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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Data Centers
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Building a Modern Computing Infrastructure at Princeton University
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May 6, 2013
Key Takeaways Over the past 10 years Princeton University developed and implemented an institutional strategy to support research and administrative computing . Changing econom…
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2012 CDS Executive Summary Report
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January 24, 2013
This report summarizes results from the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) survey. Using a matched set of 616 CDS 2011 and CDS 2012 participating institutions, this year’s report is a detaile…
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2013 Planning Guide: Data Center, Infrastructure, Operations, Private Cloud and Desktop Transformation
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November 1, 2012
In 2013, organizations will continue transitioning data centers to improve efficiency and agility. This Gartner report provides guidance to help operations and data center leaders and C…
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Structuring the IT Organization for Cloud Services
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June 15, 2010
This ECAR research bulletin is based on recent ECAR research on the continuing evolution of the IT help desk and the ramifications of above-campus services and cloud computing for higher educati…
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Combining Data Center Consolidation and Server Virtualization: The Path to Nirvana or the Road to Hell?
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March 30, 2010
IT organizations combining data center consolidation and server virtualization must understand how the sequence of consolidation operations (i.e., server virtualization before, during, or after d…
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Low-Carbon Computing
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October 30, 2009
© 2009 National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 44, no. 6 (November/December 2009): 34-51 "Low-Carbon Computing" ori…
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Campuses as Living Laboratories for the Greener Future
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October 30, 2009
© 2009 Bill St. Arnaud, Larry Smarr, Jerry Sheehan, and Tom DeFanti. . The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License ( http://cr…
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7 Things You Should Know About Virtualization
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October 5, 2009
Virtualization is an approach by which several applications—sometimes running on different operating systems—run on the same piece of hardware, creating multiple “virtual” servers from a …
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Green IT Best Practices at the University of Michigan
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October 29, 2009
Key Takeaways Involving stakeholders on campus yields policies and green IT initiatives more likely to be embraced by the campus community. Partnering takes advantage of existing effort…
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Thomas Jefferson University: Enhancing IT Operations with an Outsourced Data Center
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August 13, 2009
The 2009 ECAR study, Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies: From the Campus to the Cloud , by Philip J. Goldstein, examines the factors information technology leaders consider when making sou…

















