<![CDATA[Technology Trends]]> http://www.cioupdate.com en-us Copyright 1996-2010 Quin Street Corporation rss@internet.com rss@internet.com http://backend.userland.com/rss 5 Changes Private Clouds Bring to the Data Center http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3937306 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3937306 Lower costs are great but they come with less control, writes Kevin Gruneisen of Logicalis. IPv6 is Your Friend <i>and</i> Your Foe http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3936961 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3936961 IPv6 will mean great things for the Internet and great headaches for IT, writes Joe Yeager of Lancope. Top 10 Reasons to Dump PowerPoint http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3936606 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3936606 There are better alternatives out there. Converged IT Infrastructure and the Business http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3936421 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3936421 Converged IT infrastructure should enable better relations with the business and a better bottom line, writes CIOUpdate columnist Brandon Harris of Logicalis. What to do About Sync'd Online Backup http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3935856 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3935856 CIOs have just three options when it comes to cloud file sharing and none of them are particularly good, writes CIOUpdate columnist, Ian Gotts of Nimbus. Hurray! IPv6 Day is Here http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3935341 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3935341 IPv6 may offer almost unlimited IP addresses over IPv4 and few security fixes but issues still remain. Debunking the Top 5 SLA Myths http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3935331 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3935331 More SLAs are not better, better SLAs are, writes CIOUpdate guest columnists Steve Martin and David Borowski of Pace Harmon. The Cloud has Crashed but ... http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3934841 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3934841 Don't panic just yet, writes CIOUpdate Ian Gotts of Nimbus, the cloud will take some time to mature. The Top 10 PlayBook Apps are (finally) Here! http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3934641 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3934641 RIM is still taking heat for not having apps ready to go when they released the Playbook but that's all changing now. 5 Ways to Migrate Applications to the Cloud http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3934061 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3934061 Which way is right for you depends on what you need to get out of it and the resources you have to put into it. The Pros and Cons of SSD in the Enterprise http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3933741 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3933741 Updated: Solid state drives, while still expensive, are making in-roads because the combination of speed and durability are hard to beat. Tired of Playing Ping-Pong with Dev, QA and Ops? http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3933106 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3933106 CIOUpdate guest columnist Jez Humble of ThoughtWorks Studios explains DevOps or how to end the cycle of finger pointing and deploy software that actually works. How Cisco's CIO is Transforming IT http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3933101 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3933101 How does the CIO of the world's largest networking vendor run her business? Cloud is Making Software Vendors 'Schizoid' http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3932471 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3932471 Like the paradigm shift is promises to be, cloud is having a major impact on how software vendors sell their wares (and driving CIOs crazy in the process). How to Source Clean Power? Ask! http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3931871 http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3931871 We decided to dig a little deeper into the Greenpeace report on dirty data centers to find out what CIOs can do to find clean power.