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Examine the benefits of data center consolidation

Many data centers have too many assets. Data center consolidation can help organizations make better use of assets, cut costs, and improve security and compliance.

By Ryan Arel • April 25, 2023

Energy Star

Energy Star is a government-backed labeling program that helps people and organizations save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by identifying factories, office equipment, home appliances and electronics that have superior energy efficiency.

By Paul Kirvan • April 24, 2023

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, more commonly known as LEED, is an environmentally oriented building certification program run by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

By Paul Kirvan • April 19, 2023

reactance

Reactance is a form of opposition generated by components in an electric circuit when alternating current (AC) passes through it.

By Robert Sheldon • April 14, 2023

mainframe (big iron)

A mainframe (also known as 'big iron') is a high-performance computer used for large-scale computing purposes that require greater availability and security than a smaller-scale machine can offer... (Continued)

By Paul Kirvan • April 12, 2023

The era of the sustainable data center

Sustainability in product design is becoming important to organizations. In the age of sustainability in the data center, don't forget about energy efficiency in your messaging.

By Scott Sinclair • April 10, 2023

6 ways to overcome data center staffing shortages

Retirements, skills gaps and tight budgets are all factors in recent data center staffing shortages. Focus on recruitment, training and other areas to attract more candidates.

By Ryan Arel • April 5, 2023

IBM’s rack mount Z16 mainframe targets edge computing

IBM's new rack mount Z16 mainframe gives edge locations the ability to process workloads locally, taking the burden off systems running workloads in larger data centers.

By Ed Scannell • April 4, 2023

4 PowerShell modules every IT pro should know

Find out how to use four of the most popular PowerShell community modules in the PowerShell Gallery to help better manage your data center and automate certain tasks.

By Dan Franciscus • March 27, 2023

RISC (reduced instruction set computer)

RISC (reduced instruction set computer) is a microprocessor that is designed to perform a smaller number of computer instruction types, so it can operate at a higher speed, performing more millions of instructions per second, or MIPS.

By Paul Kirvan • March 24, 2023

Nvidia DGX Quantum system blends CPUs, GPUs with CUDA

Nvidia and Quantum Machines deliver a new architecture that combines CPUs and GPUs with quantum technologies.

By Ed Scannell • March 21, 2023

App modernization, mainframe, microservices: IBM event recap

At the recent IBM Infrastructure Analyst Event, IBM announced advances in IBM zSystems for AI, app architecture and other areas to help businesses achieve their goals.

By Paul Nashawaty • March 20, 2023

clock speed

Clock speed is the number of times a second that a circuit operates and is most associated with the central processing unit (CPU).

By Gavin Wright • March 17, 2023

ASHRAE standard 90.4 updates emphasize green energy

New addenda to ASHRAE 90.4 simplify mechanical load component calculations and modify the definition of UPS, among other changes. Use the updates to guide green data center design.

By Robert McFarlane • March 16, 2023

IBM Roadrunner

Roadrunner was a supercomputer developed by IBM at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

By Rahul Awati • March 10, 2023

pizza box server

The term 'pizza box server' refers to the shape of a computer server enclosed in a rectangular and horizontally- arranged chassis and often installed in a rack with similar servers.

By Rahul Awati • March 2, 2023

job scheduler

A job scheduler is a computer program that enables an enterprise to schedule and, in some cases, monitor computer 'batch' jobs (units of work).

By Rahul Awati • Feb. 28, 2023

Use Cockpit for Linux remote server administration

Linux admins can use Cockpit to view Linux logs, monitor server performance and manage users. Use the tool to help admins manage servers, regardless of experience level.

By Damon Garn • Feb. 28, 2023

superconductivity

Superconductivity is the ability of certain materials to conduct a direct electric current (DC) with practically zero resistance.

By Paul Kirvan • Feb. 24, 2023

Get familiar with who builds 5G infrastructure

Organizations that build 5G data centers may need to upgrade their infrastructure. These 5G providers offer products like virtual RAN options, wireless access routers and others.

By Julia Borgini • Feb. 21, 2023

quantum interference

Quantum interference is when subatomic particles interact with and influence themselves and other particles while in a probabilistic superposition state.

By Gavin Wright • Feb. 21, 2023

IBM drops from top spot in patents, surpassed by Samsung

IBM lost its title as patent king to Samsung, which had more than 8,500 patents approved in 2022. One reason cited is IBM's transformation to a software and services company.

By Ed Scannell • Feb. 16, 2023

heartbeat (computing)

In computing, a heartbeat is a program that runs specialized scripts automatically whenever a system is initialized or rebooted.

By Rahul Awati • Feb. 14, 2023

Fedora

Fedora, also known as Fedora Linux, is a popular open source Linux-based operating system (OS).

By Rahul Awati • Feb. 14, 2023

crontab

Crontab is a Unix command that creates a table or list of commands, each of which is to be executed by the operating system (OS) at a specified time and on a regular schedule.

By Rahul Awati • Feb. 14, 2023