Green Storage Journal

Granted it is winter in the northern hemisphere and thus snow storms should not be a surprise. However between December 2009 and early 2010, there has been plenty of record activity from in the U.K. (or here), to the U.S. east coast including New York, Boston and Washington DC, across the midwest and out to California, it made for a white christmas and SANta fun along with snow fun in general in the new year. 2010 Snow Storm via www.star-telegram.com What does this have to do with Information Factories aka IT resources including public or private clouds, facilities, server, storage, networking along with data management let alone tiering? What does this have to do with tiered snow removal, or even snow fun? Simple, different tools are needed for addressing various types... (more)

Exar Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Neterion, Inc.

FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) and Neterion, Inc., announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Exar will acquire Neterion - a privately held company based in California. The transaction is expected to close during the current quarter ending in March, 2010. "The combined capabilities that Exar and Neterion ... (more)

The Good and Not So Good from State of Green Business 2010

Recently I attended the “State of Green Business Forum 2010″ organized by Greenbiz.com in San Francisco. There were a lot of Good and Not So Good discussions during the forum and I would like to share a few of them with you. Overall, I think it was a good event to attend and to learn from others in the cleantech industry. Moreover, I got an opportunity to connect with some cleantech guru... (more)

New Breakthrough Fluke 810 Vibration Tester Provides On-the-Spot Diagnosis of Mechanical Problems

EVERETT, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/09/10 -- Fluke Corporation, the global leader in portable electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced the unique Fluke 810 Vibration Tester. The most advanced troubleshooting instrument available for vibration, the Fluke 810 enables maintenance teams to rapidly collect data and diagnose and solve mechanical problems with an affordable, eas... (more)

Cloud Economics – Amazon, Microsoft, Google Compared

5th International Cloud Expo New York Any new technology adoption happens because of one of the three reasons: Capability: It allows us to do something which was not feasible earlier Convenience: It simplifies Cost: It significantly reduces cost of doing something What is our expectation from cloud computing? As I had stated earlier, it is all about cost saving … (1) through elastic capaci... (more)