Birkbeck College consolidates servers to cut PUE rating to 1.3

Explore ComputerWeekly.com (Mar 20 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling

...tions. Rob Shapland outlines four mobile device security threats and three tools to manage them. At Cisco Live London, Cisco launched 40 and 100 GbE switching, a souped-up 4-antenna WLAN access point, and a host of network v......ligent software evaluation processes and savvy contract management can pay huge dividends, he says. Forrester’s Clay Richardson speaks on aligning process and data for “customer process transformation.” MDM an... (Read Full Article)

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What Is Behind Dell’s Acquisition Spree?

Explore TechWeekEurope UK (Mar 14 2012)

...ee? The acquisition of SonicWall gives Dell a powerful set of products and services to compete with Cisco, Juniper and HP, says Chris Preimesberger On March 14, 2012 by Chris Preimesberger eWEEK USA 2012. ......enter networking security, or are there still some holes to fill? “There are always holes to fill,” Forrester Research principal analyst of security and risk management John Kindervag told eWEEK. “This gives them a ver... (Read Full Article)

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A New Net

Explore Technology Review (Feb 6 2012) Cloud Computing , Networking

...s "the big money." An estimated $26 billion a year is spent on the public cloud today, according to Forrester Research. Mullaney thinks the market would expand significantly if businesses, which spend $2 trillion a yea......itting in Nicira's boardroom, exchange quick glances and are careful not to name any companies—even Cisco Systems, the world's leading maker of routers and switches. They're being diplomatic; Nicira has ... (Read Full Article)

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Convergence of Networks in the Data Center

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Apr 18 2011) Cloud Computing , Networking , Servers , Storage

According to a recent study from Forrester Research, most North American data center operators believe that in the next 5 years there will be a converg...... and a deeper discussion of the benefits click here to download this research report, sponsored by Cisco Systems. (Read Full Article)

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JouleX Updates Software For Emerging ECEM Market

Explore Network Computing (Jan 11 2011) Monitoring , Servers

...te control of those systems. The software product joins a growing market for what the research firm Forrester describes as Enterprise Carbon and Energy Management (ECEM) software. JEM 2.5 is a network-based......of day and other factors. JEM 2.5 also integrates with leading data center management tools such as Cisco Systems' EnergyWise, Intel's Data Center Manager and VMWare's vCenter. Energy management software maker Jou... (Read Full Article)

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Mellanox Acquires Voltaire in Networking Deal

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Nov 29 2010) Networking

...arily make their money from systems vendors that embed the technology in their own products, said Forrester Research analyst Andrew Reichman. Mellanox is no doubt eager to gain from Voltaire’s partnerships with the l......he stock price of Voltaire has been erratic. Then again, the company has rivals like QLogic (QLGC), Cisco (CSCO), Juniper Networks (JNPR) and Brocade Communications Systems (BRCD). A merger with Mellanox s... (Read Full Article)

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Green IT: expo encourages industry to become sustainability leader

Explore Green Wise (Nov 9 2010) Carbon Tax , Emissions , Cloud Computing

...itioned to be a role model as well as an enabler," said Christopher Mines, senior vice president of Forrester Research. "IT can either play a hero or a villain role. IT can be captive by its past and find itself unwill......ning computers off at night is an option, many organisations are turning to automated software like Cisco’s EnergyWise and 1E’s NightWatchman, which automatically hibernates or shuts down ... (Read Full Article)

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Oracle Gets Cloud Religion

Explore The New York Times (Sep 21 2010) Cloud Computing

... IT Drilldowns on Virtualization, Mobile, SOA Visit Infoworld's Green Tech Center Network World's Cisco Subnet-The Independent Voice of Cisco Customers Fast-forward to Oracle OpenWorld this week and Oracle is now well and truly on the cloud......een around for years, according to one analyst. "When Oracle says 'cloud,' they mean hosting," said Forrester Research analyst Paul Hamerman. "I think there is new technology in play here, but it ... (Read Full Article)

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Vendors pitch stripped-down servers to giant Web properties

Explore Welcome to Techworld (Jun 10 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

... large homogenous application scale-out deployments, an application that spans 1,000 servers," says Forrester Research analyst James Staten. "These are typically things delivered by Web services, or cloud services as t......hardware design that reduces up-front capital costs and ongoing costs for management and power use. Cisco has recognized that the network and computer are moving closer together with its Unified Computing ... (Read Full Article)

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