Here's a roundupof data center industry news from Oracle (ORCL), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), Layered Tech, HP (HPQ), Brocade Communications (BRCD) and Infostor.
HP's new Extreme Scale-Out (ExSO) servers are designed for cloud computing and HPC environments. The skinless servers are optimized to be delivered by the rackload. (HPQ)
A new data center being built by EDS in England will use an unusual architecture for its free cooling system, treating the entire 12-foot high first floor as a cold air plenum, with the servers housed on the second floor.
The Colorado Springs City Council has approved $4.8 million in tax rebate incentives as part of an economic development agreement with HP for a $260 million data center project.
HP (HPQ) is seeking approval to build a 250,000 square foot data center on its campus in Colorado Springs, and may add a second data center on the property.
HP (HPQ) launched a major salvo of its own today in the Battle for the Data Center, unveiling the HP BladeSystem Matrix, an integrated data center infrastructure offering that will compete with Cisco's Unified Computing System.
HP (HPQ) launched a major salvo of its own today in the Battle for the Data Center, unveiling the HP BladeSystem Matrix, an integrated data center infrastructure offering that will compete with Cisco's Unified Computing System.
The barn is dead. Partitioning a huge data center into smaller spaces – whether you call them pods, zones, suites or modules – has become an important practice for creating flexible and cost-effective data centers. This trend is part of a broader...