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MISSION CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Pivotal events like 9/11 and SOX have fueled the creation of a rapidly growing $60B industry segment: Mission-critical infrastructure lies at the intersection of demand for information intelligence and the constraints of a physical world. Solutions include the 24x7x365 operations of "critical facilities", from fully redundant, secure data centers for corporations and government, to the sophisticated environmental conditions of high tech manufacturing plants, clean rooms, and pharmaceutical labs.

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Really? A Garage? Work Design Debatemore

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Entirely virtualized, software-defined data centers will change service delivery for everyone from the citizen to the...

Cloud Computing is About to Get Personal ...more

While businesses have been deploying cloud technology for some time, it's only recently that personal cloud services...

Fixed Asset Management Takes Center Stage For Fire Departmentsmore

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As the world gets more sophisticated, meeting the challenges of supply chain management means finding innovative ways...

The Data Center: Now and in the Futuremore

Transformational technologies like convergence and virtualization have forever changed the way data centers operate...

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Supply chain management in a global market requires movement of goods & materials by varying modes of...

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Saar Gillai, head of HP's Converged Cloud, talks about how HP provides an on-ramp to the cloud for enterprises

Boomers having a Purpose in Lifemore

By Dr. Patricia A. Boyle in The Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2013 You've heard the phrase: Get a life.

Inefficient Warehouse Management Wastes 3,000 Hours Each Yearmore

Survey results show warehouses and distribution centers lose an average of 3,000 hours per year due to inefficient...

Brocade unleashes a data center barragemore

New and enhanced hardware and software designed to tightly couple the physical with the virtual

Hybrid Public-Private Cloud Usage More Widespread Than You Think ...more

Many times in discussions about cloud computing, the hybrid cloud a meaning a service that combines both off-site...

A Spotlight on First Responders Tracking Technologymore

A new exhibit opened recently at the Smithsonian in D.C. highlighting the topic of personnel and asset tracking in the...

Exploit Global Knowledge with Cross-Language Semantic Searchmore

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Police in Richardson, Texas, use handheld scanners to track equipment assigned to them saving money and leaving more...

Misplaced or Stolen? Asset Management Blunder Causes Police to Lose Tr...more

The loss (or theft) of equipment from a Victoria, BC police department demonstrates the need for automated asset...

One Police Department Still Practices Asset Management With Index Card...more

Many local government agencies & first responders haven't kept up with state-of-the-art supply chain management...

NYPD Pilot Project Shows the Promise of Maximum Visibilitymore

Discussion of an NYPD pilot program that distributed about 400 dedicated Android devices to officers for instant access...

Colorful Pipes - Stunning Photos Of Google's Massive Data Centersmore

These pipes send and receive water for cooling Google's data center in Douglas County, Ga. Workers use the bike shown...

IT Automation: The Need for a New Architectural Approach ...more

In today's fluid 24/7 world where business demands are real-time and IT resources are a mix of both physical and...

Planning for Black Swan Events in a Global Supply Chainmore

You hope awful events like terrorist strikes & natural disasters don’t strike, but if they do, be prepared with...

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