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Article | 30/05/2011 ARM servers still 'several years' away, its president says
The president of ARM Holdings has sought to temper the expectations around ARM-based servers, saying those systems might not ship in volume before 201...
Article | 24/05/2011 Opinion divided on impact on iPad of Foxconn blast
Opinion is divided on whether a blast on Friday at a Foxconn factory in Chengdu, China will affect the production of Apple’s iPads
Article | 23/05/2011 Intel sees opportunity from Asian data center boom
Intel’s sale of chips and related products to data centers is growing by over 20 percent year-on-year in Asia-Pacific, on the back of increased data c...
Article | 23/05/2011 Three dead after Foxconn factory blast, Apple investigating
A third employee had died from injuries caused by an explosion at a factory of Foxconn in Chengdu, China, the company said Sunday. Initial findings sh...
Article | 19/05/2011 The Green IT movement has lost the plot
When it comes to environmental sustainability, the information technology community has seriously mistaken its priorities. Our latest research has con...
Article | 17/05/2011 'Project Triforce': How Facebook tested its new data center
When Facebook built its first company-owned data center in Prineville, Oregon, designing and managing the facility was only part of the challenge. In ...
Article | 11/05/2011 Data centers turn to outsourcing to meet capacity needs
More large companies are turning to collocation providers to relieve capacity constraints in their data centers, as a way to avoid the high cost of bu...
Article | 10/05/2011 Data centers experiment with new power sources
Data center power usage is soaring -- the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that data center energy requirements will double in the next ...
Article | 4/05/2011 Uptime exec: Data center ratings aid cloud choice
Julian Kudritzki has more visibility than most into how the Uptime Institute's data center tier system is being used around the world, and according t...
Article | 2/05/2011 Cisco jumps into portable data center market
Cisco Systems launched its first containerized data center on Monday, coming late to the party but offering some unique management features that could...
Article | 23/04/2011 Greenpeace: Apple the top environmental offender in tech
Apple has long prided itself on the environmental consciousness behind its products, and consistently aims to get greener. But according to Greenpeace...
Article | 22/04/2011 Google invests in another wind farm for its data centers
Google has invested in a wind farm in Oklahoma to help offset the environmental impact of its data centers, even as Greenpeace stepped up its criticis...
Article | 19/04/2011 To boost data center efficiency, consider UPS consolidation
In data center upgrade planning, backup power is often among the last considerations and the first budget item redlined. Many companies purchase an un...
Article | 8/04/2011 Facebook joins the ranks of industry's elite
Facebook's start-up days are long behind it.
Article | 28/03/2011 Poisoned Chinese iPhone workers still seeking treatment
A group of Chinese workers who were poisoned while manufacturing iPhones say Apple and its supplier have yet to provide for the additional medical tre...