Andrew Binstock

Andrew Binstock is the principal analyst at Pacific Data Works. He writes regularly about IT at GreenerComputing.com. Andrew is also a columnist for SDTimes and a senior contributing editor for InfoWorld, where he analyzes market trends and performs review of enterprise development products.

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Handling Virtualization's New Challenges
By Andrew Binstock, February 24, 2009
Part two of a two-part series addressing some of the challenges and benefits of switching to a virtualized computing platform....
More Challenges of Virtualization
By Andrew Binstock, January 19, 2009
In my previous column, I discussed some of the initial challenges you're likely to face in piloting an early virtualization project. In this column, I want to discuss the longer-term issues you'll......
The Challenges in Making the Move to Virtualization
By Andrew Binstock, December 15, 2008
Virtualization is one of the most important eco-friendly moves a data center can make and, undeniably, one of the smartest from the pure IT-technology perspective. In this feature, Andrew Binstock......
The Many Choices in Virtualization
By Andrew Binstock, November 23, 2008
Virtualization is one of the key enabling technologies for green IT, with power-consumption savings from this having been repeatedly demonstrated; as a result, it is one of the fastest-ROI moves......
Understanding the Green SPECpower Benchmark
By Andrew Binstock, October 27, 2008
In the middle of this year, the Standard Performance Evaluation Council (SPEC) released the final version of the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark --- a new suite of tests that details power and......
Low-Power Platforms: Inexpensive Green Solutions for Workgroups and SMBs
By Andrew Binstock, September 08, 2008
To read the press today, you would think that the only way for companies to save energy on the scads of servers in the data center is be to consolidate them as virtual machines on a large, well-......
Solid State Drives -- How Green Are They for IT?
By Andrew Binstock, August 05, 2008
Solid state drives are an emerging storage technology that has been getting increasing press over the last year due to its availability as an option for laptops and, in certain segments, for IT......
Virtualization Servers: The New Green Platform for IT
By Andrew Binstock, July 08, 2008
Any attempt to green IT should begin with virtualizing your servers, which is one of the fastest and easiest ways to reduce energy use and costs, and reduce the overall carbon footprint of your IT......
Changing IT To Make Good Green Decisions
By Andrew Binstock, June 16, 2008
Until very recently, the need for IT to really include eco-concerns as part of overall strategy did not have universal appeal. But now, due to skyrocketing fuel costs, there is no longer any......
The Wrong Rub of the Green
By Andrew Binstock, May 20, 2008
Plenty of IT vendors promise that they're green. But that's not always the case, and Andrew Binstock explains what really makes an IT product green....