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Enterprise systems management
- March 19, 2008
19 Mar'08
Green IT overpitched by vendors; CIOs beware
Virtualization isn't the only technology with a green marketing pitch, but CIOs can ask the right questions to make sure they get the real deal.
- March 18, 2008
18 Mar'08
PUE tries for standardization as green IT metric
The way to energy efficiency is through metrics, experts say. Now if only everybody would agree on one and start using it.
- March 04, 2008
04 Mar'08
Microsoft Hyper-V a wait-and-see proposition
Hyper-V is cheap and almost ready, but it might be best to wait out any bugs.
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- January 24, 2008
24 Jan'08
IT priorities study finds CIOs kowtow to Wall Street, not users
A global study of Fortune 1,000 CIOs finds that companies are hobbled by legacy systems and a focus on short-term gains.
- January 16, 2008
16 Jan'08
Server consolidation is not all virtualization
In server consolidation, all the hype is about virtualization. Experts say physical consolidation remains just as important -- maybe more.
- January 16, 2008
16 Jan'08
IT security management policies good for the business
Treat IT security management policies as good for the entire business, not as a necessary evil.
- January 15, 2008
15 Jan'08
Managing the application development lifecycle requires solid metrics
Collect solid metrics at the right time, and the speed of application development will improve its chances at keeping up with the business.
- January 02, 2008
02 Jan'08
The year's most controversial information technology management issues
SearchCIO.com editors take a look at controversial issues facing CIOs. Read them again, if for nothing else but to whet your appetite for a good argument.
- December 13, 2007
13 Dec'07
IT staffing steady, but optimism wanes heading into 2008
The latest numbers from staffing firm Robert Half Technology show hiring prospects dimming slightly, though certain skills (Windows administration) are hot.
- December 11, 2007
11 Dec'07
PG&E CIO energizes California utility
Following a very public bankruptcy, a beleaguered California utility brought in a new team of executives to turn the company around and improve the efficiency of their data center. Among them was Patricia Lawicki, who made some progressive ...
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- November 29, 2007
29 Nov'07
Top 10 ways to save energy in the data center
A data center energy efficiency expert offers 10 tips for reducing energy consumption in the data center at the 2007 Gartner Data Center Conference.
- November 28, 2007
28 Nov'07
Gartner warns of misguided virtualization strategies
Experts say IT managers considering virtualization need to think beyond power and cooling and instead strategize how the technology will transform IT.
- November 27, 2007
27 Nov'07
HP offers up midmarket supercomputing
HP offers a turnkey high-performance computing system that brings a teraflop of computing power to the midmarket for less than $50,000.
- November 20, 2007
20 Nov'07
Green IT in the data center: Plenty of talk, not much walk
A new survey from Symantec of 800 data managers worldwide shows that protecting the environment is low on the totem pole for most data center stewards.
- October 25, 2007
25 Oct'07
Energy, market demands drive up price of hosted data centers
Surging energy costs and demands for space mean CIOs are getting squeezed as providers of hosted data centers jack up their prices.