Microsoft's new Cloud Computing Futures group is testing a small cloud computing server farm using low-power Intel Atom processors originally designed for use in netbooks and mobile applications.
Microsoft's new Cloud Computing Futures group is testing a small cloud computing server farm using low-power Intel Atom processors originally designed for use in netbooks and mobile applications.
Decisions by Microsoft (MSFT) and Google (GOOG) to delay huge data center projects seem prudent, but are a bitter pill for local officials that offered incentive packages to attract high-tech jobs.
Microsoft said today that it will postpone the construction of as $500 million data center project in West Des Moines, Iowa as part of the company's broader cost containment moves.
James Hamilton, whose research on the use of data center containers has been adopted in Microsoft's design of its cloud computing data centers, is leaving Microsoft.
Dell (DELL) has unveiled its data center container: a double-decker solution closely aligned with Microsoft's vision for containerizing both servers and mechanical support gear.