Open Compute builds a business model for the next era of the web

Explore GigaOM (May 4 2012) Servers

...e server business last year netted vendors $34.4 billion on sales of 8 billion servers according to IDC, but those numbers don’t show how that business is changing. For that compare the growth in the tra......nue and 6.1 percent of all server shipments. While plenty of companies spend money buying gear from IBM, HP and Dell, others are going direct to the companies that build servers ... (Read Full Article)

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What Is Behind Dell’s Acquisition Spree?

Explore TechWeekEurope UK (Mar 14 2012)

...in the IT products and services business are doing the same thing. EMC, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard and IBM (well, not so much lately) have all gone through similar asset-collecting binges. In fact, EMC may ......k, data leak prevention, gateway antivirus, email security, Web security and application control. IDC estimated the UTM market to be worth about $2.4 billion (£1.53 billion) in 2011 and expects it to g... (Read Full Article)

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Large Data Center Coming to India, as Regional Demand Booms

Explore pcworld.com (Feb 7 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

... by IT systems and networking racks is already available, and top multinational companies including IBM and Hewlett-Packard have signed up as customers, said H.S. Bedi, chairman and managing director of ......ell the data center services to businesses and other customers, said Ravikant Sharma, an analyst at IDC in India. Tulip will benefit from economies of scale, as other third-party data centers in India ar... (Read Full Article)

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'Big Data' Creates Big Opportunities

Explore GreenBiz.com (Jan 30 2012) Construction , Solar , Wind

... zettabytes -- that's 2 trillion gigabytes -- of data were created and stored in 2011, according to IDC. According to IBM, more than 2.5 quintillion bytes -- about 2.5 billion gigabytes -- are created every day. For compa... (Read Full Article)

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IBM Sees Green in Going Green in Data Centers

Explore Welcome to IT Jungle (Jan 25 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

...nking so high in the Helen Mills Theater that you could just about hang sides of beef on the stage, IBM announced a new initiative, dubbed Project Big Green, under which it will sell technology and servi......g abstract to us in the IT industry. This is real, and it is happening now." She cited figures from IDC that claim for every $1 that companies pay for computer hardware, they ... (Read Full Article)

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Cisco Reaches 10,000 UCS Customers

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jan 18 2012) Cloud Computing , Servers

...ess in the server market, where it has made inroads into the dominance of the two leaders, HP and IBM. Most of those gains appear to have come primarily at the expense of IBM, whose market share has slipped as Cisco’s has gained, according to quarterly data from IDC (see chart below). Major Progress vs. Big Expectations When it was introduced in 2009 by Cisco CEO... (Read Full Article)

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2011: The Year Data Centers Turned Green

Explore Wired News (Dec 30 2011)

The amount of data the world stores is on an explosive growth curve. According to research outfit IDC, the digital universe will grow 44 times larger over the course of the decade, thanks to the rise o......d from the servers. PUE: 1.15 Clear plastic walls help this HP data center keep its cool. Photo: HP IBM: Auckland, New Zealand IBM’s new down under data center uses environmental ... (Read Full Article)

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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 n......hird quarter, Intel had 95.1 percent of the x86 server market and AMD had 4.9 percent, according to IDC. Analysts appear to be giving AMD a shot. Phase one ... (Read Full Article)

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Component-level rightsizing to reduce datacenter power, costs

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

... something other enterprises would do well to look into. Avneesh Saxena, group vice president of IDC Asia-Pacific, said the top three objectives for managers of datacenter facilities today are "loweri...... 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 "pi... (Read Full Article)

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Unix Servers Growing As Mainstay Of Data Centres

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Jun 24 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...le many of their critical workloads in the data centre, despite soaring sales of x86-based servers. IDC analysts in May said that revenue from Unix servers sales in the first quarter jumped 12.5 percent ......11 quarters that revenues grew year over year. The top three Unix server vendors – Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Oracle – all saw revenue increases during the quarter, and Unix server revenue accounted for 2... (Read Full Article)

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Data Center Design Finally Addresses Major Sources of Wasted Energy

Explore environmentalleader.com (Jun 22 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing , Servers

... becoming a strategic business imperative. Related Stories Schneider Consolidates U.S. Data Centers IBM Plans to Build Energy Efficient, Adaptive Data Center IBM Building $86 Million Green Data Center Related Topics Efficiency Energy Efficiency Guest Column Hea......ormed decisions about whether their existing data center(s) can or should be upgraded. According to IDC (2010) the average data center in the U.S. is 12 years old, meaning it cannot ... (Read Full Article)

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Adopt 'right balance' for green clouds

Explore zdnetasia.com (May 23 2011) Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Solar , Wind , Cloud Computing

...int, an analyst urged. Philip Carter, associate vice president of green IT and sustainability at IDC Asia-Pacific's practice group, said that there are several aspects toward moving a green cloud comp......t's developers? http://t.co/qtCBEzd Sony subsidiary So-net reports data breach http://bit.ly/lfhKmd IBM launches Hadoop-based analytics software - ZDNet Asia http://bit.ly/lt5wFN Thai Blytes blog by Jon ... (Read Full Article)

