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Is Cisco doing enough to reduce network power consumption?
Better power supplies and fans are not enough to reduce network power consumption. It's time for network vendors to rethink chip design and packaging. Fast Packet
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OpenFlow protocol primer: Looking under the hood
We know the OpenFlow protocol can be used to abstract the network control plane from underlying physical infrastructure, but how exactly does the protocol work? Feature
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Choose greener data center networking gear
Choosing energy-efficient or green networking and IT gear can vitally affect your data center's environmental impact and cost of operation. Learn about environmental and cost savings benefits of choosing energy-efficient networking and IT hardware. Book Chapter
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The Green Data Center: Energy-Efficient Computing in the 21st Century
SearchDataCenter.com wants to help you build the business case for energy efficiency in your data center. This e-book explains the forces driving IT energy consumption, why you should care and how you can mitigate the problem. Each month we will publ... E-Book
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Green networking
Green networking -- the practice of designing efficient networks, consolidating devices, committing to telecommuting and videoconferencing and using virtualization to reduce power consumption across the network -- is an offshoot of the trend towards ... Special Report
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The Price of Power
Traditionally, power consumption was just a cost of doing business, well within the realm of facilities management. But as both the price and demand for power continue to rise, it's a problem IT can no longer afford to ignore. Our four-part series on... Special Report
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Ten cabling tips in 10 minutes
Cable may be basic, but it's integral to your network. This series of 10 tips explains and illustrates the most common types of network cable. Tutorial
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OpenFlow and software-defined networking take shape
OpenFlow and software-defined networking are going from theory to use case scenarios, according to Google and Yahoo. News | 27 Oct 2011
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Interop NYC: Where's the OpenFlow?
After all the OpenFlow hype at Interop Las Vegas, there is noticeably little talk of the specification here at Interop NYC. Is that because it's not ready for primetime? Fast Packet | 06 Oct 2011
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Myth of VM mobility and follow-the-sun data centers
Think VM mobility and follow-the-sun data centers work for high availability and disaster avoidance? Think again. Long-distance migration is still a problem. Fast Packet | 28 Sep 2011
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Network security infrastructure consolidation: What's your strategy?
Network security hardware and software vendors are offering enterprises options to consolidate network security infrastructure so that they can reduce management overhead and power consumption in the data center. But enterprises must avoid adding com... Article | 26 Oct 2010
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Interop 2010: Data center network infrastructure trends you can't ignore
Today's data center network infrastructure is changing at a rapid rate, supporting virtualization, cloud computing and converging technology to deliver elastic yet resilient services with the least amount of overhead. Networking professionals are cha... Interview | 22 Apr 2010
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Tackling data center airflow, network switch conflicts
Traditional network switch rack units have side-to-side airflow, which wreaks havoc in a hot-aisle/cold aisle data center design. One data center has tackled the design conflict. Article | 06 Feb 2009
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Green networking: Energy efficient upgrades can cut costs
Upgrading older networking products to greener, more efficient equipment can cut costs, but administrators should take a close look at total savings from switching out energy hogs like gigabit Ethernet switches for new, greener models. A report by Sc... Article | 12 Mar 2008
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Cisco's green guru pushes profitability with sustainability
Cisco's green guru Paul Marcoux leads the company in cutting costs by being more earth friendly. Article | 10 Jan 2008
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Cooling data centers with outside air gets the go-ahead
A Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory study found that using air-side economizers to cool the data center drops power costs and won't ruin IT equipment. Article | 04 Mar 2007
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Data center cooling strategies audiocast
This audio cast series tackles the latest data center cooling issues with Liebert Corporation's data center cooling expert Steve Madara. Article | 22 Feb 2007
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Software-defined networking could make Network-as-a-Service a reality
Software-defined networking could solve the problems that Ethernet and IP networking pose to Network-as-a-Service by centralizing a connection permission policy. Tip
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NVGRE standard primer: More VLANs and isolated tenants in the cloud
Microsoft's NVGRE standard offers competition to VMware's VXLAN standard, promising to create more VLANs that stretch across Layers 2 and 3 for multi-tenant cloud networks. Tip
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VXLAN standard primer: Extended VLANs, long-distance VM migration
The VXLAN standard aims to solve the long-distance VM migration dilemma by enabling extended VLANs across geographically dispersed data centers for a multi-tenant cloud network. Tip
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Using chargeback to reduce data center power consumption: Five steps
Data center managers can use chargeback to reduce data center power consumption and save money during the current economic downturn. Tip
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Power and cooling considerations for data center network design
The network architect involved in data center design needs to be aware of issues that factor into networking the data center beyond the network itself. This tip will introduce physical facilities considerations of data center design, such as power co... Tip
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Liquid cooling buyers' guide
Many data centers are welcoming liquid cooling into their infrastructures to achieve better cooling efficiency. This buyer's guide to liquid cooling in the data center looks at some of the available products. Tip
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Managing UPS
This tip offers a hint for reducing the amount of power needed to shut down and save data. Tip
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Is shielded twisted pair cable categorized just like unshielded twisted pair cable?
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'Format' in SQL Server
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green networking
Green networking is the practice of selecting energy-efficient networking technologies and products, and minimizing resource use whenever possible. Definition
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Data center networking efficiency
Efficient data center networking is a sure bet if the equipment has a long life and the network capacity is fully utilized. In this video, learn how to extend the life of the data center equipment with consolidation and how to better utilize network ... Video
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Is Cisco doing enough to reduce network power consumption?
Better power supplies and fans are not enough to reduce network power consumption. It's time for network vendors to rethink chip design and packaging. Fast Packet
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Software-defined networking could make Network-as-a-Service a reality
Software-defined networking could solve the problems that Ethernet and IP networking pose to Network-as-a-Service by centralizing a connection permission policy. Tip
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OpenFlow protocol primer: Looking under the hood
We know the OpenFlow protocol can be used to abstract the network control plane from underlying physical infrastructure, but how exactly does the protocol work? Feature
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OpenFlow and software-defined networking take shape
OpenFlow and software-defined networking are going from theory to use case scenarios, according to Google and Yahoo. News
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Interop NYC: Where's the OpenFlow?
After all the OpenFlow hype at Interop Las Vegas, there is noticeably little talk of the specification here at Interop NYC. Is that because it's not ready for primetime? Fast Packet
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NVGRE standard primer: More VLANs and isolated tenants in the cloud
Microsoft's NVGRE standard offers competition to VMware's VXLAN standard, promising to create more VLANs that stretch across Layers 2 and 3 for multi-tenant cloud networks. Tip
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Myth of VM mobility and follow-the-sun data centers
Think VM mobility and follow-the-sun data centers work for high availability and disaster avoidance? Think again. Long-distance migration is still a problem. Fast Packet
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VXLAN standard primer: Extended VLANs, long-distance VM migration
The VXLAN standard aims to solve the long-distance VM migration dilemma by enabling extended VLANs across geographically dispersed data centers for a multi-tenant cloud network. Tip
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Data center networking efficiency
Efficient data center networking is a sure bet if the equipment has a long life and the network capacity is fully utilized. In this video, learn how to extend the life of the data center equipment with consolidation and how to better utilize network ... Video
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Network security infrastructure consolidation: What's your strategy?
Network security hardware and software vendors are offering enterprises options to consolidate network security infrastructure so that they can reduce management overhead and power consumption in the data center. But enterprises must avoid adding com... Article
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About Green Data Center Design
Green data center design for networks is an important part of energy efficient networks. In this section, learn about green data center design, including energy efficient network architecture and components; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) for network equipment; power monitoring and emerging data center energy management tools.