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    1. Power Dense Data Centers Seek Thermal Controls

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 3 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

      Power Dense Data Centers Seek Thermal Controls ...ciency that enables you to activate the appropriate cooling action needed sooner rather than later. Sun Microsystems reported data center managers can save four percent in energy costs for every degree of upward chan......nters. Improving efficiencies in this area has a significant impact on the overall operating costs. Microsoft wanted to find out how much money can be saved by raising the cooling set point in the data center.... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Data Center Knowledge   Microsoft Corp

    2. Facebook: 'Open hardware' integral to green IT infrastructure

      Explore zdnet.com (Oct 30 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

      ...ording to Andy Bechtolsheim, the chief development officer for Arista Networks and co-founder of Sun Microsystems who is one of the Open Compute Project’s five newly named board members. “What has been missing is ...... world all use modular architectures that use some sort of outside cooling mechanism. That includes Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon. The cynic in me believes that the Open Compute movement has as long uphill ba... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Sun Microsystems   James Hamilton

    3. What's Hot (and What's Not) for Servers

      Explore ServerWatch (Mar 2 2011)

      What's Hot (and What's Not) for Servers ...ch is gaining popularity with users -– as well as its more aggressive sales approach. "Since buying Sun, Oracle has been aggressively pitching low-cost hardware deals in a bid to hold and possibly expand...... votes as being the vendor best suited for a Windows solution. A certain history between Oracle and Microsoft shows up in the user responses. "Not one of our survey respondents felt that Oracle was tops in Win... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Intel   Oracle

    4. Exploring the Limits of Datacenter Temperature

      Explore Perspectives (Feb 27 2011) Servers

      Exploring the Limits of Datacenter Temperature ...reliably well in excess even the newest ASHRAE recommended temp of 81F. For example, back in 2009 Microsoft announced they were operating at least one facility without chillers at 95F server inlet temperat......ature operation. Most notable was the quote by Subodh Bapat, the former VP of Energy Efficiency at Sun Microsystems >>, who says:   Take the data center in the desert. Subodh Bapat, the form... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   ASHRAE   James Hamilton

    5. Gartner: Modular Data Centers ‘Make Sense’

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Dec 14 2010) Construction , Container

      Gartner: Modular Data Centers ‘Make Sense’ Will data center containers ever be popular in the enterprise? That’s been a topic of debate since Sun Microsystems introduced its Blackbox container in 2006. Four years later, there are signs of growing traction fo......uirements, temporary capacity, or novel designs like the cloud  computing facilities being built by Microsoft and Google. But new designs from HP, Dell and new players like BladeRoom and NxGen have gone “beyon... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Gartner   Google

    6. Best Container/modular Data Center approach 2010? SGI's Ice Cube is one choice

      Explore greenm3.com (Dec 13 2010) Construction , Container

      Best Container/modular Data Center approach 2010? SGI's Ice Cube is one choice ...using as many companies have added container/modular data center capabilities - HP, SGI, Dell, IBM, Sun, Lee Technologies, Digital Realty Trust, IO DataCenters. Which company do you pick? Who has the bes......working on this container stuff for a while.  Here is a video of  Patrick presenting in Nov 2009 at Microsoft's PDC. http://tv.devexpress.com/#PDC09AzureBox Patrick Yantz shows a shipping container, ahem, “air... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Gartner   Google

    7. Report Points To Tough Times In Server Industry

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

      Report Points To Tough Times In Server Industry ... such as more power- and energy-efficient processors from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, and Microsoft’s Windows 7, are expected to further give corporations incentive to spend. However, Gill said t......an impact on systems makers. Most vulnerable is Oracle, which is seeing a rapid drop in spending on Sun Microsystems hardware, and that will only continue, Gill said. About 21 percent of Oracle/Sun customers are planning to leave ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Larry Ellison   Sun Microsystems   Intel

    8. Ten Unique Data Center Designs

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 29 2010) Power and Cooling , Solar , Cloud Computing , Servers

