Cloud, virtualization take toll on data centers

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CIO Data Center Dec 23, 2015 Cloud, virtualization take toll on data centers More and more businesses are opting out of the data-center game, choosing instead to go with cloud or colocation. Find out why outsourcing may or may not be right for your organization, along with advice on how best to manage the transition. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Data center tax break ignites political battle in Michigan • Amazon adds managed NAT gateways to Virtual Private Cloud • Will HPE Synergy change the way we think about servers? • IT pros brace for lost devices, access problems, on-call holidays • SolidFire deal gives NetApp the season's hottest gifts: flash and cloud • What is 'infrastructure as code' and why should you embrace it? White Paper: Panduit Corp. Efficient Infrastructure Enables Virtualization Strategies A full-featured DCIM solution enables an administrator to proactively make changes to increase reliability, deploy a tiered storage architecture and perform efficient thermal so that virtualized resources run at maximum efficiency. Read More ▶ Data center tax break ignites political battle in Michigan Some players in the U.S. data center industry are now operating just like a sports franchise, threatening to go elsewhere unless they get what they want from local governments. Read More ▶ Amazon adds managed NAT gateways to Virtual Private Cloud Previously clunky and difficult to set up, NAT gateways for Amazon Virtual Private Clouds are now a breeze -- but they have limits and aren't free Read More ▶ Will HPE Synergy change the way we think about servers? To address the increasing need for simplicity in business technologies, many in the industry are beginning to look at "infrastructure as code" deployment approaches that are made possible by an emerging category of products called composable infrastructure, designed to treat hardware like software by allowing IT to manage "infrastructure as code." Companies like Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Intel have each disclosed their own plans for bringing composable infrastructure solutions to market. Read More ▶ IT pros brace for lost devices, access problems, on-call holidays Holiday celebrations at work can lead to missing laptops and phones, email gaffes and security vulnerabilities. Read More ▶ SolidFire deal gives NetApp the season's hottest gifts: flash and cloud NetApp wants to be at the intersection of two hot trends in a rapidly changing storage industry with its planned US$870 million acquisition of startup SolidFire. Read More ▶ What is 'infrastructure as code' and why should you embrace it? Sometimes referred to as programmable infrastructure, IAC is a good way to safely embrace IT automation and get your 'shadow IT' under control, too. Read More ▶ White Paper: Panduit Corp. Making Your Data Center More Efficient A physical data center that is well designed and intelligently monitored not only enables the achievement of today's business/IT initiatives but frees up resources for effective future strategies. Read More ▶

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