This blog will now focus on advanced monitoring of heterogeneous data centers. This includes traditional physical servers, both Microsoft and non-Microsoft platforms. It will also include the virtual space, both Hyper-V as well as VMware. Lastly, it absolutely will include networking components!

August 2009 - Posts

• Survey: Mainframes Continue to Play Key Role in Data Centers

  Survey: Mainframes Continue to Play Key Role in Data Centers eWeek - August 20, 2009 A CA survey of IBM System z mainframe users, most of whom also run distributed computing environments, found that the mainframes address key concerns of IT professionals, Read More... Posted Monday, August 24, 2009 4:34 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Data Center Technology

• TechRepublic: CIOs Refuse to Buy Virtualization Hype

  TechRepublic: CIOs Refuse to Buy Virtualization Hype ZDNet - August 20, 2009 TechRepublic's CIO Jury has indicated that the vast majority of IT leaders have no plans to adopt desktop virtualization, although a minority group of IT chiefs are enthusiastic Read More... Posted Monday, August 24, 2009 4:34 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Virtualization

• Microsoft, University Researchers Sharpen Data Center Architectures

  Microsoft, University Researchers Sharpen Data Center Architectures Network World - August 20, 2009 Microsoft and university researchers have come up with differing ways to address shortcomings of data center architectures and to promote the efficient Read More... Posted Monday, August 24, 2009 4:33 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Data Center Technology

• Microsoft Hyper-V Halts Nissan's Server Sprawl

  Microsoft Hyper-V Halts Nissan's Server Sprawl Manufacturing Business Technology - August 20, 2009 Using Microsoft's Hyper-V, Nissan virtualized most of its servers, reduced the number of manufacturing operations servers from 159 to 28, decreased energy Read More... Posted Monday, August 24, 2009 4:33 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Virtualization

• IBM Running Late on $863 Million Data Center Project for Texas

  IBM Running Late on $863 Million Data Center Project for Texas InformationWeek - August 13, 2009 The state of Texas says an $863 million data center consolidation project with IBM has fallen short of promised savings by $14 million and that only 75 servers Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:16 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Data Center Technology

• Reconsidering SAN in Wake of SCSI Disk's End

  Reconsidering SAN in Wake of SCSI Disk's End IT Jungle - August 17, 2009 IBM will soon officially stop selling SCSI disks for System i and Power Systems servers, leaving serial attached SCSI (SAS) and solid state drives (SSD) as the only option for internal Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:15 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Storage

• Citrix XenServer Virtualization Popular among Fortune 500 Companies

  Citrix XenServer Virtualization Popular among Fortune 500 Companies Virtualization Journal - August 18, 2009 Citrix Systems just announced that more than 10 percent of Global Fortune 500 companies have activated its Citrix XenServer virtualization platform Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:15 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Virtualization

• New Methods to Control Data Center Costs

  New Methods to Control Data Center Costs New York Times - August 17, 2009 From using innovative construction methods to examining tax options, Microsoft and Google are exploring new strategies to save money on power-hungry data centers. Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:14 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Data Center Technology

• Downturn Boosts Importance of Data Centers

  Downturn Boosts Importance of Data Centers Read More... Posted Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:20 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Data Center Technology

• How to Recycle Virtualization Resources for Improved Data Center Optimization

  How to Recycle Virtualization Resources for Improved Data Center Optimization Read More... Posted Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:20 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Data Center Technology, Virtualization

• Cisco, HP Specs Suggest Competing System Designs

  Cisco, HP Specs Suggest Competing System Designs Read More... Posted Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:19 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Data Center Technology

• Consultant Issues Caveats on Storage Virtualization for Disaster Recovery

  Consultant Issues Caveats on Storage Virtualization for Disaster Recovery Read More... Posted Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:19 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Virtualization, Storage

• Making a move.

  Three years as a Senior Consultant in MCS has provided me with tremendous opportunities to acquire experience and develop skills in several technolgies. I have recently accepted a role as an ITAP Architect. I am very excited about this role because I Read More... Posted Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:11 PM by walterch | 0 Comments

• Sun Exec: Virtualization Key to Cloud Efficiencies

  Sun Exec: Virtualization Key to Cloud Efficiencies Read More... Posted Sunday, August 16, 2009 1:17 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Cloud Computing, Data Center Technology, Virtualization