Networking Case Studies from Network World

Doing the math on virtualization

2008-05-17T00:00:00Z

IT director shares the math behind doing Unix and Windows virtualization at his organization

NAC is about more than security at UNC

2008-05-12T00:00:00Z

When the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill implemented network access control campus-wide last spring, it was as much a natural progression of the school's network management strategy as it was a security project.

U.S. Bank suffers Web 2.0 security headaches

Jon Brodkin — 2008-04-30T00:00:00Z

It used to be easy for U.S. Bank to determine which users and systems could be trusted and which were not. Then along came Web 2.0.

Swimming pool heated by data center's excess heat

Jon Brodkin — 2008-04-09T00:00:00Z

A Swiss swimming pool is being heated by a nearby data center in a unique energy efficiency project undertaken by GIB-Services, a Swiss IT co-location company, and IBM.

SOA-based system compels security overhaul at hotel chain

Ellen Messmer — 2008-03-12T00:00:00Z

Move to Service-Oriented Architecture compels IT security changes at international hotels group Starwood Hotels & Resorts International

E-mail discovery saves construction firm money

Jon Brodkin — 2008-02-14T00:00:00Z

A construction firm involved in many lawsuits saves thousands of dollars with an e-mail archiving and discovery system.

Two wireless LANs better than one, Carnegie Mellon says

John Cox — 2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

Instead of one WLAN vendor, Carnegie Mellon University chose two for its campus-wide 802.11n wireless network.

EPA's CIO talks green

Carolyn Duffy Marsan — 2007-12-03T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to find an organization that’s greener than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA’s National Computer Center in North Carolina was one of the first data centers to receive a silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. National Correspondent Carolyn Duffy Marsan interviewed EPA’s CIO Molly O’Neill about virtualization, screen savers, recycling and other tips for creating environmentally friendly IT shops.

Going nuclear: How Orbitz is greening its IT operations

Carolyn Duffy Marsan — 2007-12-03T00:00:00Z

Orbitz, a Chicago travel Web site, has embraced environmentalism as a corporate strategy. Now Orbitz CIO Bahman Koohestani faces the challenge of trying to make the company’s electricity-hungry IT operations green.

Greenest data centers: What works and what doesn’t

Carolyn Duffy Marsan — 2007-12-03T00:00:00Z

A peek inside the nation’s greenest data centers shows that these facilities are a mix of high-tech and low-tech, innovative and obvious ways of cutting back on electricity and creating more environmentally friendly IT operations.