Articles mentioning both Google and Microsoft

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  1. Tusha: Power Economics Favor Huge Data Centers

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jun 3 2010)

    Tusha: Power Economics Favor Huge Data Centers ...ators are building facilities with 30 megawatts or more of power capacity, primarily companies like Google, Microsoft, Digital Realty Trust, i/o Data Centers and the SuperNAP team. Is building data centers a game for ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Microsoft   Google

  2. U.S. Falls From Internet Elite, Aims to Catch Iceland, Hungary

    Explore Article BusinessWeek (Jun 2 2010) Networking

    U.S. Falls From Internet Elite, Aims to Catch Iceland, Hungary ...ies have expanded globally using the U.S. Internet as a base, Powell said. “Luxembourg doesn’t have Google or Facebook or Microsoft,” he said. --Editors: Steve Geimann, Joe Winski To contact the reporters on this story: Todd Shiel... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   At&T

  3. Data center build-out guru Mike Manos: Five data center game changers

    Explore Article Data Center (Jun 1 2010) Power and Cooling , Cap and Trade

    Data center build-out guru Mike Manos: Five data center game changers ..., has had a major impact on the data center industry. As general manager of data center services at Microsoft, Manos oversaw Redmond's infrastructure ramp-up to compete with Google and pushed adoption of containerized data centers by using them in high-profile facilities. He is a... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   Barack Obama   Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act.

  4. Growth of Biomass energy plants is a new source for a Green/Low Carbon Data Center,

    Explore Article greenm3.com (May 27 2010)

    Growth of Biomass energy plants is a new source for a Green/Low Carbon Data Center, ...eir data center put data centers close to their corporate offices like the bay area. You don't see Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook building data centers in the bay area. If you want to have a competitive adva... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon.com   NPR   LEED

  5. Icelandic startup aims to deliver first green computing cloud

    Explore Article greenbang.com (May 25 2010) Power and Cooling , Emissions , Geothermal , Cloud Computing

    Icelandic startup aims to deliver first green computing cloud ..., there are no truly green cloud computing service providers today. While the world’s data giants — Google, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo! — have successfully worked to make their existing servers highly energy efficient, thos... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Google

  6. Verne Global - Lowest Data Center TCO

    Explore Article Brockmann & Company (May 25 2010)

    Verne Global - Lowest Data Center TCO ...ty in major markets, where the cost of operation are so high. The major Internet service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo! to name a few) tend to operate their own data centers and are probably not interested in re... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon.com   Iceland   Europe

  7. The Top 250 Players in Cloud Computing

    Explore Article AJAX & RIA Journal (May 23 2010) Power and Cooling , Geothermal , Cloud Computing , Grid Computing

    The Top 250 Players in Cloud Computing ...r technology to any other supported hypervisor." One example: Abiquo 1.5 can convert from VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V, through a single drag-and-drop operation. Adaptivity - Adaptivity "provides integrated sol......tana Cloud, which it says "is architected to complement Cloud infrastructure providers like Amazon, Google, Joyent and others." Targeted at rapid development, in particular web applications that need to sca... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon.com   Iceland   Europe

  8. Google TV connects the Home TV viewers to the Data Center

    Explore Article greenm3.com (May 20 2010)

    Google TV connects the Home TV viewers to the Data Center ...Windows MediaCenter PC. Sony's participation would also signal future directions for Playstation 4. Google has launched a new platform that should worry Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and any others who want to leverage video. The YouTube acquisition allows... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon.com   Microsoft   Intel

  9. Google unveils new cloud data storage for developers

    Explore Article ITWorld Canada (May 19 2010) Cloud Computing , Storage

    Google unveils new cloud data storage for developers ...lopers. More than 5,000 developers are gathering at San Francisco's Moscone Center this week for Google I/O--featuring 80 sessions and over 100 demonstrations from developers showing off next-generaton W......s. The two companies confirmed the rumored acquisiti ... By: Rafael Ruffolo (5/19/2010 4:04:00 PM)Microsoft Corp. is totally revamping its Hotmail e-mail service this summer in an effort to curtail the popul... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon.com   IBM   Sun Microsystems

  10. HP Asks: Can Manure Run Data Centers?

    Explore Article Greentech Media (May 18 2010) Geothermal , Wind

    HP Asks: Can Manure Run Data Centers? ...h year as massive computing warehouses approach the limits of available power. Companies such as Google and Microsoft have responded by building facilities in unlikely settings, such as central Oregon, North Carolina ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Microsoft

  11. Cloud Computing as an Energy Saving Tool

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (May 17 2010) Carbon Tax , Cloud Computing , Servers

    Cloud Computing as an Energy Saving Tool ...try professionals at the New York Hilton. “Enormous Advantages” In a nutshell, cloud companies like Microsoft, Google and Amazon can process the same workload with a lot less power than companies can in their in-house... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon.com   Uptime Institute   Microsoft

  12. Google & Microsoft adoption of Containers and Cloud Computing has a common pattern - cost containment

    Explore Article greenm3.com (May 10 2010) Container , Cloud Computing , Servers

    Google & Microsoft adoption of Containers and Cloud Computing has a common pattern - cost containment ... containers. But what clicked in conversations this past 4 days is there is another way to view why Google and Microsoft both are using containers and cloud computing. Cost Containment. Process of maintaining organizatio... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Cisco   Microsoft   Google

  13. Can China build Green Data Centers?

    Explore Article greenm3.com (May 6 2010)

