Articles from John Rath

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Data Center Design: Construction, Container, Data Center Outages, Monitoring, Power and Cooling
Policy: Cap and Trade, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Carbon Tax, Emissions
Power: Biomass, Fossil Fuel, Geothermal, Hydro, Nuclear, Solar, Wind
Application: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing
Technology: Microblogging, Networking, Servers, Storage, Supercomputer

  1. HP PODs Speed Purdue Research Expansion

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (11 hours, 34 min ago) Construction

    HP PODs Speed Purdue Research Expansion HP announced Wednesday that Purdue University is using its container-based HP Performance-Optimized Data Center (POD) to expand and speed its ability to deliver research projects. Faced with the need to expand its research compute cluster, Purdue found its operations constrained by budget, power and space limitations. The university was particularly impressed with the speed-to-market capabilities offered by the HP POD. (Read Full Article)

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  2. HP and U.S. Navy Sign $3 Billion Contract

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 10 2010)

    HP and U.S. Navy Sign $3 Billion Contract Hewlett Packard announced that their Enterprise Services division has signed a services deal with the U.S. Department of the Navy that could be worth more than $3 billion. The Continuity of Services Contract contract will provide transition services for the Navy, going from Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) to the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN), while minimizing possible risks to the Navy’s IT operations and security. “With the NMCI contract ending on Sept. 30, 2010, the Navy and HP have signed the CoSC to continue many of the IT services while enabling the Navy and Marine Corps to transition services ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Hewlett Packard

  3. NREL Develops Promising Cooling Technology

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 9 2010)

    NREL Develops Promising Cooling Technology The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) says it has developed a new air conditioning process with the potential of using 50 percent to 90 percent less energy than today’s top-of-the-line units. It combines membranes, evaporative cooling and liquid desiccants in a way that has never been done before in the centuries-old science of removing heat from the air. “The idea is to revolutionize cooling, while removing millions of metric tons of carbon from the air,” NREL mechanical engineer Eric Kozubal, co-inventor of the Desiccant-Enhanced eVaporative air conditioner (DEVap), said. “We’d been working with membranes, evaporative coolers ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   National Renewable Energy Laboratory   Department of Energy

  4. Blue Waters: Awesome Power, Awesome Efficiency

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jun 24 2010) Construction

    Blue Waters: Awesome Power, Awesome Efficiency Described as an “unrivaled national asset” the Blue Waters Supercomputer was unveiled Wednesday on the campus of the University of Illinois. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) hosted Building the Data Center of the Future 2nd Biennial Workshop: HPC Data Centers. Blue Waters is the petascale supercomputer project in which some awesome power is matched with awesome efficiency. The HPC Frontier Set to go online some time in 2011 Blue Waters will literally set the mark for a new level of performance with an expected peak performance of 10 petaflops. Being no stranger to the frontier of computing firsts ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   IBM   LEED   Data Center Knowledge

  5. Bicsi Data Center Design Standard Released

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jun 23 2010) Cloud Computing

    Bicsi Data Center Design Standard Released BICSI has announced the release of its newest standard, BICSI 002-2010, Data Center Design and Implementation Best Practices. Supporting the information technology systems industry, the BICSI’s standards programs is an ANSI-accredited, consensus-based standards development organization. BICSI 002 was written to address requirements, recommendations and additional information that should be considered when planning and building a data center. As a complement to existing standards it covers topics such as site selection, layout, thermal systems and security. (Read Full Article)

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  6. Akamai Buys Velocitude to Power Mobile Delivery

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jun 11 2010)

    Akamai Buys Velocitude to Power Mobile Delivery As consumers use mobile devices to view more multimedia content, content delivery market leader Akamai is investing in technology to broaden its support for the growing universe of web-enabled devices. Akamai (AKAM) announced Thursday that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Velocitude, a mobile services platform. With this acquisition Akamai gains mobile content transformation functionality, a complement to its existing suite of cloud services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. (Read Full Article)

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  7. Google Eyes ‘Optical Express’ for its Network

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (May 24 2010) Networking

    Google Eyes ‘Optical Express’ for its Network Google’s Senior Network Architect Bikash Koley said that machine-to-machine traffic is rising at Google and as such the company reconsidering overall optical network choices. Koley discussed Google’s networking challenges at Light Reading Live’s second annual Packet-Optical Transport Evolution conference, which brought out a who’s who list of network engineers at large companies. With a huge demand growing for data and video applications for both fixed and mobile markets, the global optical network market continues to grow alongside it. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Cisco   At&T   Google

