12 Tips to Avoid Gridlock in the Cloud

	Josh Stephens: Data center expertise: Hard to come by, harder to validate | Terremark launches private cloud offering
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	12 Tips to Avoid Gridlock in the Cloud In Star Wars, Coruscant is an entire planet that's a city. And in the movie, traffic flows in three dimensions as everyone flies around - without any accidents. As it's science fiction, there aren't even any traffic jams. Read More WHITE PAPER: CyrusOne Colocation: The Logical Home for the Cloud That environment is colocation—sophisticated data centers where some of the biggest enterprises and cloud providers in the world can offload the risks of growing capital costs, facility management and obsolescence and focus on their core mission. Learn More! In this Issue Josh Stephens: Data center expertise: Hard to come by, harder to validate Terremark launches private cloud offering Hitachi releases first enterprise-class 4TB hard drive Chris Poelker: Defining cloud computing, part one: Laymen's terms Dell expands virtual desktops into the cloud Intel 'superchip' will be aimed at high-performance computing RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Josh Stephens: Data center expertise: Hard to come by, harder to validate Last week I spoke at Data Center World out in Las Vegas. During my presentation we talked a lot about data center expertise within specific technical areas like VoIP, virtualization, and power management. How to find and validate experts in these areas seemed to at the forefront of everyone's minds.   Read More Terremark launches private cloud offering Terremark is offering enterprises a new private cloud service that includes the option to burst onto a public cloud. Read More Hitachi releases first enterprise-class 4TB hard drive Hitachi Global Storage Technologies today announced its first enterprise-class 4TB desktop hard drive, which offers one-third more capacity than its predecessor. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Driving Storage Efficiencies with Automated Tiering Storage management has become a huge issue for IT managers, and it's not going to subside, according to market researchers. New research conducted by IDG Research Services reveals that IT managers are considering tiered storage as an essential tool. Download this white paper to learn more about the survey results. Learn More! Chris Poelker: Defining cloud computing, part one: Laymen's terms As I travel around the country meeting with IT professionals and attending or speaking at industry events, I am amazed by how many different versions there are of "cloud computing."   Read More Dell expands virtual desktops into the cloud Dell said this week it is expanding its virtual desktop offerings into the cloud through a partnership with another company. Read More Intel 'superchip' will be aimed at high-performance computing Intel this week said it was investing in the development of a "superchip" for high-performance computing systems that the company hopes will raise its supercomputing profile. Read More
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