European Data Center Association to Launch at Data Centers Europe 2012

Explore Web Host Industry Review (May 8 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

...he annual ECOC Awards by the European Commission. Sponsors of the event include Schneider Electric, Hewlett Packard, Infinity SDC, Anixter, Emerson Network Power, Fujitsu, Migration Solutions, TelecityGroup, Volta, ......n, Hitachi, Caterpillar, Joyent, Siemens and Scottish Development International and is supported by Microsoft, The Green Grid, eco, Data Center Pulse and the European Data Centre Association. The event include... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Fujitsu   Europe

Nordic Presence at Datacentres 2012 Reflects Increased Regional Opportunity

Explore sunherald.com (May 3 2012) Power and Cooling

...participation in the event will add great value.” Sponsors of the event include Schneider Electric, Hewlett Packard, Infinity SDC, Anixter, Emerson Network Power, Fujitsu, Migration Solutions, TelecityGroup, Telehou......n, Hitachi, Caterpillar, Joyent, Siemens and Scottish Development International and is supported by Microsoft and the European Data Centre Association. The event includes an industry exhibition with more than ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Fujitsu   Europe   Norway

A New Net

Explore Technology Review (Feb 6 2012) Cloud Computing , Networking

...f the early 1980s. IBM's PC standard separated hardware and software, making operating systems like Microsoft Windows the focus of innovation while hardware became a race-to-the-bottom commodity. Cisco and oth......l of other startups are getting funded to commercialize their own ideas, while large companies like Hewlett-Packard and IBM are creating network hardware that's designed to be more programmable. But Nicira is establ... (Read Full Article)

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Do BYO data centers make sense anymore?

Explore GigaOM (Dec 16 2011) Cloud Computing

...f — to the big cloud operators. That roster includes the aforementioned players as well as Google, Microsoft, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and others that are building out more of their own data center capacity for use by customer... (Read Full Article)

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Software in Data Centers is Eating the World

Explore greenm3.com (Aug 20 2011)

Why Software Is Eating The World By MARC ANDREESSEN This week, Hewlett-Packard (where I am on the board) announced that it is exploring jettisoning its struggling PC business in ......s. Today's fastest growing telecom company is Skype, a software company that was just bought by Microsoft for $8.5 billion. CenturyLink, the third largest telecom company in the U.S., with a $20 billion ma... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Google   Hewlett Packard

Microsoft’s Muglia Heads To Juniper

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Jul 26 2011) Cloud Computing , Networking

Former Microsoft executive Bob Muglia will work with Juniper to compete with Cisco and HP in networking Juniper Networks is hiring former long-time Microsoft executive Bob Muglia to head up its newly formed software division, an indication of the importance......ith their hardware – as a key differentiator in its competition with the likes of Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard. Central to that portfolio is the Junos Networking operating system, which is ... (Read Full Article)

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Is HP Ready to Take on Amazon in the Cloud?

Explore internetnews.com (Mar 14 2011) Cloud Computing

...tplace that would compete with Apple for consumers, SMB and enterprise applications and services. Hewlett Packard's CEO had his big coming out party today at the HP Summit event in San Francisco. The event was billed as an opportunity to hear in detail for the fir......aking it a very, massive, very broad platform, he said. On the PC side, webOS would be preloaded on HP computers alongside Microsoft ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Amazon.com   Hewlett Packard

IBM Joins Crowded Market With Virtual Desktop Platform

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Jan 26 2011)

...other companies are already far ahead of IBM in this sector, including such longtime competitors as Hewlett-Packard, VMware, Wyse, Oracle, and Cisco Systems. Oh, and don’t forget all those brazen newcomers that incl......s on the new product. Nor did we cite Virtual Bridges, which is supplying the management interface. Microsoft is providing the Windows interconnect. “Yes, we’re always pretty deliberate with the partners we ch... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Oracle   Cisco   Hewlett Packard

Will Ireland stop being a destination for Green Data Centers?

Explore greenm3.com (Nov 22 2010)

...Center is the tax situation. The Telegraph reports on potential changes. Image 1 of 2 Executives at Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Intel ? spoke of the "damaging impact" on Ireland's "ability to... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Hewlett Packard   Microsoft Corp

Regulations and Security Concerns Hinder Asia’s Move to Cloud Computing

Explore The New York Times (Oct 11 2010) Cloud Computing

...ool of technology experts and generous government incentives more than compensate, executives said. Microsoft, I.B.M. and Hewlett-Packard have also picked Singapore as the center of their own regional cloud computing initiatives. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Gartner   Oracle   Hewlett Packard

HP-SAP merger talk considered far-fetched

Explore ITWorld Canada (Oct 5 2010)

Hewlett-Packard's surprise decision last week to appoint ex-SAP CEO Léo Apotheker to its top job has stirred up spe......cision last week to appoint ex-SAP CEO Léo Apotheker to its top job has stirred up speculation that HP will acquire the enterprise applications giant to compete more effectively against rival Oracle, bu... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Forrester Research   Oracle   Hewlett Packard

Cisco Executive Joins Skype As CEO

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Oct 5 2010)

