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October, 2008

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October 29, 2008  9:02 PM

How Energy Star could slow down Moore’s Law



Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenter, EPA Energy Star, Green computing, Uptime Institute

The EPA's plan to slap Energy Star stickers on servers could slow down Moore's Law, at least temporarily. I'm talking here about the economic portion of Moore's Law rather than the technological portion. Chips will...

October 28, 2008  3:56 PM

Data Center efficiency tips and tricks from Data Center Decisions



Posted by: Bridget Botelho
Capacity Planning, data center consolidation, data center efficiency, DataCenter, Green computing, IT Asset management, server virtualization, Uptime Institute, Virtualization, x86 server

The overarching theme of the Data Center Decisions conference in Chicago last week was energy; how much data centers use, how much they pay for it, and how much they could be...


October 28, 2008  2:49 PM

Sun, Fujitsu push out smaller Sparc64 server



Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenter, Sun Microsystems, Sun Sparc64

Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu today announced the M3000, a 2U, single-chip server based on the quad-core Sparc64 VII...


October 21, 2008  2:28 PM

Rackable Systems updates its most popular half depth server



Posted by: Bridget Botelho
AMD, C2005 Server, data center efficiency, DataCenter, Intel, PCI Express, Rackable Systems, Virtualization, x86 server

Rackable Systems, Inc. today announced the new C2005 server, designed with more expansion slots and a choice of SAS or SATA II hard drives for greater flexibility and configurability. The


October 15, 2008  6:53 PM

Gartner lists 10 most disruptive technologies of 2009



Posted by: Bridget Botelho
blade server, Blade servers, CIO, cloud computing, data center efficiency, DataCenter, Facebook, Gartner, Green computing, IT Asset management, Virtualization, x86 server

Gartner, Inc. analysts highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2009 during the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, being held in Orlando through...


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