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    About John Rath

    John Rath is a veteran IT professional and regular contributor at Data Center Knowledge. He has served many roles in the data center, including support, system administration, web development and facility management.

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  • In Texas, A Stampede of Petaflops

    March 28th, 2013 : John Rath

    In its first days of operation, the new Stampede system at the University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) debuted as the world's seventh-fastest supercomputer. But there's plenty more power in the pipeline. Read More

  • Oracle Launches New SPARC T5 Servers

    March 28th, 2013 : John Rath

    Oracle (ORCL) announced a complete refresh of its midrange and high-end SPARC server lines with new SPARC T5 and M5 servers running Solaris. Building on the SPARC T4 platform, the new servers complete Oracle's SPARC family, spanning entry-level, mid-range and high-end. Read More

  • 80 Million Hours of Digital Rendering Produce “The Croods”

    March 28th, 2013 : John Rath

    DreamWorks' latest movie, "The Croods,"pushed the boundaries of high-performance workloads, requiring more than 80 million render hours to generate visual images from 3-D models. Read More

  • With Switch Light, Big Switch Looks to Boost Open Source SDN

    March 28th, 2013 : John Rath

    Big Switch Networks this week introduced introduced Switch Light, an open source thin switching software platform. The release is a step toward BigSwitch's ambitious goal to accelerate the adoption of OpenFlow-based networking, providing more choices in networking hardware. Read More

  • Global News: Oracle Opens Data Center in Japan

    March 27th, 2013 : John Rath

    Oracle (ORCL) announced that it is opening a data center in Japan, to support its RightNow Cloud Service. Meanwhile, Akamai (AKAM) expands its partnership with Korea's KT, and ITG expands with Interxion in London. Read More

  • Brocade Reveals Fabric Vision Technology

    March 26th, 2013 : John Rath

    Brocade (BRCD) has introduced its Fabric Vision technology, a storage area networking (SAN) hardware and software solution that simplifies SAN deployment and management, and provides improved visibility into the storage network. Read More

  • Savvis Launches Online Customer Business Exchange

    March 26th, 2013 : John Rath

    Savvis introduced Savvis ClientConnect, an online gateway for businesses to generate new revenue opportunities by connecting with other businesses located in Savvis' data centers. Read More

  • Cisco, Oracle Go Shopping, Announce Acquisitions

    March 26th, 2013 : John Rath

    It's already been a busy year for deals, and Monday saw a flurry of deal announcements in the tech sector. The action was headed by two enterprise IT titans and frequent acquirers - Cisco and Oracle. Read More

  • Cloud News: Red Hat, Panzura, Avaya

    March 25th, 2013 : John Rath

    News from the cloud computing sector includes: Red Hat collaborating with Code for America; Panzura winning a contract with California State, Northridge; and Avaya rolling out a collaborative cloud for cloud service providers. Read More

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