HP creates new server line for cloud computing
As more computing moves to cloud-based data centers, Hewlett-Packard is moving there, too.
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Avaya extends SDN offerings
Avaya this week extended its SDN arsenal with an architecture and supporting products designed to simplify enterprise connectivity and application provisioning.
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100G interconnect hooks UConn into massive research databases
The University of Connecticut announced yesterday that it has connected a new 100G fiber link, giving its faculty an improved ability to collaborate with others around the world on data-intensive research projects.
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Apple to convert failed Arizona sapphire factory to data center
Apple on Monday confirmed it will convert a failed sapphire factory into a data center that will also double as the hub to control the company's other server farms.
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Laggards face looming Windows Server 2003 retirement
Windows Server 2003, Microsoft's first ultra-successful server operating system, will retire in six months, a deadline that many companies will miss, experts said today.
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Google surges into top 10 in patent race; IBM retains huge lead
Tech companies made a strong showing among the top U.S. patent recipients for 2014, with IBM dominating the rankings as it has for <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2173391/data-center/google-boosts-patents-in-2013-but-ibm-still-dominates.html">more than two decades</a>.
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Cisco was surprised by Arista statements: Chambers
Cisco CEO John Chambers said <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2855565/cisco-subnet/cisco-slaps-arista-networks-with-patent-infringement-suit.html">the company's decision to sue data center switch rival Arista Networks</a> now was made after surprising statements Arista made this year.
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Cisco Catalyst 6500 shops adopting Nexus 9000
SAN JOSE -- By the end of 2015, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2365282/data-center/3-steps-for-moving-ciscos-catalyst-6500-to-the-nexus-9000.html">all of Cisco's Catalyst 6500 data center customers will have deployed the company's new Nexus 9000 switch</a>.
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Network slowdowns are the biggest issue for IT, survey shows
The single most common issue faced by the IT pros surveyed recently by Kelton Research is network slowdowns or outages, which outstripped application performance problems, availability and even the dreaded "unanticipated change request."
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Data warehouse-as-a-service startup Snowflake comes out of stealth
Stealth startup Snowflake is clandestine no longer, throwing off the wraps Tuesday morning with the announcement of a $26 million series B funding round and the rollout of a flagship product, which it's calling the "elastic data warehouse."
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Why datacentres can be massive, but not gigantic
The IT industry has long abused words, and will label almost any new product as innovative and disruptive. Data center developers, especially those who write the headlines about data centers, are particularly bad.
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Computer lighting startup Antumbra delivers "surround sound for your eyes"
A startup called Antumbra run by 5 college students is looking to throw a little soothing light on this situation: People who hunker down in front of their computers until the wee hours, until it feels like their eyes might fall out.
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Nadella wins over Gartner crowd
ORLANDO -- Striding onstage with an air of confidence and purpose, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella scored high marks on both the style and substance of his keynote appearance today at the Garner ITExpo at the Walt Disney World Dolphin.
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Startup proposes fiber-based Glass Core as a bold rethink of data center networking
Software Defined Networking (SDN) challenges long held conventions, and newcomer Fiber Mountain wants to use the SDN momentum to leap frog forward and redefine the fundamental approach to data center switching. The promise: 1.5x to 2x the capacity for half the price.
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White House sets 20% data center efficiency goal, but finds few takers
Without a carbon tax or anything that penalizes fossil fuel consumption, the federal government has little ability to influence how much energy a data center uses. But it is trying.
