How to Build a Turnkey Private and Hybrid Cloud - Three Essential Elements

CIOs and data center managers are hesitant to place important data and applications in the public cloud. As a result, turnkey, ready to go, cloud solutions have become very popular. Here are the three essential elements that should constitute any turnkey private and/or hybrid cloud solution.

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Are The Value of the Cloud and Telecommuting Overstated?

In a recent survey of mid-market IT decision-makers, cloud computing adoption and support for telecommuting had surprisingly low scores. Both are still seen as an option and not an answer.

"SWC Technology Partners surveyed 210 mid-market IT and business leaders and found that cloud computing, at least for the mid-market and even more so in the enterprise, is still very early in its evolution. The survey also revealed a few surprises about the acceptance of telecommuting in the mid-market."

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HP Launches Private Cloud Services

HP has announced that it has launched its HP Cloud Services private beta program. HP says it has made early access available for users to test and provide input on its two initial cloud services: HP Cloud Compute and HP Cloud Object Storage.

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Will Yahoo! Revise It's Hosting Operations Plans?

Carol Bartz is out as the CEO at Yahoo. Does that mean anything for the company's data center and hosting operations? In recent years Yahoo has been overhauling its infrastructure to run its IT infrastructure more efficiently, saving the company many millions of dollars in the process.

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NTT America Launches Disaster Continuity Services for Enterprises

NTT America announced on Monday it has launched a suite of data protection and business continuity services including cloud backup, archiving and compliance, to meet the strict requirements of enterprises. The move comes a few days after NTT America extended its suite of private cloud services to support hybrid cloud requirements.

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Water Main Breaks: A Data Center Challenge!

Could your data center operate if it lost its water supply? This summer's heat wave is causing a jump in water main breaks, causing at least one data center operator to scramble to protect customer equipment.

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NTT America Deploys Bloom Energy Servers Running on Renewable Biogas

NTT America has announced that it has deployed Bloom Energy Servers at its Lundy Data Center in San Jose, Calif., through NTT Worldwide Telecommunications Corporation, a core firm that performs global data center operations in NTT Communications Group.  The Bloom Energy Servers are connected to a natural gas pipeline, and utilize biogas from a California dairy farm to generate electricity on-site.   Key Highlights ·         NTT America's initial deployment consists of five Bloom Energy Servers, with a total capacity of 500kW (kilowatts), or approximately the baseline required to power 500 average homes or five 30,000 square-foot office buildings. ·         NTT America will produce over 4.2 million kilowatt-hours annually, while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1.6 million pounds, the equivalent to planting approximately 4,000 trees each year. ·         As part of NTT America's energy efficiency initiatives, the fuel cell option reduces the dependency on the public electric grid, minimizing the company's carbon footprint by using renewable fuels. ·         The fuel cells at the NTT America data center utilize renewable biogas, additionally reducing the carbon footprint through decreased dependency on fossil fuels. ·         Distributed generation means electricity is generated where it will be used, allowing NTT America to reduce the amount of energy loss due to transmission across power lines, increasing efficiency and trimming costs. ·         NTT America's energy efficiency initiatives include hot aisle/cold aisle server rack design, aisle containment solutions, high efficiency computer room air conditioner (CRAC) cooling systems, distributed electricity generation and dynamic temperature sensor/control technology.

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