• Storage News: Quantum, Violin Memory, Tegile Systems

  Quantum boosts storage performance with the introduction of two new StorNext appliances, Violin Memory helps SCOR Global Life dramatically accelerate in-house applications, and Tegile Systems propels an Irish airline's internal infrastructure.

• The UPS Debate: A Conversation on High Efficiency, Multi-Mode UPSs

  There are a lot of smart people in the data center power protection market debating the merits, value, risks and rewards of high-efficiency uninterruptable power supplies (UPSs). Today's Industry Perspectives, written by Brad Thrash of GE Critical Power, explores the technology of eco-mode UPS…

• Five years of Flaccid Scrum

  Five years ago, I wrote this post to highlight a particular problem we'd been seeing with project teams using Scrum but neglecting the technical practices you need for successful software development. I'm reposting it now as the problem is still with us, indeed it seems more common as Scrum and…

• Photos from Day One: Open Compute Summit V

  The fifth edition of the Open Compute Summit kicked off on Tuesday at the San Jose Convention Center, and showed the growing enthusiasm for the open source hardware movement.

• Teradata Launches Analytics for SAP

  Teradata (TDC) launched a software and services solution for SAP that bundles business insight with analytics, combining SAP data with operational data and big data.

• Factoring Cost Into Your Cloud Services Evaluation

  To understand how the QoS a provider delivers can impact a business, simply look at how cloud services are used. Learn to do cloud, the right way!

• Dell Teams With Cumulus Networks on Disaggregated Networking

  Dell has teamed with hot networking startup Cumulus Netrworks, signing a reseller agreement that figures to boost interest in disaggregated networking.

• Equinix and AT&T Form Alliance for Enterprise Cloud Services

  Equinix (EQIX) and AT&T announced a new alliance that will deploy AT&T networking technology across select Equinix data centers globally to address the enterprise concerns for moving into the cloud.

• Amazon EC2 Instance Usage and Reserved Instance Utilization Reports

  Amazon EC2 gives you the power to launch On-Demand Instances and pay by the hour. You can also purchase Reserved Instances to lower costs and reserve capacity, and you can bid for spare capacity by using Spot Instances (see the...

• Latisys Adding 3.6 Megawatts In Suburban Chicago

  Hybrid cloud hosting and data center solutions provider Latisys is expanding in Oak Brook, a suburb of Chicago. Chicago is becoming a strong managed hosting market, and enterprises are making their way to the suburbs more and more.

• CyrusOne Receives Open-IX Certification in Six Markets

  Open-IX announced it was accepting applications for certification across North America in early January. CyrusOne is the first to achieve certification across multiple sites.