Tag Archive | Enterprise IT infrastructure
Prepare for the Zettabyte Data Wave: right sizing and managing your data center
Lately two interesting and complementary reports from Cisco and Oracle came available with figures and trends associated cloud computing and data centers. By the end of 2015 global datacenter IP traffic will reach 4.8 zettabytes (Cisco). By the way a zettabyte is equal to 1 billion terabytes. The Oracle report reveals that many businesses appear [...]
The Sourcing Initiative; enabling cooperation
The Sourcing Initiative is an international, non-profit, collaborative effort of a group of writers to cover as many areas of Sourcing. The idea is that there are a lot of issues at stake in modern enterprises. Our proposition is that the modern enterprise must fundamentally rethink its sourcing equation (Organization, People, Economics and Technology) to become [...]
Greener IT Can Form a Solid Base For a Low-Carbon Society
Precisely a year a go we launched the book Greening IT in print and online (free to download). And if I may say so, the book is still worth the effort of reading. The book aims at promoting awareness of the potential of Greening IT, such as Smart Grid, Cloud Computing, Thin Clients and Greening [...]
Emerald: greening data storage
The primary function of a data center is data processing which is provided by the combination of servers, storage and networking. But how much data center energy usage is due to storage? This depends on the purpose of the datacenter in general or more specific the application (for example online transaction processing, multimedia content delivery, [...]
Cloud computing; freedom of choice?
Guest blog on Cloud Computing Economics: “Cloud computing; freedom of choice” http://bit.ly/kgv6dM “The three cloud computing service models, as defined by NIST, (Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)); offers the promise of massive cost savings combined with increased IT agility based on the assumption of improved [...]
Data Centres Europe 2011 Nice
Last week I attended Datacentres Europe 2011 that was held at 5-6 May 2011 in Acropolis, Nice, France and organized by Broadgroup. In its seventh edition, this European summit is for senior IT executives, analysts and vendors to network, discuss and learn about the latest developments in data centers. A great event, featuring 85 speakers with [...]
Cloud Computing – a disruptive new business model
Guest blog on Cloud Computing Economics: “Cloud Computing – a disruptive new business model”, call for writers: http://bit.ly/frBAL0 “Cloud computing isn’t just a discussion about technology, capex and opex it is about economics. Cloud computing is a disruptive new business model with large consequences for the demand AND the supply side, with interesting micro-economical aspects [...]
Datacenters, an architecture approach Part II
Recapture part 1 of Datacenters, an architecture approach “Improving a data center starts with a proper understanding of the business model and the business architecture that is being used and not by a simple roll out of the newest technology.” To meet the business and technology needs of a data center an architecture development method [...]
Cloud Computing Economics
Guest blog on Cloud Computing Economics: “Cloud Computing and the Art of Sourcing”, call for writers: http://bit.ly/gslw38 “Information and Information processing has become a remarkable asset for organizations, one with some particular properties. It has made the evolution from a tangible to an intangible asset where the marginal costs has become almost zero. Because of [...]
Datacenters, an architecture approach
Many IT people underestimate that a great new technology can be insufficient to build a successful and sustainable business. Because of their trust in a technology’s superiority they fail to spend enough time exploring business drivers, (alternative) business models and business architecture. They often go with the first IT product they come up with. Yet, [...]
