With 3000 jobs on the line, GM begins to return IT to the fold
GM begins insourcing formerly external IT operations
Five Nines: The Next Gen Datacenter
David Chernicoff looks at technologies that impact data center users and operators, including server consolidation and virtualization, green IT, and the latest hardware advances.
David Chernicoff
With more than 20 years of published writings about technology, as well as industry stints as everything from a database developer to CTO, David Chernicoff has earned the term "veteran" in the technology world.
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Calxeda bucks the ARM server trend by focusing on their 32-bit product
Fed sees EMP as a threat to power infrastructure, but can't figure out how to prevent it.
Handicapped by their own mandate, FERC has identified a real problem, but isn't allowed to address it.
Iceland scores major datacenter win with BMW and Verne Global
With BMW Iceland gets their first high-profile, internationally known datacenter customer.
Federal Data Center Consolidation: Who's paying?
Consolidation projects are supposed to be funded by the money they will potentially save.
What's new in MongoDB version 2.2?
With more than 600 improvements and new features, MongoDB version 2.2 is a rounding out of a product that is no longer bleeding edge, but leading edge.
Cheyenne wants Microsoft bio-gas powered datacenter pilot project
Wyoming wants to be the home of Microsoft's waste-gas powered fuel cell driven datacenter pilot project
What is NoSQL, and why do you need it?
NoSQL is a whole new way of thinking about a database. Though NoSQL is not a relational database, the reality is that a relational database model may not be the best solution for all situations.