this year will try to differentiate their offerings by moving toward more highly integrated, unified compute platforms.

  By Robert L. Mitchell | 20 January, 2010 08:03

  Tags: accenture, datacentre, dell, HP, IBM, virtualisation, x86 server market

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  What IT pros like best about next-generation technology

  Do hundreds of gallons of used vegetable oil belong anywhere near a data center, let alone inside? Phil Nail thinks so.

  By Ann Bednarz | 21 October, 2008 10:00

  Tags: datacentre, virtualisation

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  Data centers in a box

  IT takes a close look at shipping container-based data centers

  By Jon Brodkin | 15 October, 2008 09:55

  Tags: datacentre

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  Google, Microsoft spark interest in modular data centers

  Interest in modular data centers is growing, fueled by high-profile endorsements from Microsoft and Google. But the model raises new management concerns, and efficiency claims may be exaggerated.

  By Jon Brodkin | 14 October, 2008 08:51

  Tags: data backup, datacentre

Whitepapers about datacentre

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  Case Study: Australian Researchers Cut Backup Time By Nearly a Full Day with DXi Solution

  The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) set out to solve the backup and restore challenges created by expanding data volumes. When IT staff saw how Quantum’s DXi deduplication appliance reduced backup times by 20 hours, enabled restores in minutes, and saved 50 percent in tape media purchases, ACER bought a second unit for disaster recovery protection. Read on.

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  Data Deduplication For Dummies 2011

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  Estimating a Data Centre's Electrical Carbon Foot Print

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  Server and Storage Optimization Techniques