...pabilities. The company is expected to announce on 6 October a TelePresence solution for the home. Hewlett-Packard also reportedly plans to bring its video communications technology into the home. There also......0 has announced a host of partnerships based around UC and video collaboration with such vendors as HP, Avaya, Microsoft, BT, Juniper Networks and Siemens Enterprise Communications Group. For its part, Logitech jumped in... (Read Full Article)

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Leading EU Broadband Providers Commit to Energy Saving

Explore The New York Times (Sep 28 2010) Emissions , Networking

...om-Orange, OTE, Telefonica and Turk Telekom among others, have joined heavyweights such as Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Vodafone and Cisco in the voluntary plan to help cut carbon emissions. The new signees bring the n... (Read Full Article)

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Dell Hawks Its New Modular Data Center

Explore The New York Times (Aug 31 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

...esign it has started selling to large "hyperscale" customers, which include big Internet firms like Microsoft and Facebook. The first modular data centers, including one shown by Dell two years ago, used st......entually do the same with its modular data centers if demand is sufficient. Server makers including Hewlett-Packard, IBM and SGI also sell modular data centers, as does power equipment vendor Active Power. Collocati... (Read Full Article)

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CapGemini Opens 'World's Greenest' Data Center

Explore GreenBiz.com (Aug 24 2010) Servers

... and public agencies alike. In recent weeks, companies ranging from Facebook to Hewlett Packard to Microsoft have unveiled new plans for internal and customer-facing green data centers. And in June, President... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   United Kingdom   Hewlett Packard   Barack Obama

The instant new-build data center - by Doug Mohney

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Jul 15 2010)

...s across Europe. Many companies are already on the data center container bandwagon, including IBM, HP, Google, and Microsoft; the U.S. military and certain government agencies love the concept since you can build a transport... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Hewlett Packard   Doug Mohney

Cisco to Soon Unveil Data Center Strategy

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Jun 16 2010) Cloud Computing

...market, and in doing so, potentially steal some of the lucrative market share from competitors like Hewlett-Packard and IBM. Cisco to Soon Unveil Data Center Strategy Digg this! Tags: new products ibm cisco......d IBM. Cisco to Soon Unveil Data Center Strategy Digg this! Tags: new products ibm cisco hp vmware hardware design By Justin Lee, March 09, 2009 Become a member of theWHIR.com today! Click ... (Read Full Article)

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Size Doesn't Matter in Reducing Environmental Impacts

Explore GreenBiz.com (May 19 2010)

attended a sustainability conference recently in which the main speaker, a seasoned lifecycle assessment engineer, gave an overview of the LCA process, using range of products as examples. During his overview, he pointed out the stark differences between the big-impact elements and the small ones and suggested, in so many words, that an impact really must be big enough to be worth any effort in an LCA-driven impact reduction exercise ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Hewlett Packard   Uptime Institute   Microsoft Corp

HP Asks: Can Manure Run Data Centers?

Explore Greentech Media (May 18 2010) Geothermal , Wind

...assive 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 ...... take advantage of the energy in cow manure? The idea is not as far-fetched as it sounds. A team of Hewlett-Packard researchers crafted a blueprint for just such a system and say it could turn a profit in three year... (Read Full Article)

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HP And Dell Add Citrix Desktop Virtualisation Support

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (May 12 2010)

Dell and Hewlett-Packard are using Citrix Systems’ Synergy 2010 show to roll out new mobile products and services for their ......ing desktop virtualisation in the mobile space * By: Jeffrey Burt * May 12, 2010 Tags:citrix, Dell, HP, XenClient Add to digg Add to Facebook Add to LinkedIn Add to reddit Add to Slashdot Add to Stumble... (Read Full Article)

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

Explore Greentech Media (Apr 28 2010) Geothermal , Servers

...ompany 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. Local Host has created a cooling system for ......000 and 3,000 of the portable units, which Kvalheim says he will build, even though vendors such as Hewlett-Packard and Sun offer commercial models. Construction could start in 2011, with the demand ... (Read Full Article)

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Group seeks to open source data-center design

Explore The Voice of IT Management (Mar 7 2010) Cloud Computing

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Nokia   Hewlett Packard

APC plans new push into containerized data centers

Explore IDG News Service (Feb 12 2010) Cloud Computing

...0 kl 22:06) 5 reasons Silicon Valley might stumble coming out of recession (12.02.2010 kl 15:40) HP opens first ever wind-cooled data center (12.02.2010 kl 10:10) IBM explores cheaper solar cells ......r recovery, particularly for companies that operate where natural disasters like earthquakes occur. Microsoft has even floated the idea of putting a containerized data center in every town to deliver its onlin... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Oracle   Hewlett Packard

With Sun, Oracle Says It Has All the Pieces

Explore The New York Times (Jan 26 2010)

... $7.4 billion deal, which gives Oracle a vast hardware business for the first time, pits it against Hewlett-Packard, I.B.M., Dell and Cisco Systems, all of which have made a flurry of acquisitions and alliances. Man......bility to sell more equipment and services to customers often served by I.B.M. This month, H.P. and Microsoft revealed an alliance as well in which the companies plan to ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Intel   Oracle