SIRVA, an international relocation and moving solutions provider, determined that acquisitions are a good way to grow a business. However, one repercussion from the strategy was inefficiency: duplicate business functions were performed in various offices scattered across the US. In streamlining its IT infrastructure, the corporation found itself at the forefront of the movement to consolidate data center products, a position that, to date, has paid dividends to the corporation.
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Data Center Consolidation Sparks Converged Infrastructure Deployment
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IDC Sees 5.1 Percent Server Growth In 2011 Based On Cloud, Mobile Growth
IDC is forecasting 5.1 percent growth in server revenue this year, as the market makes a “return to stability” after the recession year of 2009 and the recovery seen in 2010. Among the drivers for server growth are greater adoption of cloud computing, increased use of mobile computing platforms and explosive growth in the amount of data being generated, IDC analysts said in a Webcast Tuesday.
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Broadcom Raises the Bar for CNA Technology
Broadcom Corporation recently unveiled the BCM578x0, its latest generation of 10GbE ASICs for LAN-on-Motherboard (LOM) and NIC applications, and the first in a new class of Converged Network Adapters (CNAs), a.k.a. Converged NICs (C-NICs). The new family of ASICs includes several innovations which raise the bar for CNA technology and give us a glimpse at the capabilities of the next generation of high performance Ethernet adapters.
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NetWitness Adds Automated Malware Analysis To Network Monitoring Platform
NetWitness has introduced an automated malware analysis module to its NextGen network security monitoring and analysis platform. Spectrum combines the platform’s network capture/recording capabilities to obtain detailed information on suspect file activity and techniques that malware researchers commonly use in a “sandbox” environment. These capabilities include static analysis to reveal details such as packing, obfuscation, embedded Java scripts etc. in order to examine the nature of the malware and its impact on the enterprise.
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EMC Takes The Offensive In The Storage Wars
With its January blizzard of announcements, EMC has launched an across-the-board offensive. By doing so, the company is broadening its horizons as a wide spectrum information infrastructure company. That does not mean it has neglected its storage roots–far from it. Announcements at both the enterprise-class and midrange storage system levels have opened new fronts for EMC to contend against competitors.
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New Migration Tool Seeks To Spur Adoption Of Windows 7
More than a year after its introduction, adoption of Microsoft Windows 7 is at only 10 percent in the enterprise market. Prowess, a maker of software to simplify migration, is improving its tools to accomplish increased adoption of Windows 7, even as its CEO expresses skepticism at industry optimism that 2011 may be “The Year of Windows 7.”
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Cisco Broadens SMB Portfolio
Cisco Systems is building out its small-business portfolio (Cisco Small Business) with today’s roll-out of networking, security and storage products, as well as both service and financing offerings. The products include entry-level Ethernet switches, a network security firewall, backup service for its NSS300 storage products, and a three-year, three-percent financing package.
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Brocade and Dell Enhance iSCSI Storage
Since the introduction of iSCSI storage in 2004, the population of 1Gbit iSCSI storage arrays has grown to comprise almost a third of all disk arrays shipped each year. Connecting servers to all those 1Gbit iSCSI SANs requires only a generic port on a server LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) chip, or 1Gbit Ethernet NIC. No special Ethernet hardware or software is needed because IP networks don’t discriminate between NAS/SAN storage traffic and LAN traffic. That’s because the iSCSI protocol is transparently encapsulated into Ethernet packets, and only basic iSCSI-related network services exist.
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TamoSoft Wi-Fi Tools Worth Looking At
Keeping a critical wireless network up and high-performing takes good design, sound policies and effective tools. Thankfully, Wi-Fi support tools have evolved along with wireless technology, and we have plenty of options to pick from. At the same time, some tools have steep learning curves and big price tags that keep them on the wish list, but out of reach. And then there are tools like those offered by TamoSoft, whose robust feature sets don’t cost a fortune or require an engineering degree to glean value from.
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Six Ways To Fail In The Cloud
Our 2011 InformationWeek Analytics State of Cloud Computing Survey shows a 67 percent increase in the number of companies using cloud services, up from 18 percent in February 2009 and 30 percent in October 2010. IT now has a choice: Grab ownership of what’s poised to be a core part of the enterprise technology toolset, or shortchange key functions and set ourselves up for disaster.
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