Need for standards to drive efficiency improvements, says IDA

As enterprises develop business strategies for 2010 and beyond, they require an infrastructure that can quickly and cost-effectively adapt to evolving needs. This paper describes how H3C resilient virtual switching fabric utilizing 3Com's Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology can help extend the control plane across multiple active switches, increasing resiliency and reducing complexity.

Clean vs green dilemma

Through improved distribution of apps

For scale-out and HPC deployments

Four data center expansion in 2009

Data center buildout is on the rise as obsolecense and new applications demand the revamp of existing data centers or the building of new ones. Sanjay Sainani, vice president, Data Center Solution at APC, Schneider Electric, discusses some of the challenges facing owners and users of data centers as they come to terms with new technologies that deliver better value to businesses.

Behind the connected world are powerful servers, storage systems and network infrastructure that feeds the world's demand for connectivity. Nicola Hayes, Vice President for BroadGroup, firmly believes that investments in data centers will continue to grow. The trend is towards massive data centers like those operated by Google and Amazon. The challenges for these operators will come in three related areas: gree, power requirements and space.