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Boston ARMing Developers With ARM-as-a-Service Cloud
March 8th, 2013 : Jason VergeBoston Limited wants to help developers future proof their applications for the upcoming ARM-based world. The fast, low-cost, power-efficient processors that could have been drawing a lot of attention, so now comes a commercially available cloud for developer needs. Read More
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SeaMicro Powers Massive LAN Party on Wheels
March 6th, 2013 : John RathThe Firefall Mobile Gaming Unit (MGU) is a 48-foot bus packed with 20 high-end AMD gaming stations, which can support LANs of up to 3,000 people and connect gamers from any location to millions of others around the world. It's an achievement that requires packing a lot of server power into a small space - in this case, with an AMD SeaMicro server.. Read More
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Gartner, IDC See Server Sales Turning a Corner
March 1st, 2013 : Jason VergeServer sales are up after a sluggish start to 2012, but growth isn't coming from the incumbent server vendors, say new reports from Gartner and IDC. Read More
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Baidu Deploys Marvell ARM-Based Cloud Server
February 28th, 2013 : John RathThere’s been lots of buzz about adapting the ARM chips that power iPhones and iPads into servers, but few examples of these processors being used in production. Here’s one: Marvell (MRVL) said this week that its chipset is included in the first commercial deployment of ARM-based servers at Chinese search engine giant Baidu. Baidu, which is [...] Read More
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HP Strengthens BladeSystem Converged Infrastructure
February 20th, 2013 : John RathHP announced significant enhancements to its BladeSystem c-Class portfolio, with three new components, including the BladeSystem c7000 Platinum enclosure, a new HP ProLiant WS460c Generation 8 Server blade and major enhancements to its HP Virtual Connect product family. Read More
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Tilera Targets Data Bottlenecks With 72-Core Chip
February 19th, 2013 : Rich MillerTilera continues to develop new many-core processors built for the massive data processing needs of "hyper-connected" technology companies. Tilera's newest offering is the GX-72, which boosts the number of cores it can harness to address bottlenecks in networks and applications. Read More
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Livestream Scales With AMD SeaMicro Server
February 13th, 2013 : John RathEvent streaming provider Livestream has deployed AMD's SeaMicro SM15000 server with SeaMicro Freedom fabric storage as the core platform to provide live video and collaboration services. Livestream said the SM15000 will double its computing density while reducing power consumption. Read More
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Hyve Brings Facebook’s Servers to Your Racks
January 25th, 2013 : Rich MillerHyve Solutions is developing products based on Open Compute designs, so that other companies can begin to take advantage of some of the latest innovations in open hardware. At the recent Open Compute Summit in Santa Clara, the Hyve team gave DCK a look at its latest hardware. Read More
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SuperMicro Shares Surge on Positive Earnings
January 24th, 2013 : Rich MillerShares of server vendor Super Micro Computer (SMCI) soared nearly 19 percent Wednesday in trading on the NASDAQ stock market after the company reported earnings that exceeded the expectations of the analyst community. Read More
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How Storage is Shaping The Cloud Data Center
Bringing Colo to the Customer: Modular Gets Local
Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center
