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Best of Data Center Knowledge: October 2011

Posted By Colleen Miller On November 1, 2011 @ 11:06 am In DCK | No Comments

Open Compute - Oct 2011

Andy Bechtolsheim of Arista Networks, (third from left) speaks to the press during Open Compute Summit in New York. On the panel were (from left): Don Duet, Goldman Sachs; Jason Waxman, Intel; Andy; James Hamilton, Amazon; Frank Frankovsky, Facebook; and Jimmy Pike, Dell. The Summit focused on open sourcing hardware to make the data center more efficient. (Photo: Colleen Miller).

Big stories abounded in October. Coverage of the Open Compute Project – which aims to open source hardware and infrastructure for the data center – topped our list of most viewed stories. New projects such as AOL’s “lights out” data center, and Facebook’s facility to be built near the Arctic Circle in Sweden and another building in its NC campus, were very popular. Of course, many readers viewed the story on Remembering Steve Jobs, which noted that Steve’s last announcement was about iCloud and the iDataCenter.  Here’s a look at the 10 most popular stories of October 2011, ranked by total page views:

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About Colleen Miller [15]

Colleen Miller is a journalist and social media specialist. She has more than 25 years of writing and editing experience, with her most recent work dedicated to the online space. Colleen covers the data center industry, including topics such as modular, cloud and storage/big data.

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[1] Can Open Hardware Transform the Data Center?: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/10/28/can-open-hardware-transform-the-data-center/

[2] AOL Launches New Lights Out Data Center: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/10/11/aol-launches-new-lights-out-data-center/

[3] Communication Fail: Blackberry Down Again: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/10/11/communication-fail-blackberry-down-again/

[4] Facebook Goes Global With Data Center in Sweden: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/10/27/facebook-goes-global-with-data-center-in-sweden/

[5] Facebook to Build Second Data Center in NC: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/10/04/facebook-to-build-second-data-center-in-nc/

[6] NYSE Recovers From Fire at NJ Data Center: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/10/10/nyse-recovers-from-fire-at-nj-data-center/

[7] Kevin Timmons Joins CyrusOne as CTO: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/10/17/kevin-timmons-joins-cyrusone-as-cto/

[8] Massive Blackberry Outage Hits Europe: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/10/10/massive-blackberry-outage-hits-europe/

[9] Remembering Steve Jobs: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/10/06/remembering-steve-jobs/

[10] Seattle Parking Garage to Become a Data Center: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/10/19/seattle-parking-garage-to-become-a-data-center/

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