Tag: Storage

Why IT Dollars Will Go Further on Google’s Floating Data Center

Is Google preparing another “ moon shot ”? The barge discovered in the San Francisco Bay this week hints at it, and rampant speculation has Google building a floating data center. Google hasn’t confirmed any ties to the barge, but many observers find it more than coincidental that the company filed for a floating data center  patent  in 2008.

Identifying Layer 7 application traffic

Network administrators around the globe are very concerned about the type of traffic that is exiting their network. They want their critical business application over the WAN to perform at its best. Non-critical applications like web traffic and social media downgrade the performance of WAN links.