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NASA Shifts Data Center Strategy
Explore Article InformationWeek (Mar 9 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers
NASA, which had been planning to build a new enterprise data center estimated to cost $1.5 billion, has done an abrupt about-face, announcing late last month that it was planning major changes to its data center strategy. In an announcement posted on the site of NASA's long-term, multi-billion dollar IT transformation project, the Information Technology Infrastructure Integration Program (I3P), NASA said that it was postponing the release of a long-awaited request for proposal for the new data center in light of new White House policies and leadership changes at NASA. "NASA intends to create a data center consolidation plan to ...
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Data Centre Management Costs Continue To Grow
Explore Article Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Mar 9 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers
A new report out today says IT departments still aren’t implementing optimum data centre practices, as a lack of automation, coupled with the proliferation of virtualisation technologies is leading to management sprawl. IDC’s European Data Centre Management Survey 2010 has found that, despite continued economic pressures, large European organisations still expect their spending on staff working in data centre management to grow by 10 percent over the next year - approximately nine times the expected growth in IT spending in 2010.
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Intel's single chip cloud computer
Explore Article GigaOM (Mar 9 2010) Cloud Computing
Tilera, a startup building chips that contain anywhere from 16 to 100 cores, said today it’s raised $25 million in a third round of funding from investors including Broadcom. Chips made by Tilera, which we named as one of five multicore statups to watch two years ago, are aimed at boosting performance and energy efficiency for networking and cloud computing, which is likely why Broadcom invested. But as Tilera spends more time emphasizing the cloud and big players like Intel do the same, we have to ask: Do cloud computing and web-scale computing need their own chips?
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Washington Tax Break Proposal Nears Decision
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 8 2010) Cloud Computing
The push to restore a key tax break for data center projects in some areas of eastern Washington state is coming down to the wire, and the measure is encountering some challenges as it nears the finish line. The sales tax exemption for data centers is included in a house revenue bill being debated in Olympia, and has gained support from key lawmakers and editorial boards. But the nature of the tax break, which only includes rural counties, has raised late objections from data center projects in other parts of Washington State. Seattle developer Benaroya Companies is building a $100 ...
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When The Power Goes Out at Google
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 8 2010) Cloud Computing
What happens when the power goes out at a Google data center? We found out on Feb. 24, when a power outage at a Google facility caused more than two hours of downtime for Google App Engine, the company’s cloud computing platform for developers. Last week the company released a detailed incident report on the outage, which underscored the critical importance of good documentation, even in huge data center networks with failover capacity. Most of Google’s recent high-profile outages have been caused by routing or network capacity problems, including outages in May and September of last year (see How Google ...
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Computing's Swinging Pendulum
Explore Article Forbes.com (Mar 8 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers
The stampede to outsource computing into the cloud has some interesting consequences. Rather than further distributing computing, it's actually centralizing much of the data, and more importantly, the control of that data. It took almost four decades to fully distribute computing from mainframe computers to PCs and then to a slew of portable devices such as smart phones. The whole argument for the client/server era of computing was that it moved computing closer to the user, distributed the processing and provided universal access to corporate data that used to be regulated by IT departments.
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Data centers tackling cyber terrorism, slowly
Explore Article sfgate.com (Mar 6 2010) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing , Servers
The data center is receiving more public scrutiny than ever before, with IT managers facing a range of challenges from making systems run more efficiently to protecting computers from cyber terrorism, says AFCOM chief executive Jill Eckhaus The 30-year-old organization for data center managers is holding its twice-yearly Data Center World show from March 7-11 in Nashville, Tenn., where IT folks will learn about the most pressing issues facing data centers today and share their own experiences. Gov't builds secret database to fight cyber-terrorism Cyber terrorism is one of the topics Eckhaus is looking forward to examining further. AFCOM's recent ...
