IT & Data Center
Feds Closing Data Centers Find 3,000 Additional Ones
Feds Closing Data Centers Find 3,000 Additional Ones (via slashdot) Following a string of startling revelations, Congress has stepped in to change the way certain federal agencies use their datacenters, and investigate what appear to be gross misrepresentations in reports about what agencies are actually doing with billions of dollars’ worth of IT. No, the changes… continue…
States Battling for Data Center Investment with Tax Cuts
States Battling for Data Center Investment with Tax Cuts (via slashdot) Legislators in Texas and Minnesota are trying to bring a little more of the data-center boom to their respective states, using tactics more often employed to attract factories and other major employers. In the past week, both states passed legislation that cut taxes normally applied to large IT facilities… continue…
NSA Needs Geeks in Utah
NSA Needs Geeks in Utah (via slashdot) Despite a job market for IT specialists that seems a little rocky at moments, there’s a huge new opportunity for IT people with the right skills, the will to relocate, and a little discretion. Actually make that a lot of discretion. The NSA is building a $1.2 billion data center in Bluffdale, Utah… continue…
Dell and eBay Eye Hyper-Scale Data Centers
Dell is teaming upwith eBay to launch the Evergreen Innovation Center in a move to grab a piece of the hyper-scale data center market and leverage its existing enterprise offerings. The center is housed in an existing building on Dell’s Austin campus and is drawing on the companies’ current workforce to staff it, a Dell spokeswoman told Dice News. With the Innovation Center, Dell aims to offer customers the ability to scale out and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of… continue…
Gartner: SSDs Simply Can’t Replace Hard Drives
Gartner: SSDs Simply Can’t Replace Hard Drives (via slashdot) Hard-drive manufacturers can breathe a sigh of relief—solid-state disks (SSDs) won’t replace their “traditional” product lines anytime soon, according to a new Gartner report. Given the enormity of future capacity needs, it will be impossible for CIOs and IT managers to completely replace hard…
Using Big Data to Save the Planet
Using Big Data to Save the Planet (via slashdot) Big Data: tool of international diplomacy? The U.S. State Department’s Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO) office is reportedly using an analytical toolset to drill deep into the reasons behind conflicts around the world. “We are about breaking and interrupting, stopping and preventing…
HP Combines Server Businesses
HP Combines Server Businesses (via slashdot) Having helped pioneer the concept of converged systems, Hewlett-Packard is now eating its own dog food. HP announced the formation of a new Converged Systems business unit April 29. At the same time, it also merged its Business Critical Systems (BCS) and Industry-Standard Systems business into a single… continue…
Why Software-Defined Networking Is Ready for Prime Time
Why Software-Defined Networking Is Ready for Prime Time (via slashdot) Network usage is increasing at a rapid pace, thanks in part to the proliferation of mobile devices and enterprise-wide BYOD adoption. Users are accessing the network more often and in more ways than administrators can easily track. At the same time, as usage increases, the infrastructure supporting… continue…
FAA to Simulate Effects of Radiation on Space Tourists
FAA to Simulate Effects of Radiation on Space Tourists (via slashdot) How much radiation can the human body withstand in space—a big concern as space tourism ramps up? If you don’t know, don’t worry: the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is on the case, with help from specialized datacenter provider Elliptical Mobile Solutions. Nor-Tech confirmed that it is… continue…
Intel Details New Chips’ Feeds (But Not Speeds)
Intel Details New Chips’ Feeds (But Not Speeds) (via slashdot) Intel executives have confirmed an earlier leaked roadmap, revealing three new Xeon microprocessors for the data center as well as new Atom chips for specialized purposes, including the “Avoton” and “Rangely” chips. Intel is revealing some core specifications, although not the new hardware’… continue…
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