There’s no doubt about it, the world of IT is changing. The rise of virtualization and cloud computing has spawned a whole new IT paradigm. With the promise of helping companies work smarter and faster, cloud computing is being adopted by companies worldwide to cut costs and drive new efficiencies. This new data center is [...]

Data center operations managers are making big investments in virtualization and cloud computing as ways to reduce costs and carbon footprint associated with their power-dense environments. Research firm Gartner estimates that global spending on cloud services will hit $68 billion by the end of 2010, a gain of 16% over 2009, which is more than [...]