• Roundup: Virtela Cloud, ASUS, AMD, Riverbed

    April 26th, 2011 : John Rath

    Virtela launches cloud-based mobile device management service, ASUS releases new server, AMD adds ExpressLogic to G-Series, Riverbed (RVBD) optimizes Microsoft RemoteFX. Read More

  • Microsoft Reveals its Specialty Servers, Racks

    April 25th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    As it seeks to slash power usage across its global cloud computing platform, Microsoft has been refining its in-house designs for energy-efficient data center hardware. The company is now sharing the details of those designs, which feature custom server designs, a high-efficiency power distribution system and in-rack UPS units. Read More

  • Microsoft Data Center GM Timmons Heads to Apple

    April 14th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Kevin Timmons, who helped build the data centers that power Microsoft's global cloud computing operation, has left the company and is expected to take a leadership position at Apple. The move strongly hints that Apple is stepping up its plans for an expansion of its data center infrastructure beyond its huge new facility in North Carolina. Read More

  • Roundup: Nimsoft, Microsoft, RightScale

    March 24th, 2011 : John Rath

    RightScale partners with Tata on InstaCompute, customer wins for Nimsoft, Microsoft introduces System Center 2012. Read More

  • How Big is the Data Center Construction Market?

    March 16th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    How big is the market for data center construction? How much is it going to grow? Industry veteran Christian Belady of Microsoft has done an analysis, and projects that annual global spending on data center construction will increase from about $50 billion today to about $78 billion by 2020. Read More

  • Microsoft Roundup: SGI, IE9, AMD and Oracle

    March 16th, 2011 : John Rath

    SGI drives record scalability for Windows Server 2008, AMD accelerates Internet Explorer 9, Oracle (ORCL) targets Microsoft SQL Server. Read More

  • Microsoft Buys Land for Colorado Project

    February 2nd, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Microsoft has bought land in Longmont, Colorado and plans to use the property for a research lab, not a modular data center as reported in local media. Read More

  • Microsoft Eliminates Server Fans, Despite PUE Hit

    January 31st, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Microsoft has removed fans from servers inside its data center container modules, resulting in energy savings even though it has an adverse affect on Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). Read More

  • Microsoft’s Belady Gets Back to Building

    January 27th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    After nearly a year at Microsoft Research, Christian Belady has returned to Global Foundation Services, the unit of Microsoft that builds the company's data centers. Read More

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