      Ten Unique Data Center Designs ... water than typically consumed in other data centers of this scale. The facility will power much of Microsoft’s global cloud computing operation. The Dublin center operates at a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)......a Silo The CLUMEQ Supercomputer in Quebec The CLUMEQ supercomputing center in Quebec partnered with Sun Microsystems to convert a huge silo into a data center. Previously housing a Van de Graaf particle accelerator, ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Yahoo   Netherlands

    9. Bill Joy on Sun's downfall, Microsoft's prospects, green tech (q&a)

      Explore Technology News (May 25 2010) Fossil Fuel

      Bill Joy on Sun's downfall, Microsoft's prospects, green tech (q&a) Though he helped start Sun Microsystems, Bill Joy has been spent the last five years thinking a lot more about solar energy than about that......ing a lot of these companies is a lot more like trying to create a manufacturing base." Bill Joy on Sun's downfall, Microsoft's prospects, green tech (Q&A;) by Ina Fried * Font size * Print * E-mail * Share * Post a comment *... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Oracle   Microsoft Corp

    10. Google unveils new cloud data storage for developers

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

      Google unveils new cloud data storage for developers ...dian arm discusses recent changes around its Enterprise Support offering, the merger of Oracle with Sun Microsystems and the changing dynamics between vendors and CIOs. By: Howard Solomon (06 May 2010)Eight months ag......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 popularity... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Amazon.com   Sun Microsystems

    11. 5 Questions Facing Carbon Software Players

      Explore 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......ar Standards last year, rebranded it as SAP Carbon Impact and has since landed customers including Sun Power, Intuit, Autodesk, and the University of Buffalo. Anirban Chakrabarti, Clear Standards’ forme... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   U.N.   Europe   Sun Microsystems

    12. thinking outside the box - by paul bernier

      Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Mar 17 2010)

      thinking outside the box - by paul bernier ...ew buildings – sometimes right across the street – in the same towns. So when I read recently about Microsoft’s plans to use a container-based approach to housing its data centers, I had to wonder whether it w...... Kool-Aid,” as they say, and promote its container-based data center solutions. But I remember when Sun Microsystems tried to make a big splash with a similar container-based data center product – I didn’t ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Paula Bernier   Microsoft Corp

    13. APC plans new push into containerized data centers

      Explore IDG News Service (Feb 12 2010) Cloud Computing

      APC plans new push into containerized data centers ...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...... we'll have more modules on the electrical side." Meanwhile other vendors have jumped in, including Sun Microsystems (now part of Oracle), Rackable Systems (now called SGI), IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Dell. Sales are s... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Oracle   Hewlett Packard

    14. With Sun, Oracle Says It Has All the Pieces

      Explore The New York Times (Jan 26 2010)

      With Sun, Oracle Says It Has All the Pieces ... Paul Sakuma/Associated Press Oracle's chief, Lawrence J. Ellison, left, hopes Scott G. McNealy, Sun's chairman, will stay. Related Times Topics: Oracle Corporation | Sun Microsystems Inc. The $7.4 billion deal, which gives Oracle a vast hardware business for the first time, pits......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 ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Intel   Oracle

    15. Verari Sold, Driggers Back as CEO

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jan 17 2010) Container , Cloud Computing

      Verari Sold, Driggers Back as CEO ...ional details may be released early this week. Verari announced its container program shortly after Sun Microsystems unveiled its Blackbox container, since renamed the Sun MD. Verari’s FOREST container had recorded some high-profile customers wins in recent months, inclu...... including sales to Qualcomm and a deal with NASA to house its new Nebula cloud computing platform. Microsoft also uses a Verari container to power its Virtual Earth service. Despite ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Dell   SGI

    16. Forecast 2010: Servers get a makeover in 2010

      Explore PC World (Dec 29 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

      ...torage and network I/O bottlenecks, have largely been addressed, so he's moving his Citrix servers, Microsoft Exchange mail servers and SQL Server applications into virtual machines. "There's nothing that's of...... rack-mounted servers this year. Hewett says Qualcomm is looking at 16-core Niagara processors from Sun Microsystems with 256 threads per chip, as well as servers built using upcoming six- and eight-core Intel Xeon N... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Intel   Qualcomm

