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Tag Archives: Datacenter
Intel’s Future: More than Just a Chip Manufacturer
Intel revealed an objective to expand beyond the realm of chip manufacturing at a recent analyst’s meeting. In the meeting, Intel revealed a desire to expand its role in the cloud computing, security, and mobile device spheres. In terms of … Continue reading
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Tagged chips, Cloud computing, Datacenter, Intel, supercomputers
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Salesforce and HP team up with the Superpod
HP and Salesforce.com have teamed up to provide a new service to large enterprise customers that blurs the lines between the IaaS and SaaS cloud delivery models. The new service, known as the … Continue reading
Self-Powered Racks?
Microsoft recently announced that they are developing racks that will power themselves. These racks will contain fuel cells, which will utilize methane biogas for power. They believe that in doing this they will be able to save a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged biogas, Datacenter, efficiency, energycosts, methane, microsoft, power, racks
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Google’s Data Center Investment in Finland Tops One Billion Dollars
Interesting read about the Google data center located in Hamina, Finland. Google recently announced an expansion that will cost arount 608 million dollars. This data center is a converted paper mill. It is now a data center that serves Google … Continue reading
Datacenters and Their Ever-Increasing Size
Loudoun County in Virginia has one of the largest datacenters in the United States. In northern Virginia alone, there are more than 9 million square feet of datacenters, but this specific one contains more than 5 million – with another … Continue reading
Apple’s Coupling of New Hardware and Software Increases Efficiency
Last week, Apple announced the release of their new operating system, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks. The OS update, along with the iLife and iWork suites, were made free. On top of this, they also released new versions of their … Continue reading
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Data Centers and Data-intensive Science
The true heroes of data-intensive science are the data centers. Sure, they may not have the pizzazz of strong scaling and parallel processing, but I’d argue that data centers are of equal importance, if not more important. Data intensive science … Continue reading
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Datacenters and Data-Intensive Science
The word datacenter conjures up images racks upon racks of computers humming in an air-conditioned room, probably underground somewhere, each one crunching numbers or serving websites to thousands of people every second. These are not supercomputers – rather, they’re just a large … Continue reading
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Tagged big data, Cloud computing, Data center, Data-Intensive Science, Datacenter, servers, The Cloud
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UM Honors 352: Cyberscience, Fall 2013 