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The global economic crisis provides ample opportunity to reinvigorate the focus on increasing efficiency on all aspects that combine to drive business success and data center operations make no exception to this. Microsoft is no stranger to efforts designed to increase the efficiency of data centers, from cutting cos... |
3 April 2009
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With its data centers running in recession mode, Microsoft has announced the birth of Cloud Computing Futures. Having a key concept at heart, a vision in which the data center is nothing more than a computer, Cloud Computing Futures aims to no less than apply the same design and programming strategies as for any inte... |
25 February 2009
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Using the global economic downturn as argument, Microsoft revealed that it had interrupted the construction of new data centers, even though the company needed to evolve its infrastructure in order to be on par with its Cloud vision. One of the projects that was postponed indefinitely was the $500 million data center... |
26 January 2009
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Going green is the latest thing to do in the computing industry. Consequently, we are seeing several major companies resorting to a more energy-efficient business plan, which takes care of several aspects, including infrastructure. Search engine giant Google is one of these companies that are currently transitioning ... |
8 October 2008
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Intel has recently concluded a ten-month experiment on energy saving solutions for data centers announcing that a possible answer to power and money saving would be fresh air cooling. According to the chip manufacturer giant, the experiment took place in the New Mexico desert, and air conditioning was replaced with p... |
20 September 2008
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Google has applied for a new patent, this time for a water-based data center. The company plans to build several systems more or less at a close distance from the shore, as land is continuously being crowded by huge data centers, which use a lot of conventional energy. Each center, if approved by the US Patent &... |
8 September 2008
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Those of you who think that online identity theft is the worst that can happen, here's the bad news: how about thieves that steal not only your data, but the entire web server as well? This is exactly what happened to Peter Gabriel's website yesterday morning when all the browser requests for the webpage en... |
6 May 2008
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IBM has pulled out of its sleeve a new series of Web 2.0-ready servers in the iDataPlex family. The new computers are especially tailored to suit the demands of Web 2.0 sites, and can face the heavy traffic usually associated with popular social networking sites. According to the company, the iDataPlex architecture c... |
24 April 2008
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Chip manufacturer Intel has just revealed further details about its upcoming generations of computer processors, that are alleged to be immune to the side effects caused by cosmic rays. Although they do not affect the life on Earth, cosmic rays have the habit of causing havoc amongst electronic systems, as they go th... |
10 April 2008
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Dell has announced that it will implement a new virtual environment for the Ireland-based oil company Maxol as part of its green strategy initiative. The deal between the two companies will focus towards Maxol's data storage, business continuity and consolidation needs."Maxol had a lot of old equipment which wa... |
21 February 2008
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Electricity was never cheap, yet the restrictions and regulations imposed as environmental measures make it much more expensive. Green computers cut the energy requirements, but there is more to be done in order to keep the electricity bill at a minimum.Server manufacturer Sun Microsystems estimates increased custome... |
14 February 2008
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Virtualization is one of the strongest development directions of the computer industry right now as it can lead to a new era of performance in data center environments while keeping running costs at a reasonable level. Because of the many good points that come with this technology, more and more hardware and software... |
12 September 2007
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Most companies worldwide are using a quite large number of desktop systems and as that number grows by the year, so does the cost of the energy bill, alongside with additional costs like service and maintenance. Desktop virtualization aims at replacing the currently large number of desktop computer systems that are t... |
10 September 2007
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The green trend that extended through the entire world did not jump over the computer industry and concerns about power consumption and energy efficiency were felt primary by the processor and mobile computer manufacturers. While the processors are coming with all kinds of technologies to make them run in a more ener... |
9 August 2007
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Intel may plan sometime later this year to use its network chips as a way to exploit the major new features in data centers: multi processor based systems, processors with a multi core architecture and increased virtualization. During a Cisco Systems Inc.'s Networkers user conference, the processor making compan... |
24 July 2007
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HP just announced that it will acquire the software development firm Opsware Inc, having today signed the definitive agreement of purchase. Opsware is a data center automation company that will enhance HP's portfolio of Business Technology Optimization (or BTO for short) for $1.6 billion in cash. Opsware, co fou... |
23 July 2007
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Or maybe not. But this seems to be the latest Google motto after the company announced that it plans to open a new data center in Belgium, a country that often brought Google quite a lot of trouble. If you didn't know yet, Google lost an important lawsuit against some Belgian newspapers, the publications suing t... |
30 April 2007
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A company that has made a name for itself by bringing consumers the option of choosing their most suitable computer configuration and through the extended warranty and quality service is now undertaking some changes by adding to their domain of expertise the "custom built data centers".This is part of Dell Cloud Comp... |
28 March 2007
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