Recognizing that these trends are here to stay, IT equipment manufacturers are innovating a new generation of data center, software tools, and networking products that are more energy-efficient than predecessors.

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When you add to this mix the explosion of mobile devices and app stores with a new generation of empowered applications, the locked down data center becomes a much smaller part of what IT has to manage.

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