One of the most scrutinized and highly negotiated elements of an IT outsourcing (ITO) agreement for infrastructure is the resource pricing schedule. Like a tax table or any other financial schedule, the ITO rate structure has a significant impact on the behavior of those governed by it – in this case, the service provider.
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Data Center Pricing Schedules: Driving Positive Vendor Behavior
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Nutanix: Time To Ban The SAN
Go big or go home seems to be the philosophy of Nutanix, whose initial product aims to ban the SAN (storage area network) from virtualized datacenters. It says that the Complete Cluster, an all-in-one, scale-out converged solution, enables customers to save 40 to 60 percent on equipment alone for Nutanix-based virtualization projects.
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Kaseya Unveils Integrated, Automated Mobile Device Management
From a pure revenue perspective, the mobile device management market is just starting to take off, but all indications are it will be a gold mine, so Kaseya is joining the more than 60 vendors already staking a claim in this segment with an integrated and automated solution initially targeted at Apple and Android users. Blackberry and Windows users may have to wait, but they will be included eventually, say company officials.
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Astute Boosts VMware I/O Performance 1,500 Percent
VMware-based virtualization could get a big boost with Astute Network’s ViSX G3 accelerator, which provided one early adopter with 1,500 percent improved read performance on critical applications, accelerated performance on its most demanding VMs and delivered a noticeable increase in the responsiveness of its database applications.
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Xsigo Compute Fabric Threatens Switch Vendors
Xsigo Systems says that the launch of the industry’s first fully virtualized infrastructure for cloud-optimized data centers enables one-click network connections from virtual machines to any data center resource — including servers, networks, storage, and other virtual machines. With the Xsigo Server Fabric, new services can be brought to market 10 times faster, delivered at guaranteed levels of performance, and seamlessly scaled to a thousand physical hosts, all at a 50 percent lower cost of operation.
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HP Offers Service That Spots Inefficiencies In Data Center
HP has introduced a new service to help enterprises improve the efficiency of their data centers by automating the process of identifying where applications are running and on what IT assets. The purpose of the HP Discovery and Dependency Mapping Service for Data Center Transformation is on how to redesign the data center for optimal operational efficiency, as companies implement virtualization and cloud computing technology.
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Flash Goes Mainstream: Part 1
A new study from SSG-NOW finds that solid-state drives and high-speed memory have evolved from their consumer roots into highly regarded – and in-demand – enterprise solutions. The report, ‘Solid State Drives and High-Speed Memory: Adoption, Practice and Deployment,’ which includes the results of a co-sponsored SNIA/SSG-NOW IT survey, indicates that over 70 percent of respondents are planning to deploy SSDs and high-speed memory, with 25 percent already implemented, 32 percent evaluating and 31 percent currently implementing the technology.
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Google+, Day 7: Nobody Wants to Claim These Invitations
30 Days With Google+: Day 7
Google+ has quickly skyrocketed to 25 million plus users, and invitations to join the coveted limited “Field Trial” of the Google social network are in high demand… or so I thought. They used to be at least. I expected a mad rush to take advantage of my repeated offers to invite readers, but demand has been tepid at best.
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AT&T Unveils New Mobile Security Strategy
The rise of smartphones and tablets brings unprecedented mobility, but with the convenience of being able to carry and access information from virtually anywhere comes an increased threat that attackers can also steal or access your information from virtually anywhere. AT&T announced today that it is taking proactive steps to strengthen mobile security by investing in a new mobile security platform.
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Google+, Day 8: I’m Not Loving the Circles Interface
30 Days With Google+: Day 8
Conceptually, I like Circles. I understand the simple logic of segregating contacts based upon my real life relationships, or the level of personal information I am comfortable sharing with various groups. But, the actual interface of dragging and dropping contacts into different circles? Yeah–I’m over that.
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