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.

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JULY 15, 2013

Alan McMahon works for Dell in enterprise solution design, across a range for products from servers, storage to virtualization, and is based in Ireland. A private cloud is your own virtualized environment, while a public cloud is one that another company provides for you. Are You Up in the Air with Cloud Computing Benefits?

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Whether it is redundant hardware or a private hot-site, keeping an environment up and running 99.99% (insert more 9’s here) of the time is a tough job. With a well-planned deployment, and a good infrastructure, companies can efficiently load-balance their IT environment between multiple active, cloud-based, sites.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

The company has been working with HP to build its servers, but with its latest hardware refresh (known as G4) has opted for customized servers built by Quanta , a Taiwanese company that has built servers for Facebook and Rackspace. In the end, we settled on the network cards from a company called Solarflare. (It

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Google’s extraordinary data center building boom continues to drive its spending, as the company invested a record $1.6 It marked the third consecutive quarter, Google spent more than $1 billion on data centers and servers, reflecting the company’s latest wave of data center construction projects. 1Q 2012: $607 million.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The concept of the software-defined data center (SDDC) rose to prominence during VMworld 2012, with VMware touting it as the next big leap forward in information technology management. The term refers to an IT facility where the networking, storage, CPU and security are virtualized and delivered as a service. The Logical Next Step.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

That’s the message today from Rackspace Chief Technology Officer John Engates, who says recent price cuts on dedicated virtual machine instances from rival Amazon Web Services have led to confusion about “dedicated” products. As a public company, it is under additional scrutiny from an investor community. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

“I claim there really are almost no companies in the world, just a handful, that are really investing in scaled public cloud infrastructure,” said Ballmer (see transcript ). But the company has never confirmed a number. How many servers do these companies have? Google is bigger than we are. You get Yahoo!

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

A look at the Lo Power Company’s LP-4240-10H Ultra server. Photo: LowPower Company). Low Power Company (LoPoCo) believes high efficiency servers can save businesses more than half of what they spend to operate their data centers. ”It took a huge pile of rejected hardware to get to this point.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

Given that IBM strengthened its position with “born on cloud” companies through its acquisition of SoftLayer , it makes sense that Amazon would continue to try to push upmarket, towards the enterprise, given its strengths with startups. Both companies are targeting one another’s strongholds. Add Your Comments. White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Companies rely on data centers or colocation service providers to support mission critical information technology (IT) infrastructure and maintain business continuity. Additionally, companies will collect and review information about: The data center’s location, facility, and risk mitigation features. Add Your Comments. White Papers.

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Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. IO Virtualization: The “Hypervisor” for Your Infrastructure. More than ever in 2010, IO Virtualization (IOV) has been showing-up in products, written about, spoken about. IO Virtualization. Fountainhead. Monday, December 13, 2010.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

He has more than 20 years of experience in assisting cloud, storage and data management technology companies as well as cloud service providers to address rapidly expanding Infrastructure-as-a-Service and big data sectors. Many companies have now transitioned to using clouds for access to IT resources such as servers and storage.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

The description of the Oregon outage suggests a hardware failure for a storage unit. 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). July 2012 (134).

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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. The first companies to dip their toes into Solidfire were Viawest and Calligo. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). August 2012 (166).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

The potential exists for significant savings as SDN allows data centers to move away from single source hardware to the commodity-based pricing we see with servers. This is especially true if the majority of those addresses are assigned to virtual machines. 4) The number of virtual machines (VMs) within an organization’s network.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

The company recently expanded its data center to add more capacity for data storage. The company deploys monitoring systems to gather data on soil moisture and the flow of irrigation systems. The company’s equipment provides real-time monitoring for more than 4,000 fields in the western United States. Photo: PureSense).

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Panos Panay introduces the Microsoft Surface tablet at a launch event in 2012. File Photo) Microsoft developed its first Surface tablet more than a decade ago under strict secrecy to give then-CEO Steve Ballmer the option to pull the plug shortly before it launched if the company’s PC partners objected.

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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. December 2012 (151). Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

megawatt data center, the company said today. Our state-of-the-art De President facility will provide an ecosystem unrivalled in terms of connectivity to support companies of all sizes in Amsterdam.” 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

Convergence » Virtualization » White Papers. His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Currently, Bill works as a cloud and virtualization architect at MTM Technologies, a Stamford, CT based consulting firm. December 2012 (151).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

RELATED POSTS: 80 Million Hours of Digital Rendering Produce “The Croods” HP Hardware, DreamWorks Animators Team On “Rise of the Guardians” 60 Million Render Hours Help “Puss in Boots” Purr at the Box Office. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). July 2012 (134).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Internet performance and control company Cedexis announced an extension to its Radar community services with the addition of many new clouds, and the availability of Radar reports as an app for Windows 8. The Cedexis Radar community now measures more than 50 cloud platforms, the company said. December 2012 (151). May 2012 (180).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 20, 2013

These are am,ong the company’s 1 million-plus servers. GI Partners Buys LA Telecom Hub One Wilshire – Private equity firm GI Partners has acquired One Wilshire, the leading carrier hotel in Los Angeles and one of the most wired buildings in the world, the company confirmed this week. December 2012 (151). 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. Currently, Bill works as a cloud and virtualization architect at MTM Technologies, a Stamford, CT based consulting firm. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

It also adds Fibre Channel support for the virtual Granite Core that extends integration with enterprise-class storage arrays, including those from EMC, NetApp and IBM. “We Riverbed Evolves Steelhead, Adds Edge Virtualization. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 28, 2013

Refining Your Criteria for Data Center Site Selection – Building a data center is an important and crucial decision for a company. With site selection factors and process in place, it will lay a strong foundation for a company to succeed. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

The company seeks to provide seamless movement of apps between cloud platforms and data centers, as shown in this diagram. company plans to use the funding to further accelerate its roadmap and growth. ” The company’s investors believe CloudVelocity can become a key enabler of enterprise cloud adoption.

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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. December 2012 (151).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

The list includes companies that have publicly confirmed their server counts, with a separate section to discuss those that don’t disclose the data, but are likely large enough to merit discussion. IO has created a modular data center for LexisNexis within a short drive of the company’s global headquarters in Dayton, Ohio.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

The company also unveiled the SF9010 a huge, fast, all-SSD storage platform that the company says is the largest and fastest in the market today. Oh, and the SSD solution costs less than disk, according to the company. The company says that all-SSD now storage has crossed a major threshold, and now has a lower cost than disk.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) has signed a 2 megawatt lease at its COPT-DC 6 data center in Manassas, Virginia, the company said today. The new tenant was identified as a “Fortune 100 Global consumer electronics and technology company.” December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Optical Circuit switching company CALIENT Technologies announced it has raised a $27 million round of venture financing and named Jag Setlur, a 20-year finance professional, as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Networking. Calient Gets $27 Million To Take SDN At Light Speed. Calient Gets $27 Million To Take SDN At Light Speed. White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

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). Companies that use EdgeCast include Twitter, Pinterest, Sony, and Hulu. CDN Provider EdgeCast Raises $54 Million.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

I know that the company Linux Hosts Ltd. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. IO has created a modular data center for LexisNexis within a short drive of the company’s global headquarters in Dayton, Ohio.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Vantage Data Centers has appointed Sureel Choksi as President and Chief Executive Officer, the company said Thursday. The company also expanded its credit line last year. The company has experience in the data center sector, having led a consortium of firms in acquiring SunGard Data Systems. Photo: Vantage). Add Your Comments.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. IO has created a modular data center for LexisNexis within a short drive of the company’s global headquarters in Dayton, Ohio. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152).

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