Data Center Knowledge

JULY 28, 2013

7 Software Defined Networking Considerations – Moving to software defined networking is not a matter of “when” but “how,” and there are seven main factors IT administrators should consider when determining whether SDN is right for their network, says Patrick Hubbard of SolarWinds. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Content delivery and security specialist CloudFlare has been growing rapidly as it builds out a global network of data centers. The updates feature Intel SSD drives and SandyBridge Xeon 2630L processors, adjustments to caching, and a shift in network cards. In the end, we settled on the network cards from a company called Solarflare.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The company announced Virtual Gateway, a cross-platform keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) software development kit (SDK) that aides solution providers offer enhanced capabilities for diagnosing and troubleshooting datacenter hardware. It’s a virtual solution rather than a hardware approach to managing and troubleshooting. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Internap Network Services (INAP) announced that Hiring Process Management (HPM) solutions provider TalentWise is leveraging Internap’s managed hosting and route-optimized IP connectivity services for the high-performance delivery of its cloud-based hiring solution, TalentWise Hire. Networking. By: John Rath July 19th, 2013.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

“We automate five sets of critical processes and extend authentication and other network services into the cloud, making the cloud a seamless extension of the data center. CloudVelocity says more than 100 enterprise trials have conducted trials since the company emerged from stealth in December 2012. Networking.

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Not all High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) is solved by VM technology. But hardware, I/O, storage and network have to be provisioned too. But hardware, I/O, storage and network have to be provisioned too. ► 2012. (15). Implicitly assumed in the market is that VMs are the panacea.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

7 Software Defined Networking Considerations. 7 Software Defined Networking Considerations. The move toward software defined networks (SDN) in the data center is no longer a question of “if” or “when,” but “how.” 2) The size of an organization’s network. Industry Perspectives. By: Industry Perspectives July 26th, 2013.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

A breakdown of power usage at Facebook’s data centers during 2012, from the company’s annual sustainability report. Facebook’s data center energy use grew 33 percent in 2012, as the company installed tens of thousands of servers in its new company-built data centers. Facebook’s Power Footprint Growing, Moving East.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

So the number of companies that really understand the network topology, the data center construction, the server requirements to build this public cloud infrastructure is very, very small.” Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). July 2012 (134).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

billion from the fourth quarter of 2012. 1Q 2012: $607 million. 2Q 2012: $774 million. 3Q 2012: $872 million. 4Q 2012: $1.02 Google says the majority of its capital investments are for IT infrastructure, including data enters, servers, and networking equipment. Networking. December 2012 (151).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

For sourcing, they make decisions, and thus own the hardware budgets. In regards to sourcing, the more efficiently you refresh your hardware, the better off you’ll be, and having a strong DCIM system manage changes in the data center due to hardware / technology refreshes can make all the difference. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

DreamWorks animators use HP Z800 and Z820 workstations with Intel Xeon E5 processors, a HP FlexNetwork architecture, and HP networking to simplify collaboration among artists. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). Government.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

At a Backup to the Future event this week EMC announced a broad array of new hardware and software products that enable customers to deploy new Protection Storage Architectures. The new products cut across the company’s market leading Data Domain, Avamar, NetWorker and Mozy product lines. EMC NetWorker 8.1 Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

A “catastrophic failure” typically refers to a total failure of a system, which leaves little or no option for recovery. The description of the Oregon outage suggests a hardware failure for a storage unit. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). July 2012 (134).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

And, each will provide disaster recovery office space, redundant private telco rooms and 10,000 square feet of raised floor in a Private Data Hall. Networking. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Networking. To move into a hybrid packet-optical circuit switch network, optical circuit switches (or photonic switches) can be aided by SDN scripts to redirect data flows from one network to another. RELATED POSTS: Hybrid Packet-Optical Circuit Switch Networks are New Data Center Standard. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

A look inside the network operating center for Akamai Technologies, which operates more than 127,000 servers around the globe. Networking. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

During a media event this week Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group at Intel, set the stage for Intel’s approach to re-architect the data center and journey through periods of transformation that are changing from network-centric to human-centric models. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

LoPoCo says it is using Intel Xeon “brawny core” chips and standard form factors, and gaining energy savings through its hardware design. ”It took a huge pile of rejected hardware to get to this point. Intel Outlines Low-Power Processor Roadmap at IDF 2012. Networking. December 2012 (151).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

“One thing we’ve learned from these customers is that dedicated hardware (whether bare metal or with virtualization) isn’t going away. In many cases, dedicated hardware will play a key role.”. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Asking potential data center and colocation service providers’ questions uncovers important information about the facility, network access, operations, performance history and the quality of service delivery. His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Content delivery provider EdgeCast Networks has secured $54 million in new financing. The company will use the funding to develop and launch new web acceleration, routing and security services, strengthening its IP portfolio, as well as expanding its global network behind its content delivery network (CDN). Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

Interxion, known for its rich network of interconnects, recently announced it is housing the London Internet Exchange’s IT hosting infrastructure out of its London data center. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

“Amsterdam is ideally located at the heart of the demand we are seeing for today’s networked data centre requirements across Europe,” said Bernard Geoghegan, Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa of Digital Realty. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

” In 2012 the company made an upgrade to its system, which resides in a containerized data center from IBM, located outdoors next to offices at Fox Studios in Australia. RELATED POSTS: Instart Logic Launches Application Streaming Network. Instart Logic Gets $17M to Optimize Networks for Content. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Riverbed and VMware Collaborate on Networks. Roundup: Riverbed, Force 10 Networks. Networking. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 20, 2013

Networking. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

” “Cisco’s acquisition of Sourcefire will help accelerate the realization of our vision for a new model of security across the extended network,” said Martin Roesch, founder and chief technology officer of Sourcefire. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

The new data center offers re dundant application server hardware with instant local failover capability. Networking. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Earlier this year, BrightRoll created an ultra-low-latency video advertising solution by building on Equinix’s Ad-IX platform instead of public networks for its ad exchange traffic. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166).

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Data Center Data Advertising Disaster Recovery 183

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

The AMD FirePro professional graphics demonstrations featured unique animation, display, simulation and other creative hardware and software collaborations for attendees from around the world. Networking. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

. ”We believe that we have considerable upside embedded in our portfolio as we increase the utilization of existing and new inventory, positively mark to market expiring capacity, and most importantly, continue to drive increased network density and valuable customer communities across our data centers.” Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Networking. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

One Wilshire is a key meeting place for the world’s communication networks, serving as one of the busiest intersections in global Internet and telecom traffic. “One Wilshire is one of the preeminent West Coast network facilities,” said Michael Wong, Vice President of GI Partners. Networking. October 2012 (182).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

can be deployed and delivering value in days without disruptive and costly hardware or software agents. RELATED POSTS: Network News: Juniper Targets Mobile Services. Networking. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Phase 1 will be the 5 tiers, with all new volumes place on SolidFire infrastructure, and current application volumes migrated over as hardware depreciates. Networking. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

The company ARM will deploy network technology and more than 600 connected sensors across its UK campus in Cambridge, all controlled by smart ARM-based chips. Networking. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

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