How to prepare for future hybrid cloud management
There’s no question that cloud computing will be the trend to alter organisations’ infrastructure the most over the next few years, especially as firms transition from basic server virtualisation to the private cloud.
With 3-D Transistors, Intel Keeps Moore’s Law Ticking
Intel has managed to keep pushing Moore’s Law by developing a 3-D transistor that allows the chipmaker to deliver ever smaller chips that will be more powerful, yet consume less energy. The race to build ever smaller chips to meet Moore’s Law ensures our electronics get more powerful and still decrease in costs every 18 months to two years. However, shrinking our chips has become more and more difficult and expensive, and people worried that we had reached a plateau. On Wednesday, Intel proved them wrong — for a few more years at least.
Red Hat Debuts CloudForms and OpenShift for Cloud Deployment
Adapteva Pitches A Supercomputer For Your Phone
Another SSD Hardware Startup Gets Cash. When’s the Shakeout?
How a Snapshot of a Green Data Center Can Be Misleading
Failure Cascading Through the Cloud
Recently two major cloud computing services, Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud and Sony’s PlayStation Network, have suffered extended outages. Though the circumstances of each were different, details that the companies have released about their causes show how delicate complex cloud systems can be.
Xerox Intros eConcierge Cloud Solution to Help VARs Boost Revenue on Print Supplies
Xerox is helping VARs capture post-sale revenue with eConcierge powered by Xerox—a new cloud-based solution that makes it easier for customers to order supplies directly from their reseller partner.
Currently more than 90 percent of desktop and multifunction printer (MFP) customers who purchase their products from a VAR buy supplies on a transactional basis, according to Xerox. eConcierge powered by Xerox gives resellers a multi-branded e-commerce platform to sell supplies without having to continually check in with the customer or keep supplies inventory on site.
Private investors pile into data centres
Private investment firm Matterhorn Capital is spending £250m to build two new data centres in the south-east of England.
Matterhorn Capital Data Centres, part of Matterhorn Capital, is spending the money in Bury Green, Hertfordshire and Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
The Chesham site has on-site power – which Matterhorn claims makes it unique in the UK. The site at Bury Green is still negotiating with power suppliers.
Together the two data centres will offer 180,000 square feet of space.