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AMD Adds To Opteron 6300 With 12-, 16-Core Chips
AMD aims Opteron 6338P and 6370P chips at virtualised data centres and cloud environments
Intel Says It Expects No Revenue Growth in 2014
Prediction comes despite Intel reporting a 6 percent growth in Q4
SGI Planning In-Memory Appliance For HANA Analytics
SGI's upcoming appliance is designed to run high-volume databases in DRAM with up to 200 times the performance of flash drives
IBM To Invest $1.2 Billion Into New Cloud Data Centres
Big Blue is looking to expand its cloud capabilities across the globe
Iceotope Raises $10 Million For Liquid Cooling In Data Centres
The tiny start-up from Sheffield is making waves in the liquid cooling market
Post Office Seeks £500m Worth Of IT And Network Services
The Post Office has put out contract tender notices for back office and communications services
Open Source Storage Relaunches With New Platform
OSS has reinvented itself with the Niazi 1.618 Middleware System, which allows organisations to shift to open source IT without losing their proprietary investments
Inside The World’s Most Interesting Data Centres
Data centres have to be efficient. That doesn't stop them being beautiful
Calxeda Closes Down After Funding Shortfall
A potential blow for the microserver market after ARM-server developer Calxeda goes out of business
EU Promotes Renewable Energy In Data Centres
The RenewIT project aims to get data centres using solar and other renewable sources
Google’s Own-Brand Chips May Not Be ARM-Based
Google is thought to be designing its own ARM chips. Peter Judge says, why not use IBM's Power?
Intel Snaps Up Mindspeed’s Wireless Infrastructure Unit
Intel continues its aggressive move into the data centre with the purchase of Mindspeed's mobile network assets
Dell World 2013: Dell Announces All-Flash Array And New Networking Switches
Dell claims its new EqualLogic storage products unlock the true power of flash
Google Opens Asian Data Centres In Singapore And Taiwan
Google's Taiwan and Singapore data centres are greener than previous ones - and avoid Chinese repression
Osborne Gives Data Centres A Green Bonus
The data centre industry gets green tax relief in George Osborne's Autumn Statement
Does Santa Have a Data Centre In A Box For You?
What's in the package under your Christmas tree? Peter Judge thinks it could be a modular data centre
Data Centre Spend To Focus On Software Instead Of Hardware
A new study predicts that enterprise data centre spending will shift from hardware to software
Virtus London Data Centre Adopts Predictive Modelling
Predictivie analysis will keep Virtus data centre running smoothly
Infinity Offers ‘Cloud-Like’ Pricing For Colo Data Centres
Rigid colocation agreements are blocking cutomers from virtualising, says Infinity SDC
Does Efficiency Make Any Difference At All?
Cheap efficient data centre just allow us all to consume more, warns Peter Judge
Quiz Of The Week: Renewable Energy
Solar, wind and hydro-electric are just some of the ways to power data centres and phones
HP Demonstrates AMD-Powered ‘Moonshot’
HP is already selling Intel-based Moonshot ultradense servers, but demonstrated an upcoming AMD-powered model
Google Barge To Be A Floating Shop?
Google hints that its floating barges will be something akin to a floating shop to showcase new tech
NetApp And Cisco Enhance FlexPod Storage For Data Centres
The popular FlexPod project has been updated and can now reach out to multiple data centres
Google Floating Barges Trigger Data Centre Speculation
Google refuses to comment on its huge floating barges in two ports on opposite sides of the United States
Does The Data Show We Need Green Data Centres?
An efficient data centre is better than an inefficient one, regardless of how you interpret the latest climate data, says Peter Judge
Cloud Traffic To Dominate Data Centres, Says Cisco
Cloud traffic is the fastest growing element of data centre traffic, and is set to grow over the next few years
VMworld 2013: VMware Opens Hybrid Cloud In Europe
VMware's UK cloud will be hosted in Slough as VMWorld hears about European expansion
PernixData Launches Its Flash Hypervisor In The UK
The software can considerably increase storage performance in virtualised environments