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This article is part of the February 2011 Volume 6 issue of How to make your data center more energy efficient
The benefits gained through virtualization can be lost without an effective virtualization management strategy. More about virtualization management Beyond consolidation: Next steps in a server virtualization strategy Top 10 server virtualization news stories of 2010 The onus is on IT to decipher virtualization licensing models Enterprises gain agility, lean operations, disaster recovery and business continuity, as well as a virtualization management quagmire of policies, best practices documentation and tool sets that are a cycle behind the speed at which virtual environments are created. At last count, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. had 210 VMware Inc. ESX sockets in place, with 110 hosts across three data center sites -- actually, make that 224 sockets. As we spoke, Chris Pray, senior engineer of Vertex's global information systems group, received an order from the business for another 16 hosts. That's just virtual machine hosts, never mind the VMs needed to keep up with the hundreds of terabytes of scientific information being moved from site to site. "It's... Access >>>
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Green-energy technologies a priority across all IT operations
by Laura Smith, Features Writer
Green-energy technologies for enterprise data centers include end-row cooling, geothermal heating and other innovative ideas for IT operations at large.
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Green-energy technologies a priority across all IT operations
by Laura Smith, Features Writer
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Virtualization: Panacea and Pandora’s Box
by Christina Torode, Editorial Director
The benefits gained through virtualization can be moot without an effective management strategy.
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Virtualization: Panacea and Pandora’s Box
by Christina Torode, Editorial Director
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Virtualization without virtualization management cancels out benefits
by Christina Torode, News Director
Retaining the benefits gained through virtualization comes down to virtualization management policies and the tools of the trade.
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EBay rethinks its data center design with sustainability in mind
by Laura Smith, Features Writer
Sales growth was outstripping eBay's data center design until its CIO introduced a more sustainable and economical approach to IT.
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Virtualization without virtualization management cancels out benefits
by Christina Torode, News Director
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