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IBM’s Watson Advises at Cancer Center

Posted: February 6th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Hardware Systems | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

The Watson supercomputer is about to begin evaluating cancer treatment options that can be delivered to physicians in a matter of seconds.

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Salesforce.com opens Tokyo data center

Posted: January 10th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Virtualization | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Salesforce.com’s first data center in Japan has begun operations, the company said Wednesday.

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IBM’s Watson shows up for work at Cedars-Sinai’s cancer center

Posted: December 24th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Hardware Systems | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

IBM’s Watson supercomputer has begun work with the Cedars-Sinai cancer center to develop applications that will assist doctors in diagnosing and prescribing treatments for patients.

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6 Steps to Boost Data Center Power and Cooling Efficiency

Posted: October 8th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Hardware Systems | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Increased energy efficiency in a data center can be reached without major changes to IT equipment or facilities. Here are six ways to get there.

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A tale of two U.S. government data center projects

Posted: September 20th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Hardware Systems | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

This is a story of two federal government data center projects: One, undertaken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), met its schedule and budget. The other, a U.S. Air Force initiative, went over budget and was late.

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Situational awareness: Inside the new World Trade Center

Posted: September 7th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

There is perhaps no image of security more striking than the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. It was the scene of a terrorist bombing in 1993 that killed six people and, ten years ago, the epicenter of an attack that changed the world forever.

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Verizon, partners show off first Innovation Center products

Posted: July 14th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Hardware Systems | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Verizon Wireless Tuesday showed off dozens of early-stage LTE wireless products at its new Verizon Innovation Center in Watham, Mass.

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Grow your data center with colocation

Posted: July 12th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Hardware Systems | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Brian Burch knew the moment had arrived. Two of his data center’s key services — availability and business continuity — needed fast and dramatic improvement. Design and location limitations meant that his company’s existing data center couldn’t be upgraded to the levels necessary to provide the required function and performance gains.

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Data center startups emerging to solve virtualization and cloud problems

Posted: June 15th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Virtualization | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

A host of new data center startups are coming on the scene to help IT shops handle the challenges posed by virtualized infrastructures and cloud computing.

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Lawsuit: Fired data center worker wiped out TV show

Posted: April 1st, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

The creators of “Zodiac Island” say they lost an entire season of their syndicated children’s television show after a former employee at their Internet service provider wiped out more than 300GB of video files.

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