A CTO’s take on cloud

Explore GigaOM (Jan 24 2012) Cloud Computing

...the current state of the market. Here are my main takeaways from a recent conversation with him. 1: IBM is cloudier than you think. Big Blue has a pretty potent set of cloud options but it’s going about ....... Initiated by Rackspace and NASA, it’s achieved critical mass with nearly every IT provider — from Dell, to HP, to Cisco, to Citrix — aboard and Rackspace offloading management to a more ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Cisco   IBM

Cisco touts 10,000 UCS customers

Explore GigaOM (Jan 18 2012) Servers

...or 29.1 percent of all Intel-based servers shipped (despite a 3.1 percent decline for the quarter.) Dell was number two with 21.8 percent share with IBM, Fujitsu, and Lenovo rounding out the top five. Cisco remains in the “other” category. It seems cle... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Fujitsu   Oracle   Cisco

Oracle learns the dark side of hardware

Explore GigaOM (Dec 21 2011)

...ad-and-butter servers. Oracle’s not alone in this data center appliance race where it competes with IBM’s Netezza, EMC Greenplum and other offerings. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said he is pleased with thos......tems in January 2010 that the company would cede the low-end X86 server space to competitors like Dell, while it focused on high-margin, specialized machines. It was unclear from the get-go whether sal... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Larry Ellison   Sun Microsystems   Oracle

HPC News, SGI, Blue Waters, Dell

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Dec 9 2011) Supercomputer

...The National Science Foundation’s Blue Waters project was awarded to Cray last month after NCSA and IBM terminated the original contract last summer. Dell’s HPC Strategy. The Register reports on how Dell is going to engage the market to grow its HPC strategy. The primary focus for Dell’s HPC strategy is to concentrate on smaller HPC systems where projects are well-bounded with known ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   National Science Foundation   Facebook   IBM

The Green Grid: modularity is sign of maturity

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Nov 15 2011) Construction , Cloud Computing

...ed for on-site deployment.” Nearly all major IT vendors sell modular data centers. They include HP, IBM, Dell and Cisco, among others. So do major infrastructure vendors, such as Emerson and PDI. There are als... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Google   Cisco

Web Host Savvis Hires Away Microsoft Amazon Cloud Executives

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Nov 15 2011) Cloud Computing

...more than 1,600 corporate clients. Prior to Microsoft in 1998, Parker was a consultant in Texas for Dell and American Medical Management, and a senior programmer analyst and consultant for IBM in Italy. “As cloud services continue to assume their place at the very core of IT, Savvis has the ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Europe   Bill Fathers

AMD's big new number: 16 cores for your server

Explore Technology News (Nov 14 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

... up to 384GB memory per CPU. The new Opterons hit the market with good support from HP, Cray, AMAX, IBM and Dell. ZDNet UK reviewed the Dell server based on the 16-core AMD Opteron. AMD also outlined a new platform, the Opteron 3000 Series,... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   IBM   ZDNet UK

Power Assure and ABB Presenting "Breakthroughs in Data Center Reliability and ...

Explore Home | Benzinga.com (Oct 29 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...udith Capital, and a grant from the Department of Energy. Power Assure partners include ABB, Cisco, Dell, IBM, Intel, Raritan, UL and VMware. Power Assure is a registered trademark of Power Assure, Inc. All pr... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Cisco   Department of Energy

Facebook letting Open Compute Project go. Will it fly?

Explore GigaOM (Oct 27 2011)

...erty contributions from Red Hat– which will certify OCP servers. Other contributions came from AMD, Dell, and Cloudera. Arista Networks is also now an official member of OCP, although has no specific cont......ally hit their stride only after the lead vendor relinquished control. (In Eclipse’s case, that was IBM.) More recently, Rackspace eased some concerns among the OpenStack software crowd by forming an Ope... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Intel   Hewlett Packard

DCK Guide To Modular Data Centers: The Modular Market

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 26 2011) Construction , Cloud Computing

Comment Mentions:   Cisco   IBM   Dell

Web Host Server Cloud Canada Deploys HP Private Cloud

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Oct 14 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...d Compute and HP Cloud Object Storage. Server Cloud Canada said it explored a range of options from Dell, Cisco and IBM before choosing HP CloudSystem Matrix as the foundation to deliver private clouds to customers. HP ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Cisco   IBM   Dell

Juniper Touts New Kit To Meet Mobile Challenge

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Oct 3 2011) Networking

...ular, Cisco and HP – including the common Junos operating system and partnerships with the likes of Dell and IBM. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Cisco   Hewlett Packard

