Maybe it’s the full beard beneath the bald dome. Regardless of whether it’s energy consumption or hardware design, Frank Frankovsky gives the impression that he’s got his subject in a bear hug. He’s going to tell you about the whole thing; no detail will escape his attention. And he does so with a combination of gravity and geniality that makes the process highly palatable.
Facebook’s Frank Frankovsky: Open Compute Update
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Gigamon Unveils Branch Office Node, FlowVUE App
News roundup: GigaVUE-HB1 leverages GigaSMART; Ixia debuts ControlTower architecture; CipherCloud bolsters compliance policies; ForeScout and FireEye team up to combat malware.
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Dell Buys Enstratius, Extends Cloud Reach
Dell is rounding out its cloud infrastructure management capabilities with the purchase of Enstratius, formerly known as Enstratus until the Minneapolis firm discovered others had the right to the name. No purchase price was disclosed.
The Enstratius Cloud Management Platform interfaces to 23 specific cloud infrastructure offerings, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Windows Azure, Rackspace, Eucalyptus, HP Cloud, AT&T Synaptic Cloud, IBM SmartCloud, VMware vCloud Suite and OpenStack. The most recent addition was CloudCentral’s Cloud Platform hosted in Australian data centers; it was added to the list May 3.
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EMC ViPR Goes All In on Software-Defined Storage
EMC’s ViPR, a new software-defined storage platform, is a big bet on virtualized storage services. ViPR borrows from the SDN playbook with a controller and APIs.
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New Intel CEO Faces Mobile Battle
Intel on Thursday announced that Brian Krzanich, the chipmaker’s current COO, will replace Paul Otellini as CEO, effective May 16.
The news arrived only hours after the company released data to tout its forthcoming Haswell chips’ improved graphics power and energy management. The new processors have been widely linked to the sagging PC industry’s chance for resurgence, and to Intel’s continued dominance. But with Intel playing from behind on the mobile scene while also feeling pressure on its server business, Krzanich will face several challenges as he takes the reins.
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The Three Transformations of IT
IT is entering its third transformation as we learn to grapple with the explosion of data generated by the Internet of Things.
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How to Configure a Cisco Wireless Network
This tutorial shows how to configure a Cisco wireless network. It covers controller setup, WLAN configuration and some advanced settings. Screenshots are included.
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Silver Peak Boosts WAN Performance with New Products
News roundup: Silver Peak speeds up WANs with new hardware and software; Ubuntu Server 13.04 plays nice with VMware; Jeda controller creates storage fabric; Acxoim cloud emphasizes security; Tenable adds reporting features to Nessus.
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QLogic Launches FabricCache HBA to Accelerate Writes
QLogic’s FabricCache, a Fibre Channel HBA that combines flash memory and caching, may be the easiest way to accelerate write-intensive applications.
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Integrated Systems Poised for Astonishing Growth
IDC says sales of integrated infrastructure—pre-configured bundles of compute, networking and storage—will total $ 3 billion in 2013 and grow 50% a year over the next half decade.
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