10 questions to ask your next data center

Explore edgeblog (Jan 23 2012) Cloud Computing

...esents a critical asset for your company, and unless you are an uber-dot com company like Google or Facebook (which spread their gear around the country in tens of locations), you probably only have one or tw...... Dougherty is currently the VP of Information Technology for RagingWire Data Centers in Sacramento, CA. In his spare time, he trains sharks for a variety of IT jobs, including data center security. The ... (Read Full Article)

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Journal Hails Efficient Lighting as “Unsung Hero” of Data Center Efficiency

Explore environmentalleader.com (Jan 5 2012) Construction , Emissions , Cloud Computing , Servers

...lated Topics Energy Efficiency Energy Efficient Lighting Green IT Sustainable Strategy & Leadership CA Technologies - Click Here! Jobs for Environmental Leaders Despite consuming only around 3-to-5 perc......ed to an intelligent lighting system, the article says. A recent installation of such a system at a Facebook data center in Oregon, realized 24 percent energy cost savings and 38 percent increased energy effi... (Read Full Article)

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Fujitsu Ranks in Newsweek's Global Top 500 Green Companies

Explore Green Technology (Oct 18 2011)

...international companies: the Global 500 list. (Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SUNNYVALE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/18/11 -- Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announ...... Reports Fujitsu Slideshow: Environmental Sustainability Twitter: http://twitter.com/fujitsuamerica Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Face2Fujitsu Blog: http://blog.ts.fujitsu.com/face2fujitsu/ About Newsweek Green RankingNewswee... (Read Full Article)

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How To Build A Modern Data Center

Explore InformationWeek (Apr 27 2011) Solar , Cloud Computing

...erheating. At Cloud Connect 2011 in Silicon Valley, TechWeb's David Berlind gets a demonstration of CA's recently acquired 3Tera AppLogic graphical private cloud deployment tool. Facebook built its most recent data center in Prineville, Ore., east of the Cascade Mountains and next to a ... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook and eBay Share Energy Tips for Data Centers

Explore The New York Times (Oct 15 2010) Emissions , Servers

Facebook and eBay shared some tips this week for improving efficiency and cutting energy bills in data cente......Launches Network for Tech Recruiters, Job Hunters Green Grid Plans 'Data Center 2.0' Design Guide CA Buys Cloud Consulting Company 4Base EBay Requires Developers to Change Their Account Passwords So... (Read Full Article)

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Enterprises Say Mainframes Essential For Cloud Computing

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Oct 8 2010) Cloud Computing

...rts of the imminent death of the mainframe have been hugely exaggerated, according to a survey from CA * By: Fahmida Y Rashid * October 8, 2010 Tags: CA, Cloud, mainframe, survey Add to digg Add to Facebook Add to LinkedIn Add to reddit Add to Slashdot Add to Stumble Upon Add to Technorati Add to Twitter ... (Read Full Article)

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The Top 250 Players in the Cloud Computing Ecosystem

Explore .NET DEVELOPER'S JOURNAL (Jun 18 2010) Power and Cooling , Geothermal , Cloud Computing , Grid Computing

...clustered applications in minutes from anywhere in the world." The company was recently acquired by CA. 10Gen - Co-founded by Dwight Merriman, who also co-founded DoubleClick and served as its CTO for t......s." Targeted at rapid development, in particular web applications that need to scale rapidly (think Facebook applications etc.), Aptana cloud plugs into the Aptana IDE. Arjuna - Describing its Agility offerin... (Read Full Article)

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Gov 2.0 Week in Review - Closing the IT gap, looking back at PDF, considering cloud computing and looking ahead to DC ...

Explore O'Reilly Radar (Jun 14 2010) Cloud Computing

...sident for Energy and Climate Change, also took questions on the oil spill in a live Web chat using Facebook and WhiteHouse.gov. The archived video is embedded below: Here in the District of Columbia, Digital......e first state use of Get Satisfaction. If you missed it last month, there's also a newly-redesigned CA.gov, including a refreshed data repository and an Apps for California contest. For more on ... (Read Full Article)

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The Top 250 Players in Cloud Computing

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

...clustered applications in minutes from anywhere in the world." The company was recently acquired by CA. 10Gen - Co-founded by Dwight Merriman, who also co-founded DoubleClick and served as its CTO for t......s." Targeted at rapid development, in particular web applications that need to scale rapidly (think Facebook applications etc.), Aptana cloud plugs into the Aptana IDE. Arjuna - Describing its Agility offerin... (Read Full Article)

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Where Clouds Displace Forests

Explore Business News & Financial News (Mar 11 2010)

...nd favorable climate, Prineville is joining the region's new gold rush: housing electronic data. Facebook, Inc. has promised to spend $175 million over the next three years to build a 145,000-square-foot d...... million over the next three years to build a 145,000-square-foot data-storage farm. The Palo Alto, CA.-based company conducted a lengthy, mostly secret, site search for its facility, selecting Prinevil... (Read Full Article)

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