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Cloud vs. on-premises: Finding the right balance

Sandra Gittlen

For some IT shops, security is the gating factor for which apps go into the cloud. Others are all-in for the cloud, and still others don't want much to do with it at all.

Data centers decline as users turn to rented servers

Patrick Thibodeau

Data centers are declining worldwide both in numbers and square footage, a surprising change given the recent boom.

LinkedIn’s hyper-dense data center design

3D printing, married to traditional metal casting, could reshape manufacturing

Lucas Mearian

Working with a Michigan foundry, Autodesk used its Netfabb 3D design software to create a 3D printed mold to make a magnesium airline seat frame that could save an airline more than $200 million in

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