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    1. With Ubiquity, Sears is Turning Shuttered Stores into Data Centers

      With Ubiquity, Sears is Turning Shuttered Stores into Data Centers

      Sears Holdings has formed a new unit to market space from former Sears and Kmart retail stores as a home for data centers, disaster recovery space and wireless towers. With the creation of Ubiquity Critical Environments, Sears hopes to convert the retail icons of the 20th century into the Internet...

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    2. VMware makes the smart move, Wholesale Lease vs. Build and Own

      One of my good friends introduced me to a SW company that was going to build its first data center.  I told them why build, it is your first one.  Just lease three 2MW wholesale data center spaces.  You'll get a great price given your brand name recognition and you'll have three places to start your consolidation for the dozens of co-lo facilities around the world.  

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      Mentions: Apple Gartner Cisco
    3. Flexibility, software, simplification driving hardware changes by Doug Mohney

      Flexibility, software, simplification driving hardware changes by Doug Mohney

      Las Vegas, Nevada -- The flexibility of software and the desire for simplicity continues to drive changes throughout the IT world. Managers want fewer servers and boxes from fewer (but not a single, sole-source) vendor and the ability to add, subtract, and move around functions between servers without having to lock those functions onto one platform. At CTIA this week, Ciena is preaching “consolidation” for network operators with a data center twist. Service provider are currently operating parallel optical and packet (IP) networks, said Ciena’s Industry Marketing Director Barry Zipp. If you’re into the 7 layer model, one layer is optical transport with IP stacked on top of it.

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      Mentions: Doug Mohney Ciena
    4. Are Networks Burning Energy – Or Saving It?

      Are Networks Burning Energy – Or Saving It?

      A cloud-enabled world uses more networking. So, since we’re all moving to the cloud, now would be a very good time to look closely at communications. But the greening of networks is generating a lot of confusion right now. How much energy do cloud access networks need? If you listen to some people (Australia’s CEET institute, say) it’s about ten times as much as the data centres that power them. If you listen to others (green experts connected to Britain’s Intellect group), it’s only about ten percent.Some say networks dominate IT energy, while others have different ideas, says Peter Judge

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    5. Detroit vs. Iowa Data Centers, GM vs. Detroit competing for the IT talent

      Detroit vs. Iowa Data Centers, GM vs. Detroit competing for the IT talent

      Chris Crosby has a post on Detroit as a data center location and brings up the folks in Iowa with Facebook. Detroit. The Data Center Capital of America Life is good in Altoona, Iowa. With the coming of Facebook, servers will quickly outnumber the community’s 15,000 residents and the city is poised to become one of the country’s leading data center destinations. The citizenry of Altoona are, of course, ecstatic at their good fortune. The economic benefits alone are too numerous to consider. The police department is contemplating adding a second car, the country club might add nine more holes so members can play a full 18, and there’s a rumor going around that Krispy Kreme might be coming to town. 

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    6. CoolEmAll Releases First Data Centre Tools

      CoolEmAll Releases First Data Centre Tools

      The European Commission undertaking officially known as the CoolEmAll project, which is designed to tackle energy efficiency in data centres, has released its first set of prototype tools. The CoolEmAll project involves universities and vendors as well as specialists such as analyst firm the 451 Group. It aims to develop and deliver monitoring software as part of a wider goal to reduce data centre energy consumption.

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      Mentions: Europe Tom Jowitt
    7. As Faceboook Lulea powers up, makes sure its neighbors don't put infrastructure at risk

      As Faceboook Lulea powers up, makes sure its neighbors don't put infrastructure at risk

      Part of what a big data center company like Google and Microsoft have learned to expect is that neighbors show up after they are the first to build.  Facebook going to Lulea was one of the first data center operators in the area.  And now that there are others looking at Lulea and Facebook is going through commissioning, there are concerns there is enough infrastructure.

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    8. Microsoft Plugs Azure Cloud Data Centre Into Janet Network

      Microsoft Plugs Azure Cloud Data Centre Into Janet Network

      Microsoft has announced universities on the Janet network will be able to connect directly into its Azure cloud data centre in Dublin, thanks to a peering project. Janet is a private network used by UK universities. At its heart it provides its own network connections, rather than relying on the public Internet, so Janet users can enjoy better speed and security. 

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