The XSi Data Center Blog:

DNA tagging technology, recently described by Fox News has clear potential to help electronic supply chains police their own goods. The sooner this technology is deployed by manufacturers supplying to major markets, and not just to the DOD, the better.  End users should be aware that this technology exists and demand that their vendors utilize this process. (Or alternatives with similar advantages)

Cloud services, be they private clouds, public clouds, or even traditional hosted services are themselves just as vulnerable as ordinary data centers to infrastructure problems of water, power, access, and adequate disaster backup.  Hurricane Sandy has taken an unexpected toll on Cloud services, highlighting the importance of picking the physical location of the underlying assets.

Software vendors have a long history of trying to control and limit the use of their products in the aftermarket consistently thwarting their resell-ability.  We recently posted in Oracle Losses EU Software Resale Battle how the European Court of Justice on Tuesday July 3, 2012 ruled that used software licenses may be resold by individuals or companies.  Forbes has caught wind of the same story and we'd like to share it with you...

Brocade Communications Systems is known as an IT networking company, but that may all change. Thanks to a deal with the San Francisco 49ers, they may quickly become better known to football fans!  Brocade, based in San Jose, has signed a deal to provide the wireless technology for the new 49ers stadium, which is to be built on Tasman Drive in the heart of Silicon Valley’s Santa Clara.

On March 6^th,  Brocade, an industry leader in providing reliable, high-performance network solutions, introduced two new campus LAN switches, the ICX 6430 Switch and ICX 6450 Switch, filling out what the company can offer businesses with campus networks.  They are designed to simplify the campus network edge by easing operations and management.

With Wall Street having a strong rally in stocks that began in October, there is now renewed optimism that technology spending has also returned.  According to IDC (International Data Corporation), the giant technology intelligence firm, tech spending rose 5% in 2011, and is expected to rise another 5% in 2012.  When IT budgets start to increase, very few companies beyond those directly involved in networking are more deserving of those dollars.  Undoubtedly, the increased spending will produce resurgence in some of the technology sector's biggest names.

Brocade announced that it is rolling out advancements to its ServerIron ADX series of cloud-optimized application delivery switches.  These switches are designed to help customers gain greater application control and service scalability.