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Photos: Inside a Microsoft datacentre
Photo In its first phase, the ground floor of the facility is designed to hold up to 56 containers, each filled with somewhere between 1,800 to 2,500 servers. Although the containers are heavy (and even... [04 Nov 2009]
Photos: Artificial eyes and airport scanners - what's hot in R&D
Photo Los Alamos National Laboratory designed MagViz to help make the separate airport security screening of containers of liquids unnecessary. Before they became household names, technologies like ATMs, halogen lamps, fax... [21 Aug 2009]
Tracking Reusable Metal Shipping Containers Using Passive RFID
White Paper The evaluation focused on tracking large steel shipping containers and their contents as part of a parts distribution system. This paper looks at two main problem areas; tracking the containers... [14 Aug 2009]
Inside Caffeine: Google's shot in the arm for search results
News Google designs much of its own infrastructure, developing its own servers and piling them together in modular shipping containers. One of the largest behind-the-scenes updates to Google's search technology in three years... [12 Aug 2009]
Developing an Enterprise Client Virtualization Strategy
White Paper Intel IT studies showed that OS and application streaming is the next evolutionary step for rich clients, OS virtualization is promising, new PC hardware can overcome performance concerns, and virtual containers are an... [05 Aug 2009]
Identifying Storage Management Challenges When Deploying Server Virtualization
White Paper The most common implementations of the first category are AIX LPAR, Solaris containers and Logical Domains.and HPUX vPAR. Server virtualization market has been growing at a double-digit rate for the past two years, and... [05 Aug 2009]
Microsoft mega datacentre heads to Dublin
News Two-thirds of the facility is intended to house containerised servers - shipping containers full of servers that can be cooled more efficiently than a conventional building. Microsoft on Wednesday launched a new... [02 Jul 2009]
10 Year Battery Powered Satellite Tracking Launches!
White Paper PearTrack launches the world's first self contained GPS tracking system with a 10 year battery life which is specifically designed for shipping containers. The GPS/GSM device is covertly fitted inside the container,... [27 Jun 2009]
Magnetically Mounted GPS Tracking System
White Paper The PT-030 will be launched alongside the world's first self contained high security GPS tracking system with a 10 year battery life which is specifically designed for shipping containers. Pear Track launched a... [27 Jun 2009]
Southern California Hosting Provider Media Temple Runs One of the Largest Virtual Deployments in the Hosting Industry on HP ProLiant Servers
White Paper Media Temple standardized on HP ProLiant servers, the Linux operating system, and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers virtualization software for a highly available and cost-effective platform that can scale to accommodate... [22 Jun 2009]
Performance and Scalability Benchmark: Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management on Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 and M8000 Servers Running the Solaris 10 OS
White Paper This paper discusses the advantages of using Solaris Containers, Zettabyte File System (ZFS), Solaris Clusters, and Dynamic System Domains to build a scalable and highly cost-effective solution with a single instance of... [30 May 2009]
Reducing Logistics Costs and Improving Margins Through Consolidation and Better Alignment of Supply and Demand
White Paper Maersk Logistics presented recommendation of transport cost reductions through a higher share of 45' containers driven by an increased consolidation in the Maersk Container Freight Station in Yantian. [16 May 2009]
Analyzing and Implementing a New Solution for Containers and Carriers Drives One Tire Manufacturer
White Paper With large-capacity containers in high demand and short supply, ETS knew relying on them was a losing battle. In order to secure enough transportation coverage, the U.S.tire manufacturer managed hundreds of carriers and... [23 Apr 2009]
Mobile RFID Management - An Application Scenario on the Handling of Industrial Liquid Containers
White Paper To discuss these topics, the author introduces an application scenario concerning the handling of industrial liquid containers along an integrated supply chain. This paper deals with concepts, challenges and design... [15 Apr 2009]
3D Packaging Architecture Using Paper as a Dielectric Medium
White Paper In specific the PIFA for tagging of metallic objects such as containers in ports or automotive applications is designed, fabricated, and characterized on a paper substrate. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can be... [15 Apr 2009]
