Cisco plans significant data center assault
Cisco Systems has a number of significant product introductions on tap for 2009 as the company continues to morph from a pure networking player into an overall IT supplier. Read more...

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Sun's Mickos says he's OK with MySQL co-founder's 5.1 rant

Sun's biggest investor gets two new seats on board

Model T inspires Microsoft plan for modular IT

Microsoft offers new method for building data centers

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License server glitch exposes SonicWall users to e-mail security threats

New IBM services offer cloud setup, 'validation'

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Q&A;: Nicholas Carr on 'the big switch' to cloud computing
In an interview, author Nicholas Carr said cloud computing can lower IT costs and is reliable enough for many corporate applications. But IT execs have to be willing to shrink their staffs, he added.

There's nothing easy about letting Apple into the enterprise
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Q&A;: FEC's effort to make campaign data more accessible adds IT complexity
For the Federal Election Commission, enforcing campaign finance laws and making financing data publicly accessible requires a vast server farm, multiple levels of databases and a variety of security tools.

How to set up a cross-platform network
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Boston College converts chapel into data center
Boston College's new data center resides inside a former chapel on land acquired from the Catholic Archdiocese.

Q&A;: Schwartz says financial meltdown plays into Sun's hands
In an interview, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz said the economic downturn will make IT managers more open to technology changes — and claimed that will work to his company's advantage.

The How of Y
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Get Your Head in the Cloud
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Oracle looks to Utah for green data center
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