Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
Datacenters Seek Geographical Advantage
August 12th, 2013
<p>As datacenter operation and maintenance costs continue to rise, large-scale operations are looking to geographical cures: sites that offer low cost green energy, cold temperatures and a "business-friendly" tax structure. Remote locations do not make sense for all businesses, ...
Supermicro Case Study Explores TCO Advantage
August 12th, 2013
Datacenter managers are constantly searching for ways to reduce expenses while raising efficiency at the same time. In a new white paper, Supermicro claims the company's high-performance servers can help meet both goals.
Some Like IT Cold: Intelligence Agencies Push for Low-Power Exascale
August 9th, 2013
Like the rest of the research world, intelligence agencies are facing some difficult challenges when it comes to fielding the next generation of supercomputers. To help usher in a more efficient mode of computing, the US intelligence community is ...
No Federal Datacenter Left Behind
August 9th, 2013
With less than two years left to hit 2015 targets and limited funding for the effort, federal datacenter managers are looking to alternative financing solutions, like Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs).
Flash Successor Delivers: Faster, Denser and Low-Power
August 6th, 2013
Startup Crossbar emerges from stealth mode with a new class of flash memory that is substantially faster and more energy-efficient than existing NAND technology. More compact too: 1 TB of data fits on a chip smaller than a postage ...
Modular Datacenters – What’s in a Name?
August 6th, 2013
When Compass Datacenters began branding its approach as "truly modular," the strategy had unintended consequences.
Pan-European Datacenter Research Project Commences
August 5th, 2013
The European Commission has awarded 1.7 million Euros (US$2.26 million) to a datacenter-focused R&D initiative.
LoPoCo – How Low Can You Go?
August 5th, 2013
Low Power Company (LoPoCo) offers a line of low-power consumption, ultra-efficient servers designed to help businesses cut their datacenter operations bill in half.
Toward a Low-Carbon Datacenter
August 1st, 2013
According to a new study, large datacenters could slash greenhouse gas emissions by 88 percent by switching to highly efficient equipment and implementing energy management practices.
DC Robot to Ease Datacenter Monitoring
August 1st, 2013
To the growing list of innovative and budget-friendly datacenter measurement tools, we welcome EMC India's DC Robot.
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