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| Week of 21 Jun 2010 |
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Outsourcing disaster recovery does the trick for Lakshmi Vilas Bank
Lakshmi Vilas Bank's focus on outsourcing disaster recovery requirements has resulted in an increase of cost benefits and customer satisfaction. |
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Energy Star for data centers is first definitive green data center rating
The has EPA rolled out its Energy Star label for data centers, the first energy-efficiency rating for the industry. |
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| Week of 14 Jun 2010 |
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Star India completes migration of data center infra
After taking the decision for migration of its data center setup from Hong Kong to India, Star India had to meet enormous expectations. |
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| Week of 07 Jun 2010 |
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Cloud computing service aids Viva Infomedia's growing business needs
When latency and high scalability became roadblocks for enterprise mobility player Viva Infomedia's business, a cloud computing service became the ally. |
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PMP: The project management certification & relevance to data centers
The project management certification is a career boost for many data center professionals. But is PMP relevant for data center job roles? |
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Key backup and disaster recovery strategies for flood disaster management
Due to widespread flooding across parts of the U.S., many companies have had to rethink their disaster recovery strategies to keep their data safe and secure. |
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| Week of 31 May 2010 |
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Backup is too hard
Storage environments are getting more complex, which makes data protection even tougher. While backup software does more these days, it's still frustrating the hell out of users. |
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Cloud computing for enterprise apps: India Infoline's twin approach
When it comes to cloud computing in the enterprise, India Infoline's migration of its production server and mailing system over a year is worth a look. |
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'Zero clients' promise to replace fat clients but have downsides
Thin-client vendors have added more capabilities to their hardware, making them smarter but harder to manage. Zero clients solve that problem, but they introduce others. |
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Netmagic Cloud 2.0 : Pricing overview and more
India Inc is seeing an increase in cloud service providers, the latest being Netmagic. Let's take a look at Netmagic Cloud 2.0 pricing and features. |
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| Week of 24 May 2010 |
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AWS cloud computing early adopter: Hungama Digital Media's experience
Back in 2008 when cloud computing was still a concept, Hungama had already started using AWS cloud computing infrastructure for its huge storage needs. |
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Uptime Institute unveils data center Operational Sustainability standard
The Uptime Institute's new metric measures the effect of data center staffing, processes and more on reliability; the standard may fill a gap but also spur controversy. |
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Sify-HP cloud computing: Pricing details and more
New on-demand cloud services from Sify uses HP's converged infrastructure. Here's a look at how much Sify and HP cloud computing services will cost you. |
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| Week of 17 May 2010 |
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Citrix vs. VMware -- which is enterprise-ready?
Between VMware View 4 or Citrix XenDesktop 4, one is more fully baked than the other. But both are missing critical capabilities for production environments. |
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Cloud computing adoption on the rise in India.Org, claims survey
Just when we thought that the confusion surrounding cloud computing adoption was at its peak in India, a Springboard Research survey suggests otherwise. |
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| Week of 10 May 2010 |
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Hospital manages electronic medical records with tiered storage and virtualization
To accommodate its growing electronic medical records, Mississippi Baptist Hospital designed a virtualized tiered storage system using IBM and Symantec products. |
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| Week of 03 May 2010 |
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Amazon EC2 pricing models for India: An overview
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has already generated interest in the nascent Indian cloud computing market. Here's a look at Amazon EC2 pricing models for India. |
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Virtualization of servers gains recession benefit at SMIFS
Investment firm SMIFS halted virtualization of servers when markets tumbled. Ironically, when the project resumed in 2010, the recession provided a boost. |
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| Week of 26 Apr 2010 |
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Data center power & cooling strategies that drive Godfrey Phillips
The story of how Godfrey Phillips upgraded its data center power and cooling setup to reduce power consumption, as well as a future investment. |
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| Week of 19 Apr 2010 |
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VM management in mixed virtual server platforms: The Indian view
What happens when organizations have more than one server virtualization platform? Here's a look. |
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Microsoft Windows Azure pricing models for India simplified
Time to examine the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud computing model, as well as Windows Azure pricing models. |
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Community cloud: Benefits and drawbacks
Non-competing companies sharing cloud computing infrastructures sounds like a great idea for saving money, so why is the public sector proceeding with caution? |
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