In Frankfurt, Equinix is testing a fuel cell that will generate energy but also provide fire suppression by managing the oxygen level in a server room, leaving enough oxygen for staff to breathe comfortably but not enough oxygen to support a fire.
Internet performance and control company Cedexis announced an extension to its Radar community services with the addition of many new clouds, and the availability of Radar reports as an app for Windows 8.
DreamWorks Animation has used HP's converged infrastructure portfolio to develop cutting-edge animations for its latest film, "Turbo".
EdgeCast Raised a $54 million Series D led by Performance Equity Management. The company is putting that money into developing and launching new services that enhance its offerings and speed up content delivery.
Web-based communication, collaboration and office productivity software suite provider Open-Xchange has secured $20 million in Series C funding to grow its cloud office suite.
Riverbed introduced release 2.5 of its Granite product family, and a new Steelhead EX 1360 model appliance.
Purkay Labs has created an easy to use, standalone system to measure environmentals in the data center. It's a simple but elegant solution that has potential in many markets, ranging from the server closet to a larger provider using it and...
Micron announces a super small 16-nanometer flash technology, and Violin Memory and Fujitsu partner for extreme scale Flash-memory based Microsoft SQL data warehouse solutions.
Puppet Labs has acquired Cloudsmith, a fellow IT automation player that looks to integrate nicely with Puppet Labs in terms of products and people.
Romonet launches Portal 2.0, which promises to reveal the true costs of IT services, preventing the data center from becoming a cost black hole.