Research and Markets: North American Data Center Outsourcing Market 2010-2014

Explore Information Technology (Sep 21 2011) Cloud Computing

...could pose a challenge to the growth of this market. Key vendors dominating this market include HP, IBM, CSC, and Dell (News - Alert). For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7bacbb/north_... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   IBM   Dell   CSC

Component-level rightsizing to reduce datacenter power, costs

Explore zdnetasia.com (Sep 16 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

... is forcing CIOs toward "micro-focusing on component savings". Citing a survey jointly conducted by IBM, Samsung and Dell, the Samsung executive then pointed out that one of the datacenter management "pinch points" revolv... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Google   Oracle

Power Assure CTO Provides Insights into Data Center Energy Efficiency Rating ...

Explore MyHostNews (Aug 23 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...udith Capital, and a grant from the Department of Energy. Power Assure partners include ABB, Cisco, Dell, IBM, Intel, Raritan, UL and VMware. Research, evaluate and learn more about website hosting at FindMyHo... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Gartner   Cisco

The Battle for the Converged Data Center Network

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Aug 18 2011) Cloud Computing , Networking , Storage

...ustry experts thought it was a bold move fraught with risk because it could alienate companies like IBM and HP that had been partners of Cisco’s for years. Now, Cisco seems to be making headway with its ......ding specific equipment solutions for cloud computing based on what it calls “Vblock” technology. o Dell: By bundling Force10 switching with Dell’s compute and storage (including Compellent), Dell completes its converged ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Oracle   Cisco

IBM Pulls the Plug on Blue Waters

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Aug 9 2011)

...ble as well as their hierarchical archival storage system. On the June 2011 Top 500 list NCSA had a Dell PowerEdge system ranked 145. IBM made the tough call on finances for Blue Waters, but still leads the pack with 212 supercomputers o... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   IBM   Dell   SGI

Nebula Aims to Enable Every Company to Implement Cloud Computing

Explore The New York Times (Jul 27 2011) Cloud Computing

...like a utility where you can dial up or dial down your electrical usage. Big server vendors such as IBM, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and others are selling lots of servers as they seek to provide management lay... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Google   Hewlett Packard

Fulcrum Microsystems

Explore ecommercetimes.com (Jul 26 2011) Cloud Computing

...urels and successes for a host of companies to share, its future looks bright as well. In addition, IBM's remarkable longevity puts the lie to conventional IT wisdom suggesting that innovation belongs ex......ously made. The Adamo laptop line from 2009 was a notable effort, though it suffered serious flaws. Dell appears to have learned from that lesson in creating the XPS 15z. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Cisco   IBM

There Could Be Fire Behind Dell Buys Brocade Smoke

Explore Forbes.com Blogs (Jun 29 2011) Networking

...ge and networking space and better compete with other industry giants like EMC, Hewlett-Packard and IBM. This move would be in line with Dell's strategy of diversifying its product and services portfolio and moving further from its core PC b... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Hewlett Packard   Brocade Communications Systems   IBM

Cisco, HP, Juniper Drive Down Ethernet Prices

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Jun 3 2011) Networking

Ethernet switch markets saw revenue declines despite a rise in the number of ports, say Dell’Oro and Canalys Cisco Systems is facing increasing pressure from Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Netwo......s and modular switches. In the top-of-rack space, the top vendors by revenue were Cisco, Arista and IBM. For blade switches, it was HP, IBM and Cisco, and for modular switches, it was Cisco, HP and Brocade. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Cisco   Hewlett Packard   Juniper Networks

Data Centre Cabling Gets Built-In Monitoring Capability

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Apr 19 2011) Monitoring , Cloud Computing , Networking

... used by network management systems, such as those supplied by systems makers like Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Dell – in addition to specialists and integrators like Symantec, nLyte, and Avocent. Quareo’s end-to-end... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Hewlett Packard   IBM   Chris Preimesberger

Facebook Open Compute and the PUE Trifecta

Explore | CTO Edge (Apr 18 2011) Power and Cooling , Servers

.... However, if this proves successful for HP, how long will it be before other major vendors such as IBM and Dell offer a 277V power supply as an option to their server line? The Bottom Line Like a game of ping po... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Google   Yahoo

Lee acquisition gives APC strong presence in energy services

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Apr 11 2011)

...and Rittal, among others. Examples of IT vendors that have such services include companies like HP, Dell and IBM. There are also numerous smaller companies in the US, dedicated exclusively to energy efficiency ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Motorola   IBM   Dell