The data center has blown up

GigaOM Jun 20 2012 Cloud Computing , Servers

As we move into the age of webscale and cloud computing, the traditional data center architecture is blowing apart, according to executives of startups that have built new kinds of disruptive data center gear and software at the Structure 2012 conference on Wednesday in San Francisco. It began when the search-engine giants started making their own boxes and customized gear, noted Andrew Feldman, Corporate VP and GM of Data Center Server Solutions, AMD. Servers are the profit machines of the large Internet companies, so it’s not surprising that they would want to maximize the value that those can create, said Feldman. End users are taking control of specifying out what they want, agreed Barry Evans, CEO of Calxeda, which makes ARM-based servers.

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