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  Practical advice about disaster recovery planning

  Disaster recovery plans and the usual mix of uninterrupted power supplies (UPSs), co-location services, data mirroring and hot-standby technologies theoretically make it possible to weather any storm. But are backup systems, replication rules and fast failover solutions enough?

  By Jeff Klaus, Intel Corporation | 20 May, 2013 20:33

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, disaster recovery, applications, server sprawl, hardware systems, software, Data Center, disaster recovery planning, capacity management, energy management, server, data center management

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  Cisco extends Microsoft support in datacentre portfolio

  Cisco last week extended its datacentre product line to support Microsoft's Windows Server 2012 hypervisor and VM management features to more tightly align their respective datacentre and Cloud architectures for joint customers.

  By Jim Duffy | 15 April, 2013 13:55

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Windows, hardware systems, Data Center, operating systems, cloud computing, internet, hypervisor, server, Windows Server 2012, virtualization, Microsoft, Cloud, cisco, software

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  eBay develops metric for data center performance

  There's a maxim in the data center business that you can't manage what you can't measure, and eBay has come up with a new measurement for doing both.

  By James Niccolai | 26 March, 2013 15:37

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, maintenance, Networking, hardware systems, infrastructure management, Network management, software, Data Center, sustainable IT, server, Asset Management, management, ebay

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  Dell, Canonical announce new Ubuntu 12.04 support for servers

  Dell's 12th-generation PowerEdge server line now supports the use of Ubuntu 12.04 across the board, thanks to a new agreement between the hardware maker and developer Canonical that provides Ubuntu Advantage services to Dell's customers.

  By Jon Gold | 11 March, 2013 21:14

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Linux, servers, hardware systems, software, Data Center, operating systems, ubuntu, server, HP, Dell, Canon, canonical

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  Apple working on fix for iOS 6.1 bug that's choking Exchange servers

  Apple has announced that a fix for an iOS 6.1 bug that's been choking some enterprise Microsoft Exchange servers is on the way. The deceptively minor problem in Exchange calendars triggers massive activity spikes on the Exchange servers, with ballooning transaction logs and CPU utilization. The server can sometimes block iOS 6.1 users.

  By John Cox | 14 February, 2013 15:55

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Networking, Microsoft, wireless, hardware systems, software, Data Center, anti-malware, server, Apple

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  Rackspace, Dell push OpenStack cloud OS

  Rackspace will help enterprises build private clouds using the OpenStack cloud operating system, the company announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, Dell is seeking enterprises and service providers for proof-of-concept OpenStack trials with its Dell PowerEdge C family of servers.

  By Julie Bort | 09 March, 2011 03:31

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, hardware systems, amp, Data Center, cloud computing, internet, open stack, server, rackspace, Dell

• Closer look at Microsoft 'Aurora' Small Business Server

  Microsoft has been paying more attention lately to the small business audience, as well as the cloud. With the "Aurora" Small Business Server (SBS)--officially named Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Microsoft delivers a solution that brings the two together--bridging local services and the cloud, and granting small businesses affordable access to big business tools.

  By Tony Bradley | 14 December, 2010 06:53

  Tags: servers, Microsoft, hardware systems, microsoft office, server

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  Burning questions: Virtualisation

  Virtualizing x86 infrastructure isn't just a one-step process -- as servers change, the whole data center must change as well. While server hypervisors such as VMware's ESX, Microsoft's Hyper-V and Xen can make IT more efficient and cost-effective, many of the virtualization advantages can be canceled out when data centers rely on technology and processes that haven't been updated for the virtualization age.

  By Jon Brodkin | 26 October, 2010 00:52

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, storage, Microsoft, security, hardware systems, Data Center, VMware, server, Storage Management, virtualization, Server Virtualization

• Build a private Azure cloud with new Microsoft appliance

  Companies interested in taking advantage of what cloud computing has to offer, but reluctant to trust sensitive information off-site now have a new alternative with Microsoft's Windows Azure Platform appliance. Microsoft has teamed up with strategic hardware partners to develop an appliance-based approach allowing businesses to deploy and control their own cloud.

  By Tony Bradley | 14 July, 2010 02:43

  Tags: microsoft azure, servers, Microsoft, hardware systems, cloud computing, internet, server

Whitepapers about server

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  Reference Architectures for Virtualisation

  Organisations strive for leverage to drive down costs, improve business agility and benefit from increased automation and efficiency. In order to deliver performance, organisations compete on how best to remove the barriers of virtualisation and migrate their applications, while managing the associated complexity and risk. Read more to find how a focus of reference architecture delivers your goals.

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  Information Security, Virtualisation, and the Journey to the Cloud

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  Analyst Paper - The Total Economic Impact To IBM WebSphere Application Server Migrating From An Open Source Environment

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  Devising a Server Protection Strategy with Trend Micro