Server consolidation is the name of the game these days, which means enterprise architectures will probably start shying away from large numbers of small machines in favor of more powerful devices capable of increased VM counts. But will this trend

The original premise of the cloud was that it would offload much of the hardware burden that many enterprises have been struggling with while maintaining data center service levels and functionality -- all at a lower cost. Whether you consider this to

Seagate finally made its long-awaited entry into the solid-state disk market this week, counting on its stature as a leading storage vendor and a robust distribution and OEM network to gain traction against rival systems that already are heading into

After nearly two years of dismal sales in the enterprise server market, it's certainly understandable if industry watchers grasp onto any positive change as a sign that economic turmoil may be over. But I think that even as the economy pulls out of

Is there something eerily familiar about the state of data center networking these days? Time was, IT environments were built around the mainframe -- the massive, room-sized hunks of iron that fed data to the various terminals spread throughout the