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Microsoft ‘All In’ on Container-Powered Cloud
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 4 2010) Cloud Computing
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today emphasized that “when it comes to the cloud, we are all in.” He shared that message first in a speech at the University of Washington, later in an all-staff email, and also in a major ad campaign the company is launching today. Most of Ballmer’s talk focused on the end-user experience of cloud computing services. But he brought a data center with him: one of the next-generation containers that Microsoft data center GM Kevin Timmons described yesterday in a presentation in New York. The prototype (seen above) is the latest in a series of evolving ...
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ACS Opens $3M Green Data Center in UK
Explore Article Web Host Industry Review (Mar 4 2010) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing
- Business process outsourcing firm Affiliated Computer Services (www.acs-inc.com) announced on Thursday it has opened its new flagship green data center in Telford, UK. The company invested $3 million (£2 million) in the 4,500 square feet facility combines "best-of-breed technology with the highest calibre green credentials," says ACS. The data center will help save up to 70 percent in energy costs, resulting in a carbon footprint reduction of about 4,200 tonnes annually.Comment on Article Mentions: IBM
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Smart Grids for Smarter Data Centers
Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Mar 4 2010) Emissions , Cloud Computing , Servers
Computer hardware gets more powerful every day, and with greater power comes a greater appetite for electricity. That's greatly increased the amount of energy needed in the data center, yet many data centers today weren't designed for modern consumption requirements. Smarter, more comprehensive energy planning tools and processes are being directed at this problem.
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Liquid Computing & the Curse of a Computer Hardware Startup
Explore Article GigaOM (Mar 1 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers
It’s hard out there for a systems vendor — that is, if the death of Liquid Computing, an Ottawa, Ontario-based startup that until last week was building a unified computing box to help manage the virtualization of the data center, is any indication. Last week, a round of funding failed to materialize at the last minute and the company was shut down, confirmed Liquid’s now former CEO, Vikram Desai, who subsequently found himself out of a job.
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Who Are the Contenders for the Federal Cloud?
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 1 2010) Cloud Computing
Which players figure to benefit if the U.S. government’s looming data center consolidation shifts large numbers of federal applications from in-house data centers to cloud computing platforms? In recent weeks, key players in the government computing niche have been positioning their cloud offerings ahead of the announcement of the consolidation initiative. Here are the companies whose track record and cloud platforms have positioned them for leadership in this lucrative niche: HP: The huge hardware and software giant designed and built a secure cloud computing platform for the Department of Defense. The cloud initiative, known as RACE (Rapid Access Computing Environment) ...
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Feds Commence Huge Data Center Consolidation
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 1 2010) Cloud Computing
The federal government has begun what looms as the largest data center consolidation in history, hoping to dramatically reduce IT operations that are currently distributed among more than 1,100 data centers. On Friday Federal CIO Vivek Kundra outlined details of the ambitious plan in a memo that directs federal agencies to prepare an inventory of the IT assets by April 30 and develop a preliminary data center consolidation plan by June 30. These plans will need to be finalized by Dec. 31, 2010, with implementation beginning in 2011.
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Align Your Data Center and Business Goals
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 1 2010) Cloud Computing
Without a high-performance data center, business can quickly come to a grinding halt. No longer just a building full of systems, the data center is now the cornerstone for delivering the services that drive fundamental business operations. As every company knows, uninterrupted IT service is mission-critical, and disruptions can result in severe financial loss. This case study from Aperture, a brand of Emerson Network Power, shows how leading enterprises optimize data center operations. The pressures on the data center continue to mount with competing demands to improve service levels, reduce operations and energy costs and meet stringent regulations. At the ...
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New federal data center energy-efficiency guidelines on tap
Explore Article Data Center (Feb 26 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers
The federal government and major industry groups are on the cusp of developing widely accepted standards for measuring a data center's energy efficiency. Along with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is working with six data center industry groups: 7x24 Exchange, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the Green Grid, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the U.S. Green Building Council, and the Uptime Institute. The goals? To standardize data center efficiency metrics, which could help prevent "greenwashing," and to give data center pros tools to reduce energy consumption in their facilities.
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