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Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of May 18th
May 19, 2012: Rich Miller
The Week in Review: A strategic acquisition boosts Equinix, Apple leads data center charge into solar, modular economics are front and center at the Uptime Symposium, and Emerson launches its Trellis DCIM software. Read More -
Roundup: ViaWest, CoreLink, Interxion
May 18th, 2012 : John RathColocation and hosting news: ViaWest launches KINECTed NAS, CoreLink selected by Maxxiss Communications, Interxion selected by Gigas. Read More
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It’s Finally Friday: ‘Modular’ Cartoon Caption Contest
May 18th, 2012 : Colleen MillerIt's time for our Friday cartoon contest and this week's cartoon asks the question: “Is a modular data center green? Read More
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Why Facebook’s IPO is Good for the Data Center Industry
May 18th, 2012 : Rich MillerFacebook 's IPO will be good news to many of Facebook's employees and investors. But it also is a positive development for the data center industry, providing Facebook with lots of capital and motivation to wield it in ways that satisfy Wall Street analysts and the company's investors. And that means building more data centers. Read More
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More Highlights From The Uptime Symposium 2012
May 18th, 2012 : Colleen MillerData center professionals, consultants, researchers and industry vendors convened on Santa Clara for the seventh annual Uptime Institute Symposium. There was an emphasis on modular approaches to data center builds and the latest developments in energy efficiency and green data center technology as well as lessons learned. Read More
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CyrusOne Going ‘Massively Modular’ in Phoenix
May 17th, 2012 : Rich MillerCyrusOne is moving dirt in Phoenix. The data center service provider, which is the colocation subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell, broke ground today on a 57-acre parcel of land it purchased in Chandler, Ariz. last fall. Read More
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Industry Perspectives
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Reducing Server Power Consumption
CLEMENS PFEIFFER
PowerAssure17 May 2012 : Industry PerspectivesServers in data centers waste a substantial amount of energy, writes Clemens Pfeiffer of PowerAssure. The reason is: Servers are deployed and configured for peak capacity, performance and reliability, usually at the expense of efficiency. Read More
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Data Center Design Models and Trends
RON DIERSEN
Infosys Ltd.16 May 2012 : Industry PerspectivesBusiness drivers influence design, says Ron Diersen of Infosys Limited. The type of IT infrastructure in today's data center is designed to provide specific business services, which impacts the physical design of the data center. Read More
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