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Case Study- Pomona Valley Medical Center
(Source: Liebert) With technology needs changing rapidly as this midsized hospital transitioned from paper-based to electronic systems, insufficient data center cooling threatened both growth and system reliability in this midsize data center. A new cooling strategy eliminated heat-related problems and provided a roadmap for future growth.

Case Study- Time Warner Cable of New York
(Source: Liebert) Delivering high-speed Internet and VoIP services over an aging power infrastructure didn't make sense for Time Warner. So the company developed and executed a plan to upgrade and enhance the power system to its midsize data center without disrupting service to customers.

Powering Change in the Data Center
(Source: Liebert) Discover strategies for scaling the critical power system your data center depends on without compromising system reliability. This paper can help you size UPS modules to optimize scalability and transition to a compartmentalized approach to power distribution that can quadruple the number of devices supported compared to traditional power distribution systems.

Five Technologies Simplifying Infrastructure Management
(Source: Liebert) Today's data centers must support more devices, are consuming more power and generating more heat. Learn five infrastructure technologies that are making it easier for growing businesses to introduce new IT systems as needed while maintaining high levels of availability.

Cut Data Center Energy Costs
(Source: Liebert) Cooling accounts for 35% of data center energy consumption. Discover strategies that can reduce cooling energy costs by as much as 40%, including simple steps you can take to get more from your existing cooling system and emerging technologies that can increase cooling capacity and data center density.

Doubt cast on Seinfeld as Windows TV ads near
Microsoft is said to have rejected younger comedians Will Farrell, 41, and Chris Rock, 43, for the TV ad because it did not want its campaign to be seen as pandering to the youth market or be seen as too hip.

Microsoft: Performance integral to Windows 7, IE8
Fixing performance issues in Microsoft's Windows desktop operating system and Internet Explorer browser are key development goals for the next versions of those products, according to Microsoft company blogs.

Google introduces Android apps store
Google unveiled plans for the Android Market, where developers can distribute content for Android phones.

Opinion: Microsoft starts virtualization hype blitz
Besides Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Microsoft will also be talking about a desktop and application virtualization suite nicknamed App-V.

Apple whips rivals in consumer purchase plans
U.S. consumers are more likely to buy a Mac over the next 90 days than a PC from Apple rivals Dell or HP, according to data from ChangeWave Research.

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