Oct 15, 2012

The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NSWC) opens its doors today, unleashing a powerful supercomputer on an ambitious agenda of experiments that will eventually help improve predictions of earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes.

Koomey: Data Center Energy Use is Moderating

Oct 15, 2012

The rate of growth in the electricity used by data centers slowed substantially from 2005 to 2010, improving upon worst-case scenarios predicted in a 2007 report to Congress, according to data center energy expert Jonathan Koomey.

Juniper Launches Powerful Edge Services Router

Oct 12, 2012

Juniper Networks (JNPR) this week a powerful new edge services router and a single, virtualized platform for rapid deployment of multivendor applications.

Data Center Video Tour: Go Daddy's Infrastructure

Oct 12, 2012

Go Daddy takes you on a behind the scenes tour of its data center, including IT equipment on the floor, chillers and more.

Fidelity Announces $200 Million Data Center in Nebraska

Oct 12, 2012

Fidelity Investments has chosen Papillon, Nebraska as the site of a $200 million data center, the company said today. The financial services giant, best known as a prominent provider of mutual funds, was revealed today as the mystery company...

An OpenStack Cloud in the Parking Lot

Oct 12, 2012

At Dell headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, the company has used space in one of its parking lots of house a Dell Modular Data Center (MDC), which will house Dell's OpenStack-powered cloud computing platform.

How Much Containment Is Enough?

Oct 12, 2012

With a denser infrastructure, there is a greater need to manage the cooling and hot air flow process. One of the key ways to accomplish this task is though some type of containment methods.

Data Center Links: NetApp, Cisco, Nimsoft, Brocade

Oct 11, 2012

NetApp and Cisco launch ExpressPod, Nimsoft adds network flow analysis, Brocade working with Piston Cloud on OpenStack implementation.