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NSA Utah Data Center Facing Unexpected Energy Taxes
May 20th, 2013 : Rich MillerThe National Security Agency (NSA) finds itself facing millions of dollars in taxes on the electricity usage in its Utah data center as a result of a new law passed by state legislators, according to local media reports. Read More
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New QTS Lab Will Advance High-Security Federal Clouds
May 3rd, 2013 : Jason VergeThe company held a grand opening and ribbon cutting for its continuous transformational environment (CTE) lab at its Richmond data center, where it hopes to advance federal cloud technologies going forward. Read More
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NREL To Use Hot Water Cooling From Asetek
April 10th, 2013 : John RathThe U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab will be installing Asetek RackCDU (Rack Coolant Distribution Unit) direct-to-chip liquid cooling system in its new data center at the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) in Golden, Colorado. Read More
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Report: Amazon To Build $600M Private Cloud For CIA
March 21st, 2013 : John RathAccording to a report in Federal Computer Week (FCW), the CIA has agreed to a cloud computing contract with Amazon Web Services to build a private cloud infrastructure. Read More
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sqrrl Making NSA’s Big Data Analytics More Accessible
March 11th, 2013 : John RathCambridge-based sqrll is a big data company that makes an enterprise grade edition of the Apache Accumulo, a NoSQL database originally developed by the National Security Agency and now available to others as an open source software project via the Apache Foundation. Read More
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Revelytix Launches Loom Dataset Management for Hadoop
February 27th, 2013 : John RathBig data software and tools provider Revelytix announced early access availability of Loom Dataset Management for Hadoop which makes it easier for data scientists to work with Hadoop. Read More
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NCS Launches Ruggedized 1U Server
January 29th, 2013 : John RathComputer manufacturer NCS Technologies announced the availability of the Bunker XRV-5241 rugged 1U short-depth server, a powerful and reliable system engineered to fit into tight spaces and endure harsh conditions on land or at sea. Read More
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GSA Hits the ‘Like’ Button on Open Compute
January 11th, 2013 : Jason VergeIt just got easier for government agencies to use Facebook’s data center designs if they choose. Hyve, a division of Synnex which makes servers and storage solutions based on Open Compute designs, has qualified as a government vendor under General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 70. Read More
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Ocean Energy: Eaton To Help Develop Utility-Scale Underwater Power For Navy
October 29th, 2012 : John RathThere have been a number of data center projects hoping to tap power from tidal energy or surface waves, but none have advanced very far. Now a leading player in data center power is participating in a promising project to make ocean power a reality. Eaton announced the development of an underwater, utility-scale energy generation system for the U.S. Navy. Read More
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Building A Cloud-Savvy Model for TCO and ROI
How Storage is Shaping The Cloud Data Center
Bringing Colo to the Customer: Modular Gets Local
Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center
