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HP Partners With Calxeda For ARM-Based Servers
HP is reportedly partnering with Calxeda to develop some data centre servers powered by ARM chips
Apple’s Green Plans Scorched By N Carolina Residents
Apple fails again to get on the right side of green even though it is building a solar power array
Colt Launches Private Cloud Services In Europe
Companies in Europe will be able to access private cloud services from local data centres by the end of 2012
Oxford University Builds VMware Private Cloud
Oxford University will offer managed cloud IT services to other universities in Britain
Microsoft Denies Humidity Changed Its Data Centre
Microsoft has gone modular in an Iowa centre, and denies reports that humidity caused the change
Boffins Create Algorithm To Run Data Centres
New formula shows how to keep users happy and keep the energy bills low by increasing server utilisation
VMware Launches Cloud Management Portfolio
VMware's new management tools give organisations greater insight into the workings of their virtual environments
Dell And EMC End Storage Partnership Two Years Early
Dell revealed it has officially discontinued reselling EMC storage products ending a 10-year partnership
Data Centre Spend To Surpass Pre-Downturn Level
Worldwide data centre hardware spending for 2011 is set to rise 12.7 percent from 2010, says Gartner
Dell: Big Buyers Are Big Winners
If you've got the infrastructure, the brand and the balance sheet, why wouldn't you grow by acquisition, asks Dell's Dave Johnson
Green Data Centres Will Be Measured On Money
PUE and other efficiency measures are useful, but data centre owners are chasing money now, says Peter Judge
Waste Heat From Disney Data Centre Warms District
Disney has provided a peak “behind the magic”, at least in how its data centres will turn heat into energy
Green Grid Plans Online Data Centre Efficiency Tool
Users will be able to compare data centre efficiency using an online tool from the Green Grid
BlackBerry Failure Sparks Shareholder Revolt
RIM blames a core switch for a third day of BlackBerry outage, and shareholders demand a change
BlackBerry Online Services Crash Again
Many BlackBerry users are once again unable to send emails, access the Internet or use BlackBerry Messenger
Datapipe Plugs Into Verne’s Icelandic Data Centre
Datapipe signs up, as the modules start to ship to build Verne Global's green data centre
Data Centre Managers Have ‘False Sense Of Security’
Data centre managers are often unaware of security measures in place at their own facilities, says McAfee
Pre-Fab Green Data Centres Come In Any Size
Pre-fab data centres are a reality, and containers are reaching places we wouldn't have expected, says Peter Judge. All sizes are catered for
Airbus Buys Supercomputers In HP PODs
Airbus has doubled its high-performance computing power with HP's container-based data centres
Oracle Looks To Undercut IBM With SuperCluster T4-4
Oracle's new SuperCluster T4-4 is the first to run its new T4 processors
Icelandic Data Centre Uses Modules, Not Containers
Container-based data centres are popular, but Verne Global went with bigger modules in Iceland
Intel Partners To Sing The Praises Of Microservers
At IDF, Intel, Dell and SeaMicro were pushing the low-power microserver as a space-saver for point applications
ODCA Meets OCP To Accelerate Data Centre Greening
Data centre efficiency standards groups from Facebook and Intel share... for greater efficiency
Huawei Boosts Investment In European Enterprise Tech
Huawei is setting its sights firmly on expansion in Western Europe, after failing to make headway in the US
IDT Unveils Power Efficient DC Architecture
IDT is offering a power architecture designed to help existing data centres exploit their computing resources
Google Touts Its Green Data Centre Credentials
Google has for the first time released details about the energy consumption of its data centres
Are Data Centres Going The Wrong Way On Green Power?
Peter Judge asks why data centres are switching to renewable energy, just as the government may be backing away from it
Data Centre Investment Beats The Downturn: Report
The data centre sector is beating the economic downturn, with investment expected to exceed $35bn in 2012
Marilyn Data Centre Uses Vertical Air Cooling
Vertical air cooling improved French designers' energy efficiency - and inspired the name of their data centre