  8. New Name, Cloud Vision From CA Technologies

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (May 18 2010) Cloud Computing

    New Name, Cloud Vision From CA Technologies CA Inc. (CA) kicked off CA World 2010 this week in Las Vegas with a flurry of press releases and a name change. CA Technologies unveiled its new name and ca.com web site during the opening day of the conference. Still in his first year as CEO, William McCracken is off to quite a start. CA has forged into the cloud computing arena during the first half of 2010, acquiring 3Tera in February and Nimsoft in March. In 2009 they acquired Cassatt and NetQoS. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Cisco   CA   Carnegie Mellon University

  9. Roundup: CoreSite, Horizon, Peer 1, Akamai

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (May 12 2010)

    Peer 1 completes the first phase of its Toronto data center, CoreSite and Horizon Data Center Solutions expand their management teams, Akamai HD Network to power Cannes film festival. (Read Full Article)

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  10. Verizon Adds Hong Kong Site, Consulting Services

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Apr 28 2010) Cloud Computing

    Verizon Adds Hong Kong Site, Consulting Services Besides news of a 30,000 square foot data center in Lubbock, Texas, Verizon (VZ) has had a number of announcements recently for data centers, services and consulting. Second Hong Kong Facility On Tuesday Verizon announced that it is strengthening its Asia-Pacific network infrastructure by opening a second data center in Hong Kong. This investment is part of the approximately $17 billion that Verizon Communications plans to spend in 2010. The new facility will be located in the iTech Tower in Tsuen Wan and will be 3,000 square meters (32,292 square feet). (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Verizon Business

  11. $1B ‘Technology City’ Planned in Australia

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Apr 22 2010)

    $1B ‘Technology City’ Planned in Australia Data center developer Technical Real Estate (TRE) has been given the green light for a $1 billion project in Canberra, Australia, according to The Australian. Challenger Financial Services is backing the Canberra Technology City project with TRE acquiring a 31 acre greenfield building site in Hume from the ACT government for $5.27 million. Plans for the facility call for a 28 megawatt gas-fired co-generation facility, spanning 14,000 square meters (150,695 square feet). (Read Full Article)

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  12. New Dell Servers Target Cloud Customers

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 29 2010) Cloud Computing , Storage

    New Dell Servers Target Cloud Customers After years of custom cloud building, Dell last week unveiled a suite of server and storage products based on its designs for cloud computing clients. The announcement came as research from IDC indicated a rebound in the $13 billion server market in the fourth quarter of 2008. Market share for Dell rose to 11.5% in the fourth quarter, maintaining 3rd place and topping a busy year of product news, partnerships and acquisitions. CEO Michael Dell also said last week that they expect its China sales to be about US$5 billion this year. Here’s a closer look at Dell’s announcements on ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Interactive Data Corporation   Dell

  13. Australia’s $1 Billion Data Center Consolidation

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 23 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing

    Australia’s $1 Billion Data Center Consolidation The government of Australia hopes to save up to $1 billion by centralizing all its data center services, a project that will extend through 2025. Phase one of the consolidation plan includes aggregating demand for data center space and defining the standards to be used in procuring equipment and floor space. The second phase will see government departments sharing solutions and technology and the third phase will show adoption of new opportunities in technology, processes or policy. “It’s spread across Australia, located in not just large enterprise data centres but also in cupboards, converted offices, computer and server rooms, and ... (Read Full Article)

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  14. Yahoo Opens New Nebraska Data Center

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 18 2010) Construction

    Yahoo Opens New Nebraska Data Center Yahoo (YHOO) has opened its new data center in La Vista Nebraska. The 180,000 square foot facility near Omaha will hold about 100,000 servers, employ around 50 people and will become the largest Yahoo data center when expansions are completed. Yahoo began the 17-state location process that led them to Nebraska in early 2008. Similar to other Midwest deals that were negotiated earlier with Google in Council Bluffs, Iowa and Microsoft in West Des Moines, Yahoo selected Nebraska for state tax incentives, low energy costs and a quality workforce. The announced $100 million deal included the La Vista data center ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Microsoft   Google   Yahoo

  15. Roundup: Google’s Broadband Experiment

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 11 2010) Networking

    Comment "Many are watching out for this new Google news. I don't know if I want - ClarissaC

