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The article focuses on the use of information technology (IT) by InformationWeek 500 (IW 500) companies to do their business. It is stated that only 12 percent IW 500 companies can use public cloud computing infrastructure and in-house data centers based on demand. It is mentioned that only 30 percent of IW 500 companies have deployed mobile applications (apps) for their employees; and 42 percent have deployed mobile apps for customers.

The article informs that Information Technology (IT) industry is compelled to build private data center architecture to deliver flexible, scalable computing as delivered by public clouds. It is noted that private clouds are preferable as they represent a step forward in data center design, relying on virtualized resources.

The article discusses the concept of eliminating the zombie servers and using a data center management system. It talks about the savings caused by the elimination of zombie servers of the Information Technology (IT) budget. It tells about stopping the inactive servers that are still running which exit in all data center of the enterprise. It speaks about the seldom used servers that shadow IT users who create new virtual servers instead of upgrading the old inactive zombie servers.

The article focuses online payments system operator Paypal Inc. and its use of the OpenStack private cloud management software that provides faster customer transactions when browsing through web or using their mobile device. Topics include the transition of PayPal's data center infrastructure to cloud-based system, the development of the software and the move of PayPal to hire more talent to improve its application development team.

The article discusses the innovation strategies of information technology (IT) executive of banking firm Bank of America (BofA). It mentions the collaboration of BofA with startups balances due to opposing forces, the need for reliability against the need for new ideas. Cathy Bessant of BofA also mentions the crucial role of the startups as the firm needs such containers as part of its new software-defined data center architecture.

The article focuses on the data center built by financial service firm Capital One outside Richmond, Virginia. It states that the data center will allow the company to deliver most of its capacity in-house. It adds that the data center incorporates hot-aisle/cold-aisle containment, radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, and cool outside air.

The article reports on the plan of financial services company Fidelity Investments to establish a state-of-the-art data center in Nebraska. It states that the firm will be deploying the data center with standardize Open Compute hardware and open source code. Fidelity vice president Eric Wells says that the data center will also contain reduced instruction set computer (RISC)/Unix servers based on the Open Compute standards.

The article focuses on the data centers established by car maker General Motors (GM) in Michigan. It states that the data centers were led by Jeff Liedel who was executive director of global information technology (IT) operations. It adds that the data centers incorporate energy efficiency equipments, in-row cooling systems, and flywheel systems, which are being used in the event of power loss.