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Why IBM's Hardware Business Is Flying High

Explore eweek.com (Apr 25 2011) Cloud Computing

...took back the lead in server revenue market share as 2010 drew to a close, according to Gartner and IDC. In February, IBM's Watson beat two past champions on “Jeopardy,” demonstrating how an optimized system in a comm... (Read Full Article)

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Ibm, Hp & Dell Steal Ahead In Server Revenues: IDC

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Mar 2 2011) Servers

... revenue in the quarter jumped 69 percent, and that many of the Power7-based systems were sold out. IDC analysts said the 69.1 percent revenue growth for IBM’s System z models was the fastest they had ever recorded for IBM mainframes, and noted that systems running IBM’s z/OS operating system accounted for 11.3 percent of all server revenue for the quarter. In additi... (Read Full Article)

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IBM Launching 42 Million Cloud Computing Center in Canada

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Jan 31 2011) Cloud Computing

... available in the “cloud development” section of the company’s website. The release quotes Canadian IDC analyst Mark Schrutt who, in a review of the cloud computing market, wrote, "IBM becomes the first Tier 1 multinational IT service provider to establish Canadian cloud delivery cap... (Read Full Article)

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IBM Mainframe Foe TurboHercules Gets Microsoft Investment

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Dec 3 2010)

...s through the zEnterprise, businesses can reduce data centre labour costs by as much as 70 percent. IBM’s efforts are working. According to market research firms Gartner and IDC, in the third quarter IBM saw revenue growth in its System z business. IDC gave much of the credit to the zEnterprise launch and noted that third-quarter revenue for IBM’s z/OS server business jumped 14.8 percent over ... (Read Full Article)

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QTS to Expand Santa Clara Facility

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Nov 16 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing

...ically reduce energy consumption, operational costs, and up-front capital expenses. “QTS selected IDC Architects because this firm has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to lead the way with the ki......lion square feet of space, growing through acquisitions of facilities and customers from eDeltaCom, IBM, NTT America and Globix. The company offers both wholesale data center space and managed service... (Read Full Article)

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Big Data Is Big Business

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 19 2010) Cloud Computing

...cent acquisitions in the analytics and data warehousing industry. Data Center Knowledge reported on IBM’s acquisition of Netezza for $1.7 billion in cash, just after Oracle announced a cloud-based Exadat......ransforming massive amounts of data into business-relevant competitive advantage. They reference an IDC prediction that by 2020 the amount of data generated each year will reach 35 zettabytes. I (persona... (Read Full Article)

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IDC: Cloud To Create ‘Radical’ Shift For Outsourcers

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Oct 11 2010) Cloud Computing

...outsourcers hit hardest Those “radical” changes will particularly affect “traditional” outsourcers, IDC said, specifically citing as examples IBM, HP, CSC, Accenture, Wipro, TCS, Infosys, Capgemini and Fujitsu. Broadly speaking, the shift will b... (Read Full Article)

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How Virtualization Can Change Your Network

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Sep 7 2010) Cloud Computing , Networking

...ty, WAN optimization, and load balancing from vendors such as Vyatta, Checkpoint, Riverbed, Citrix, IBM and F5. If you noted that a couple of major networking vendors aren’t included in that list, don’t ......e’s no more time to rest at anchor. Analysts agree that the time is now for network virtualization. IDC has written, “It’s clear to the industry that, because of server virtualization, a new ... (Read Full Article)

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IBM clients building more integrated, intelligent ...

Explore AME Info (May 27 2010) Cloud Computing

IBM today announced that its clients around the world such as Kroger Foods and the Taiwan High Speed Ra......telligent sensors; analyze vast amounts of information; and become more 'green' and cost efficient. IDC estimates the market opportunity for the software, servers, technologies, and services to manage th... (Read Full Article)

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SGI Adopts ‘Universal’ Container Approach

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 27 2010) Container , Servers , Storage

..., oil and gas, and Internet, meeting customer specific application and deployment needs.” SGI joins IBM, Verari and HP among the vendors offering data center containers that can house third-party gear. T......ers,” said Michelle Bailey, research vice president for Enterprise Platforms and Datacenter Trends, IDC. (Read Full Article)

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Why a Green Datacenter Makes Dollars And Sense

Explore American Banker (Mar 29 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

...should exploit liquid cooling solutions vs. using traditional cooling systems with air. Analysts at IDC estimate that for every $1.00 spent on new hardware, an additional $0.50 is spent on power and cool......n, but also a conduit for driving conservation if it is utilized properly. Shanker Ramamurthy leads IBM's Banking & Financial Markets Industry business worldwide. (Read Full Article)

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Next-Generation Data Centers

Explore Forbes.com (Mar 15 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

... is different? Forbes sat down with Steve Sams, vice president of site and facilities services at ( IBM - news - people ), to find out. Forbes: What's happening inside data centers these days? Steve Sams......n data centers that are up to 20 years old. The average age of a data center, according to a recent IDC study, is nine years old. Gartner suggests any data center more than seven years old ... (Read Full Article)

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