Is Cloud the Answer to Security Breaches?
Data Center Journal Security breaches like the recent one at Coke caused by an internal source happen more than we realize. Companies need to ensure that all data is kept where it can be secured and where its management can follow best industry practices, including encryption and data masking of the physical data. Cloud-stored data offers a highly secure alternative to locally stored data. When sensitive information is no longer stored on devices that are regularly available to employees and the occasional passersby, the chances of that data being compromised decrease drastically.

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Fat-free Data Centers
RARITAN You can cut down waste significantly in data centers by identifying stranded capacity. There is far more available in typical data centers than we think.

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“A Data Center Manager’s Life is Chaotic”
RARITAN That’s because what’s ‘urgent’ assumes priority and then things get executed in a haphazard manner, says Henry Hsu, Director Global Power & Architecture, Raritan

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The Cloud Explained, by Kids!
ACCENTURE For anyone in the data center and cloud space, we highly recommend this video. And it’s a video worth revisiting. Because it reminds us who our customers and employees really are, and what the cloud means to them.

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Dilbert’s colleague presents the DR plan.!

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While it is true that excess heat can shorten the life of IT equipment or even cause it to fail, excessive cooling does not prolong equipment life and wastes energy. Temperature and humidity sensors attached to intelligent rack PDUs help data center managers optimize their air conditioning and humidification settings and improve efficiency.
Flipkart partners with Dell to ramp up its data center
  Flipkart has partnered with Dell to ramp up its existing data center and setup a disaster recovery mechanism as part of its expansion plan to include additional product categories on its website.
Indian public cloud services market on pace to total $550 mn in 2014: Gartner
  Gartner predicts that from 2013 through 2017, $4 billion will be spent on cloud services in India. SaaS is the largest overall cloud market segment.
VMware launches first hybrid desktop-as-a-service (DaaS)
  Customers now have a choice between three unique virtual desktop deployment models from a single vendor to match their specific needs.
SAP appoints Adaire Fox-Martin president of APJ region
  Previously chief operating officer (COO) of SAP Asia Pacific Japan, Fox-Martin is credited with the performance rebound in the region performance, achieving double digit growth in software and cloud in Q4.
 
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