    Roundup: Google’s Broadband Experiment After creating a big buzz about Google Buzz on Tuesday, Google turned around and did it again Wednesday with news of an experimental fiber network. The news of Google offering to deliver 1 gigabit per second via fiber-to-the-home in a small number of trial cities in the U.S. kept the net buzzing all day. This will be their second venture into the last mile connectivity – if you want to count Google TiSP (2007 April Fool’s joke). The plans are to offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people. (Read Full Article)

    1 Comment Mentions:   Google

  16. Avatar, Hollywood and the Data Center

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Feb 8 2010) Storage

    Avatar, Hollywood and the Data Center Back in December we shared some details about the powerhouse data center at Weta Digital, which is responsible for the digital effect featured in the 3D sci-fi epic ”Avatar.” The stunning visual effects produced at Weta have won several awards in past years and Avatar is nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Art Direction, Cinematography, and Visual Effects. As the movie continues to generate awards and attention, IT vendors are sharing details of how their systems played a role in creating “Avatar.” Last week NetApp outlined details of how its storage systems helped reduce Weta’s data management overhead by 95 ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Apple

  17. European Data Center Revenue May Double

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Nov 30 2009) Construction

    European Data Center Revenue May Double Several stories from recent weeks highlight the vibrant data center industry in Europe. Here’s a roundup: European data centre revenue set to double A report published by Tariff Consultancy Ltd notes that European data centre revenue is “set to more than double over the five year period from 2010 to 2015, with net raised floor space to increase by 70%, driven primarily by price increases.” The report gives pricing and forecasts for 19 of the EU25 countries and analyzes pricing of a standard 19″ rack, a small cage space and a 50 KVA suite of space for each of the ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon.com   Europe   Microsoft

  18. HP Expands HPC ‘Scale-Out’ Offerings

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Nov 17 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

    HP Expands HPC ‘Scale-Out’ Offerings HP this week launched several new products for high performance computing at the SC09 conference, including servers, storage, software and network products.A new ProLiant BL2×220c G6 blade extends the HP Extreme Scale-out (ExSO) portfolio announced last June. “The ExSO portfolio was created to meet the demanding needs of scale-out as well as high-performance computing customers that require highly efficient and powerful computing infrastructures,” said Steve Cumings, director of Marketing for the Scalable Computing and Infrastructure organization at HP. (Read Full Article)

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  19. Data Center Knowledge Roundup

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Oct 13 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint

    Data Center Knowledge Roundup Greenest country for a data center? Matthew Wheeland at Greenercomputing.com has an excellent article reviewing criteria set forth by Ronald Bowman of Tishman Technologies for the 10 best countries in which to build your next data center. The article covers locations in Iceland, the U.S., China/Vietnam, Latvia, India, Russia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates. The BBC also ran an article recently about the Iceland data center market and Verne Global, a data center company working in Iceland. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Verne Global

  20. Facebook, Google Ready for Faster Ethernet

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Sep 25 2009) Networking

    Facebook, Google Ready for Faster Ethernet As Facebook was announcing that it has reached 300 million users last week, network engineer Donn Lee was making the case for faster Ethernet networks – definitely 100-Gigabit Ethernet, and perhaps even Terabit Ethernet. It is “not unreasonable to think Facebook will need its data center backbone fabric to grow to 64 terabits a second total capacity by the end of next year,” Lee told attendees of a seminar hosted by the Ethernet Alliance, an industry consortium focused on the expansion of Ethernet technology. 10 Gigabit Ethernet is currently the fastest rate available, although higher capacity can be achieved by ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google

  21. Roundup: Telco rumors, Ingram Micro, CBTS

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Sep 15 2009) Networking

    A rundup of data center news from Ingram Micro, Cincinnati Bell, Storwize and Force 10. Plus some tasty telecom rumors. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Cisco   IBM   Microsoft

  22. APC Gets Containerized With Datapod

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Aug 24 2009) Construction , Container

    APC Gets Containerized With Datapod APC by Schneider was one of the early players in the data center container market with its InfraStruXure Express, a fully mobile data center trailer. While taking a more low-key approach as other vendors rolled out container offerings, last May San Francisco General Hospital purchased one of APC’s data center on wheels. Last week APC and Australian data center engineering specialist Datapod Pty Ltd announced that they are partnering to launch the Datapod system of containerized data center infrastructure solutions. Datapod containers are designed and manufactured in Australia, and feature container “building blocks” in a variety of sizes, which can ... (Read Full Article)

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