    17. A Standard for Data Center Containers?

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Nov 18 2009) Construction , Container

      A Standard for Data Center Containers? ...t that purchase 100 times, vendors begin jumping through hoops. Container Competition Heats Up When Microsoft announced its plan for a container data center in Chicago, only Sun Microsystems, Rackable Systems (SGI) and Verari had container products. With Microsoft planning to fill the Chicago site with between 250,000 and 400,000 servers – at a time when enterpr... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   The Green Grid   ASHRAE

    18. Intel's Next Target

      Explore Forbes.com (Sep 28 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

      Intel's Next Target ...decade of trying to make inroads into the high-performance area dominated by companies like IBM and Sun Microsystems, Intel finally may have found an opening. What's changed is that the battle is becoming less abo....... Oracle sees the opportunity, too, which is why it's desperately trying to wrap up its deal to buy Sun. And ( HPQ - news - people ) and ( DELL - news - people ) already sell Intel-based hardware. Simply... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Intel   Oracle

    19. Data Center Companies, Brand Recognition

      Explore greenm3.com (Sep 22 2009) Cloud Computing

      Data Center Companies, Brand Recognition ... to the masses. United States Computer Software 56,647 2009 marks the first year-on-year decline in Microsoft’s public history, despite a game console division that continues to be profitable. As the market ma......out competitors in application sales and new software license revenues. With the recent purchase of Sun Microsystems, Oracle also acquired MySQL, and entered the hardware category. Its partnership with HP on a new da... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Sun Microsystems   Intel

    20. eBay’s Data Center Team Cross Pollinates, Recruits Sun’ Dean Nelson to Join

      Explore greenm3.com (Sep 8 2009)

      eBay’s Data Center Team Cross Pollinates, Recruits Sun’ Dean Nelson to Join ...strategy, architecture and operations. Dean brings not only his experience and relationship with Sun’s data center teams, but also the Data Center Pulse organization. Nelson is the founder of Data ......untries that influence the industry from the perspective of the end user. A long-time executive at Sun Microsystems, Nelson has distinguished himself with a long record of innovation managing the company’s global te... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Amazon.com   Sun Microsystems

    21. Does Your Cloud Have a Green Lining?

      Explore TechNewsWorld (Aug 27 2009) Emissions , Cloud Computing

      Does Your Cloud Have a Green Lining? Although the ultimate definition of "the cloud" remains elusive to vendors and end users alike, the cloud represents the next major paradigm shift in the IT industry and business computing. Coinciding with the emergence of cloud computing, green IT and sustainability are becoming integral components of corporate strategies in top-performing organizations. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Sun Microsystems   Oracle

    22. Dell Plans to Move Deeper into Data Center

      Explore eweek.com (Jul 14 2009) Cloud Computing

      Dell Plans to Move Deeper into Data Center ...ompetition with the likes of Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and—after its expected purchase of Sun Microsystems—Oracle. However, Dell said his company would not roll out an all-in-one data center offering, as Ci......n too far for that," Dell said, adding that he has seen the large data centers of such companies as Microsoft and Facebook. "When we go into these data centers, there's no proprietary stack at ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Oracle   Cisco

    23. The Green Grid Appoints Lawrence Vertal as Executive Director

      Explore businesswire.com (Jul 9 2009) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

      The Green Grid Appoints Lawrence Vertal as Executive Director ...sentatives from AMD, APC by Schneider Electric, Dell, EMC Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems. “Energy efficiency has never been a more important topic for technology vendors and their custo... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   Sun Microsystems   Intel

    24. The Green Grid Appoints Lawrence Vertal as Executive Director

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Jul 8 2009) Power and Cooling

      ...sentatives from AMD, APC by Schneider Electric, Dell, EMC Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems. “Energy efficiency has never been a more important topic for technology vendors and their custo... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   Sun Microsystems   Intel

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