    Can China build Green Data Centers? ...Asia Pacific. I've been to Beijing,Shanghai, and Hong Kong over a dozen times when I was working at Microsoft and Apple. As well as Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and Singapore. I saw many different sides of the coun......e country working with hardware suppliers, internal development groups, and software entrepreneurs. Google's recent pullout of China can be interpreted in many ways and there are some interesting assumption... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   The Economist   Google   Apple

  14. Virginia Mystery Project: Waiting on Microsoft?

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (May 5 2010) Power and Cooling

    Virginia Mystery Project: Waiting on Microsoft? ...dentity of a company scouting the town for a large-scale data center project. But they say it’s not Google. That makes the math pretty simple, since Microsoft is known to be evaluating potential data center sites in southern Virginia and western North Caroli... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Apple   Microsoft   Google

  15. Cisco, Ericsson Top Greenpeace IT leaders ranking

    Explore Article environmentalleader.com (Apr 30 2010) Carbon Footprint

    Cisco, Ericsson Top Greenpeace IT leaders ranking ...advocacy. The top IT leaders are Cisco (62 points), Ericsson (53), IBM (42), HP (41), Fujitsu (36), Google (33) and Microsoft (31). Cisco doubled its score from the previous report by demonstrating the benefits of its gre... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Cisco   IBM   Google

  16. Data Center Greenwashing? Time Will Tell If It Was

    Explore Article Relocate (Apr 29 2010) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Geothermal , Cloud Computing

    Data Center Greenwashing? Time Will Tell If It Was ... power efficiency and a lasting reduction in carbon footprint. Many other companies are following Microsoft and Google's example by developing green data center projects that make better use of renewable energy resourc... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Iceland   Lisa Rhodes   Carbon Reduction Commitment

  17. Fjords, Caves and Mines: The New Tools for Building Data Centers

    Explore Article Greentech Media (Apr 28 2010) Geothermal , Servers

    Fjords, Caves and Mines: The New Tools for Building Data Centers ...vers. The company already attracted the attention of IBM and Tandberg. Now it plans to reach out to Google and Microsoft for the $100 million it needs to complete the project. Fjords, Caves and Mines: The New Tools for B... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Iceland   Norway   IBM

  18. 5 Questions Facing Carbon Software Players

    Explore Article Earth2Tech (Apr 28 2010) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions

    5 Questions Facing Carbon Software Players ...andful of companies such as Enviance, IHS and ProcessMAP — names not as well known as the SAP’s and Microsoft’s of the world, but with a growing interest in challenging the enterprise giants and startups alike......r target is to have all the application vendors use AMEE.” AMEE’s customers include Morgan Stanley, Google, Sun Microsystems and the UK Government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change. Another customer... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   IBM   CA

  19. Yahoo Computing Coop: The Shape of Things to Come?

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Apr 26 2010) Power and Cooling , Servers

    Yahoo Computing Coop: The Shape of Things to Come? ...ation of a five-year effort to completely rethink the company’s data center design. While rivals at Google and Microsoft have gotten more attention for data center innovations, the Yahoo team has been quietly refining it... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Microsoft   Yahoo   Google

  20. Is Google the new Rome?

    Explore Article IDG News Service (Apr 22 2010) Cloud Computing

    ...ecurity remains grim reality for users (22.04.2010 kl 23:43) Asia governments make fewer demands on Google (22.04.2010 kl 23:29) There's more to cloud economics than you know (22.04.2010 kl 23:06) Cloud app......has access to it?', and 'How do I evaluate what my IT vendor is telling me about their practices?'" Microsoft is telling its U.S. customers that their personal data will remain in the U.S. "Our goal is to be ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   Google   InfoWorld

  21. company's slowing join cloud computing

    Explore Article The New York Times (Apr 19 2010)

    company's slowing join cloud computing ...sed in ways larded with jargon, is actually rather simple. Cloud providers, large ones like Amazon, Microsoft, Google and AT&T;, and smaller ones like Rackspace and Terremark, aim to convince other companies to give u... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon.com   Google   Rackspace

  22. Google Leads Criticism Of Green Data Centre Rules

    Explore Article Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Apr 16 2010) Servers

    Google Leads Criticism Of Green Data Centre Rules ...ncy standards on data centres has been met with resistance from a group of industry leaders, led by Google, who claim to represent most of the world’s most advanced data centre operators. Google, Microsoft and Nokia have all signed a blog post, which complains that a bid to extend a building efficiency s... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   The Green Grid   ASHRAE   Peter Judge

  23. Equinix CTO 10 year perspective, data center changes in highly connected Internet services

    Explore Article greenm3.com (Apr 15 2010) Cloud Computing

    Equinix CTO 10 year perspective, data center changes in highly connected Internet services ...Equinix is on the right path to Green (low carbon) Data Centers. The mass media industry will cover Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple data centers. But, here is a simple way to understand the future of data centers. Davi... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   United Kingdom   CA   Greenpeace

  24. Ashrae Responds to Data Centers' Opposition to Proposal

    Explore Article Web Host Industry Review (Apr 14 2010) Power and Cooling

    Ashrae Responds to Data Centers' Opposition to Proposal ...dologies, including power usage effectiveness (PUE), are employed." On Monday, representatives from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Digital Realty Trust, DuPont Fabros Technology and Nokia issued a joint statement rejectin... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon.com   Europe   ASHRAE

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