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Application: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing
Technology: Microblogging, Networking, Servers, Storage, Supercomputer
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About Dell
Dell Inc. (DELL 4331), an American technology company based in Round Rock, Texas, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers, servers, data storage devices, network switches, personal digital assistants (PDAs), software, televisions, computer peripherals, and other technology-related products. As of 2006, Dell employed more than 78,700 people worldwide.
Dell grew through the 1980s and 1990s to become at one stage the largest seller of PCs and servers. It currently holds the second spot in the hardware computer industry behind Hewlett-Packard after the latter's merger with Compaq in 2002.
In 2006, Fortune magazine ranked Dell as the 25th-largest company in the Fortune 500 list, 8th on its annual [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostadmired/top20/ Top 20 list] of the most-admired companies in the United States. In 2007 Dell ranked 34th and 8th respectively on the equivalent lists for the year. A 2006 publication identified Dell as one of 38 high-performance companies in the S&P; 500 which had consistently out-performed the market over the previous 15 years. -
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Quotes about Dell
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“ With rising energy costs and global concerns over energy consumption and carbon footprint, data centers worldwide are prioritizing reduction in the cost of infrastructure cooling. Dell's Fresh Air cooling solution combined with servers using Intel Xeon processors running at higher ambient temperatures will provide a breakthrough in efficiency for data centers. ”
Jason Waxman in Shifting to Chiller-Less Data
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Mentioned In 239 Articles
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Beyond Servers: Is Your Data Center Truly Virtualized?
Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 1 2012) Cloud Computing , Servers , Storage
...rspectives February 1st, 2012 + + Tweet + + + Nashua, NH-based Travis Vigil is executive director, Dell Storage. Travis Vigil-DELL TRAVIS VIGIL Dell The concept of introducing virtualization into corporate data centers has moved well past the trial...
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Comment Mentions: Data Center Knowledge Dell Microsoft Corp
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Fujitsu Touts Web Hosting Application of High-Density Server Rack
Explore Web Host Industry Review (Jan 25 2012) Servers
...ng hardware makers of designing products specifically for the hosting environment. In mid-2011, Dell introduced several micro-server products, stripping away unnecessary components to slot multiple ti...
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A CTO’s take on cloud
Explore GigaOM (Jan 24 2012) Cloud Computing
.... 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 neutral Open...
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Comment Mentions: Amazon.com Cisco IBM
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AdVoice: Unlocking Data Center Innovation in the Virtual Era
Explore Forbes.com (Jan 19 2012) Cloud Computing
...turned to advantage. Unlocking Data Center Innovation in the Virtual Era Cory Edwards Cory Edwards, Dell 0 comments, 0 called-out + Comment now + Comment now Posted on behalf of contributing author, manag...
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Comment Mentions: Interactive Data Corporation Forbes Dell
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Cisco touts 10,000 UCS customers
Explore GigaOM (Jan 18 2012) Servers
...a offers software that brings some of those converged data center benefits to existing servers from Dell, HP, Fujitsu and NEC. Egenera said revenue from that PAN Manager software rose a whopping 400 perce...
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CIO and Supply Chain Expertise = Dell's New CIO
Explore greenm3.com (Jan 13 2012)
...a Karaboutis, recruited in March 2010, is the new global CIO and reports directly to Brian Gladden, Dell's CFO. She was previously vice president of global operations and technology IT, which means she wa...
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Rackspace: Bull and Bear Cases Revisited
Explore Forbes.com (Jan 10 2012) Cloud Computing
...ce limit server architecture to a x86 platform, it limits the brand of servers it supports to a few Dell SKU models. With its narrow focus, it can provide greater support for these models to drive more e...
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Comment Mentions: Amazon.com Forrester Research Rackspace
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Web Host Enteracloud Houses SEO Firm at San Diego Data Center
Explore Web Host Industry Review (Dec 29 2011) Cloud Computing
...tructure comprises of best of breed technologies including VMware, Cisco, Microsoft, Veeam, EMC and Dell, providing Market Target with the reliability and horsepower to continue delivering SEO solutions t...
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Comment Mentions: Cisco Dell Microsoft Corp
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2011 – the year Ireland became ‘home of the cloud’
Explore siliconrepublic.com (Dec 22 2011) Cloud Computing
...systec, Marketo, Commence, Pivot, Engine Yard, Pinger, Datapac, Fort and Citrix, to name but a few. Dell expects to recruit 150 people in the next two years with the creation of its first Cloud Research a...
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Comment Mentions: Amazon.com Europe Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Oracle learns the dark side of hardware
...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...
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Comment Mentions: Larry Ellison Sun Microsystems Oracle
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Inside the New Data Center Supply Chain
Explore Data Center Knowledge (Dec 19 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers
... altered the traditional server supply chain. Rather than purchasing directly from OEMs like HP and Dell, companies like Google and Facebook have developed customer server designs and turned to original d...
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Cloud News: Embrane, Dell, RightScale, Salesforce.com
Explore Data Center Knowledge (Dec 16 2011) Monitoring , Cloud Computing
...cated solutions for their steady-state, predictable-load or sensitive data.” * Cloud News: Embrane, Dell, RightScale, Salesforce.com The Cloud Computing Channel is brought to you by ZT Systems * Cloud Ne...
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Comment Mentions: Marc Benioff Dell
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IT Minds Quest for 'Holy Grail' of Data Center Metrics
Explore Wired News (Dec 9 2011) Servers
...ackle it,” says John Pflueger, a Green Grid board member and principal environmental strategist for Dell. “And we quickly came to the realization that there were some really good reasons behind that.”
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Comment Mentions: Intel Gartner The Green Grid
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HPC News, SGI, Blue Waters, Dell
Explore Data Center Knowledge (Dec 9 2011) Supercomputer
...ystems where projects are well-bounded with known workloads and customers they know and understand. Dell is putting together recipes for popular HPC apps in small, medium and large configurations. Each of...
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Comment Mentions: National Science Foundation Facebook IBM
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Storage, Virtualization and Enhancing the Cloud
Explore Data Center Knowledge (Nov 30 2011) Monitoring , Cloud Computing , Storage
The subject matter experts at Dell present “The cloud awaits: Storage for the growing virtualized infrastructure.” This technical whit...
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