As the year winds down and many people get caught in the throes of last-minute holiday planning, a lot is still happening in the world of data center management and IT.

A variety of interesting stories, from network innovations to dealing with devices, make up the compelling data center management and IT news of the week.

How Hyper-scale Data Center Management Affects the Industry Data center management is increasingly a customized, granular affair, due to additional opportunities available in tailored construction technologies and operational styles. Led by innovators such as Google, Intel, Apple and Facebook, other enterprises have started to step up their game. The enterprise data center is becoming less

With the holiday season right around the corner, many companies are putting the finishing touches on this year’s big projects or looking ahead to data center management and IT strategies for next year.

What it’s like to Work inside a Data Center Data Centers are cold, dry and generally very loud places to visit, let along work at. As much as we rely on these heavily secured facilities it’s easy to forget about the technicians who spend hours a day inside a server room. These unsung heroes are

The first full week in November saw significant and surprising developments in a number of ongoing data center management and IT stories.

Data centers looking to further green initiatives and lower annual electricity bills may want to incorporate solar energy as part of a tiered approach to powering data center equipment.