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Desktop audit checklist: Five steps to success

Now that 2012 has begun, consider doing a desktop audit to get your IT house in order. A strong desktop audit checklist can help you manage hardware, software and applications better.
Load balancing servers in a private cloud

Overloaded servers can crush performance and ruin end users’ computing experiences. Load balancing is key to maintaining healthy, robust clouds.
Why monitoring data center power consumption is vital

Monitoring data center power consumption is the first step to reducing energy expenses, but many facilities still lack key monitoring capabilities.
Escorts reaps DC consolidation, virtualization benefits

The data center consolidation and virtualization initiative at Escorts has brought in significant savings, along with better manageability and efficiency.
VMware vSphere 5 licensing demystified

VMware’s vSphere 5 licensing model enables businesses move to usage-based costing. Here’s a look at the updated vRAM pooling option in vSphere 5 licensing.

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Adopt public cloud computing in four easy steps

Public cloud computing is gaining in terms of offerings’ maturity. Learn about the four stages in setting up public cloud computing in your organization.

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Free SAN sizing template and useful guidelines

With the explosion in data volumes, optimal SAN design and SAN sizing is key. Use these practical SAN sizing tips and SAN sizing template to get there.
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Desktop virtualization implementation toolkit for data center pros

Through this desktop virtualization guide, you will not only learn the benefits of desktop virtualization but also the missteps to avoid and the best practices to adopt.

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  Leaders of the US Senate and House of Representatives have postponed action on the controversial PIPA and SOPA proposed anti-piracy legislation.
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Information Security
- UTM sizing tips for your network security needs
  
  UTM appliances greatly ease the management of network security. But correct UTM sizing is of prime importance. Follow these UTM sizing tips to get it right.
- Black Hole kit fuels drive-by attacks, rogue antivirus declines, Sophos finds
  
  The Black Hole crimeware kit has caused drive-by attacks to surge, according to the Sophos 2012 threat report.
- Burp Suite Tutorial: Part 2 – Intruder and repeater tools
  
  Our Burp Suite tutorial’s second part covers intruder and repeater. Use this Burp Suite tutorial to customize attacks on Web apps via SQLi and XSS bugs.
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- Star schema in database: Guide to construction and composition
  
  The star schema in database provides fast response to queries and forms the ideal source for cube structures. Learn all about star schema nuances here.
- Deloitte spots analytics trends, ethics and open data
  
  Deloitte identifies four analytics trends: an increased focus on ethics, the rise of open data, new business models and a refusal to do analytics for its own sake.
- Collaborative BI key to bringing order to chaotic business environments
  
  Collaborative BI may not carry the same kind of prestige that “big data” or the cloud does, but devotees like Barry Devlin believe it to be a critical game changer.
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- EMC’s Tucci looks at data storage trends, spending forecast
  
  EMC CEO Joe Tucci predicts storage spending will outgrow lackluster IT spending in 2012 despite global financial woes and hard drive shortages.
- UCLA scientists tame file data storage growth with scale-out NAS, pNFS
  
  To deal with its file data storage needs, UCLA's Institute for Digital Research and Education bought BlueArc Titans to boost performance and Panasas ActiveStor to tackle bandwidth.
- Week in review podcast: Atlantis unveils ‘diskless’ VDI storage; more news
  
  Join SearchStorage.com Senior Editor Ellen O’Brien and Senior News Director Dave Raffo as they talk about the latest storage tech news in our week in review podcast.
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  The traditional VSAM storage tactic sees renewed use as mainframe virtualization grows.
- Energy Star for Servers finally means something
  
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Server Virtualization
- How the evolution of virtualization redefined efficient data centers
  
  The evolution of virtualization has promoted more efficient data centers. Now IT shops can reduce power and hardware costs while increasing performance.
- VMware vCenter Operations 5 ships, but will IT shops pay the price?
  
  VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite 5.0 gives customers advanced features, but the price tag has some customers eyeing less expensive options from VKernel and Microsoft.
- What will the future hold for multi-hypervisor management?
  
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- Four cloud computing myths debunked
  
  Misinformation and misconceptions surround the cloud market, and falling for these four myths can ruin your cloud project.
- The rise of the non-Amazon IaaS cloud provider
  
  Amazon isn’t the only vendor in the IaaS universe. With several other large vendors out there and niche providers cropping up, enterprises have choices.
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