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RSS rack in newsBarclays data centres get green with HP
News The HP Dynamic Smart Cooling system avoids cooling an entire warehouse of servers by using sensors on each server rack to focus cooling where it's needed most. Barclays is using cutting-edge cooling technology in its new Gloucester data centre to... [13 Mar 2008]
Power shortages squeeze London's data centres
News Netcetera COO, Dave Boswell, said the new Isle of Man data centre's ability to deliver up to 30kW per rack is far greater than what it could offer in the short term at a London facility. One company that has gone down that route is Netcetera, which... [27 Feb 2008]
Intel launches modular-server building tools…
News He added: "Typically we expect [such] products to be priced at a comparable rate to the dual-processor rack-mount servers of similar configurations available in the market. Intel has launched a set of modular-server building blocks for OEMs... [15 Jan 2008]
2008: The year of mobile handset evolution?
News The analyst predicts US internet video advertising will rack up nearly $1.6bn in 2008. With the glamorous promise of Google's Android and the glitz of Apple's iPhone, 2007 may seem like a hard year to beat in mobile terms - but 2008 looks set to be... [03 Jan 2008]
Mobile WiMax must grab YouTube generation
News Fledgling technology mobile WiMax could rack up 80 million subscribers within five years - despite having just two commercial networks to its name to date. But the technology must hook the YouTube generation, according to analyst house Juniper... [11 Dec 2007]
The A to Z of green IT
News Each blade is a bundle of hardware packaged onto a single flat unit that can be quickly slotted into and removed from a computer rack. Going green is one of the broadest trends to hit business in recent years. [21 Nov 2007]
WiMax to rack up '54 million subscribers by 2012'
News WiMax is set to rack up 54 million subscribers worldwide within five years - but only if it can capitalise on emerging markets. A report from consultancy Senza Fili Consulting - WiMax: Ambitions and Reality - predicts the combined total of fixed... [20 Jun 2007]
Dell touts energy-efficient servers
News The company began with two rack-mountable systems: the 1.75-inch-thick PowerEdge 1950 and the 3.5-inch-thick 2950. Dell has announced a premium 'Energy Smart' line of servers that consume less power than regular models, becoming the latest company... [05 Dec 2006]
HP to bolster its Integrity
News The only holdouts will be the bottom-end rx1620 - which won't be upgraded with Montecito but will instead be replaced with a new rack-mounted system - and the BL60p blade server. HP plans to announce today that it is upgrading its high-end... [07 Sep 2006]
Intel flaunts Xeon mark two
News Tulsa comes in two variants: one high-performance model that consumes 150 watts of power and one geared for rack-mounted servers that consumes 95 watts. Dell and Intel this week showed off servers using the chipmaker's forthcoming high-end "Tulsa... [17 Aug 2006]
Dell to crank up the heat on AMD love-in
News In the server arena, a likely option is be a rack-mounted model 3.5 inches thick, a size that permits useful features such as moderate storage capacity and redundant power supplies. Dell, the last of the big four server makers to accept AMD's chips... [17 Aug 2006]
Dell lines up new generation of servers
News The PowerEdge 1950 is a 1U (1.75 inches high) rack server, while the 2950 is a 2U (3.5 inches high) rack server. The rack and tower servers are available immediately but availability and pricing for the blade server will be released in the coming... [07 Jun 2006]
Vonage shares off to a shaky start
News And it has admitted that it may never be profitable, as it continues to rack up debt by increasing its marketing efforts. Shares in internet phone provider Vonage dropped more than 14 per cent from its initial offering price after the stock... [25 May 2006]
Linux enlisted for mission-critical defence app
News Concurrent iHawk systems are powered by up to eight Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron processors and up to 64GB of memory in rack mount and tower enclosures. Real-time Linux systems vendor Concurrent has won a contract to provide mission-critical Linux... [01 Dec 2005]
Cisco says hi to citywide Wi-Fi
News And Cisco has already managed to rack up nearly a dozen wins of its own, including deployments in Dayton, Ohio, and Lebanon, Oregon. Cisco will throw its hat into the municipal Wi-Fi ring on Tuesday when it announces wireless-network product... [16 Nov 2005]
