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  • A first look at Windows 8 - the OS for everything

    The first public beta for Windows 8 is expected to be released in February, but we've been testing pre-beta code in our lab. Our overall impression is that Windows 8 represents an aggressive effort by Microsoft to deliver a single OS that runs just about everywhere and takes on all of Microsoft's key rivals.

  • Extending the life of your data centre

    Bumping up against the life expectancy of your data centre? Use these best practices to delay a costly expansion.

  • Six ways to cool your data centre efficiently and cheaply

    Many data centres are up against the maximum electric power available to them from their utility. Others are facing management challenges: the amount of time to deploy new capacity and to manage existing capacity and systems. And gains made by virtualising and consolidating servers are often lost again as more gear is added in.

  • How Fibre Channel over Ethernet went from fee to free

    With demand for FCoE more sluggish than vendors had hoped, 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch and adapter makers are making it available for free.

  • Hitachi vs Seagate vs Western Digital: Hard drive makers talk up new storage tech

    In a reflection of the hard-fought battle among hard drive makers to get ahead of rivals, Hitachi, Seagate and Western Digital this week talked up storage innovations, including a Hitachi drive that combines an optical platter with Micron's densest NAND flash memory and advanced hard drives from Western Digital and Seagate that hold up to 3TB of data.

  • Moving a data centre? Avoid these four career-limiting mistakes

    Moving a data centre is a major undertaking for most organisations. And a successful move is a nice resume builder for any IT professional. A successful move will showcase skills in large-scale project planning, project management, technology integration and interpersonal communications. The process provides a chance for exposure across the company, as virtually every department is touched by the IT organisation (and affected by a data centre move) in some way.

  • Get smart with intelligent data storage

    Storage that knows about the applications that use it can run much more efficiently, but at the the cost of increased complexity

  • M&A: What to do when your tech supplier is aquired

    Having your primary tech vendor bought out can create lots of change in a hurry. Customers of acquired tech firms such as Foundry, EqualLogic and Sun share their concerns and advice.

  • Storage virtualisation: When to invest

    Storage virtualisation adds to your costs, but if your goal is to manage your storage networks more efficiently, it pays off.

  • When will solid state drives be cheap?

    Solid state drives (SSD) have been among the hottest hardware products for more than two years, with a good deal of uptake within the consumer PC, notebook and netbook markets in response to a precipitous drop in pricing in 2007 and 2008.





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