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Networking
Do Smart Network Cards Have a Future Outside the Hyperscale Data Center?Do Smart Network Cards Have a Future Outside the Hyperscale Data Center?

SmartNICs already accelerate performance of Azure and AWS clouds, but they may still be way too geeky for other enterprises.

byMary Branscombe
Feb 27, 2019
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6 Min Read
Glacier
Data Center Software
What You Need to Know about AWS S3 Glacier Deep ArchiveWhat You Need to Know about AWS S3 Glacier Deep Archive
byBrien Posey
Feb 27, 2019
4 Min Read
Inside the European OCP Experience Center in Amsterdam by Switch Datacenters, Rittal, and Circle B
Open Source Software
Growth of OCP Data Center Gear Sales Outpaces ExpectationsGrowth of OCP Data Center Gear Sales Outpaces Expectations
byChristine Hall
Feb 27, 2019
4 Min Read
Pat Gelsinger, CEO, VMware, VMworld 2017 Europe
Cloud
VMware’s SDN Strategy Now Revolves Around Hybrid and Multi-CloudVMware’s SDN Strategy Now Revolves Around Hybrid and Multi-Cloud
byWylie Wong
Feb 27, 2019
4 Min Read
Data center electrical
Data Breaches
Is Your Data Center Power System Protected from Cyberattacks?Is Your Data Center Power System Protected from Cyberattacks?
byMaria Korolov
Feb 27, 2019
4 Min Read
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, speaking at Build 2016
Hyperscalers
Replacing Azure Container Service with Kubernetes Another Sign of the New MicrosoftReplacing Azure Container Service with Kubernetes Another Sign of the New Microsoft
byPaul Ferrill
Feb 27, 2019
3 Min Read
Rendering of QTS's future data center in Manasas, Virginia, using the company's Optimus design
Infrastructure
Alinda Latest Infrastructure Investor to Get into Data Center Business
Alinda Latest Infrastructure Investor to Get into Data Center Business
Feb 26, 2019
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3 Min Read
byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief
Microsoft Windows logo in glass
Data Center Chips
Microsoft IIS Web Server's CPU Gobbling Bug
Microsoft IIS Web Server's CPU Gobbling Bug
Feb 26, 2019
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2 Min Read
byChristine Hall
The Pentagon
Cloud
Pentagon Reviewing Potential Conflicts of Interests in Cloud Bid
Pentagon Reviewing Potential Conflicts of Interests in Cloud Bid
Feb 25, 2019
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6 Min Read
byBloomberg
CyrusOne Houston West
Next-Gen Data Centers
Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: February 23, 2019
Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: February 23, 2019
Feb 24, 2019
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1 Min Read
byData Center Knowledge
CyrusOne Houston West
Operations & Management
Why CyrusOne Shares Tanked, and Why It’s Nothing to Worry About
Why CyrusOne Shares Tanked, and Why It’s Nothing to Worry About
Feb 22, 2019
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4 Min Read
byBill Stoller
An illustration of a visual model of Palo Alto intersections and traffic built by Swim's platform
AI Data Centers
Swim Open Sources Its Machine Learning Platform for Edge Computing
Swim Open Sources Its Machine Learning Platform for Edge Computing
Feb 22, 2019
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4 Min Read
byChristine Hall
Can Bloom Energy Transform the Data Center Industry?
Outages
Can Bloom Energy Transform the Data Center Industry?
Can Bloom Energy Transform the Data Center Industry?
Feb 22, 2019
byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief
Entrance to Interxion's MRS 1 data center in Marseille
Energy & Power Supply
France Touts Tax Break for Data Centers to Lure Brexit Clients
France Touts Tax Break for Data Centers to Lure Brexit Clients
Feb 21, 2019
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1 Min Read
byBloomberg
Urs Hölzle, senior VP technical infrastructure, Google
Cloud
Google's On-Prem Data Center Software for Hybrid Cloud Now in Beta
Google's On-Prem Data Center Software for Hybrid Cloud Now in Beta
Feb 20, 2019
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5 Min Read
byWylie Wong, Chips and Hardware Writer
HDD
Data Storage
How Energy-Assisted Storage Is Being Put to Work to Increase HDD Capacity
How Energy-Assisted Storage Is Being Put to Work to Increase HDD Capacity
Feb 20, 2019
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3 Min Read
byBrien Posey
Hands typing on a keyboard
Data Breaches
Should There Be ‘Safe Harbor’ Against Data-Breach Lawsuits?
Should There Be ‘Safe Harbor’ Against Data-Breach Lawsuits?
Feb 20, 2019
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4 Min Read
byMaria Korolov
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Business
Data is the New Oil: Five Reasons That’s Not Necessarily A Good Thing
Data is the New Oil: Five Reasons That’s Not Necessarily A Good Thing
Feb 20, 2019
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3 Min Read
byIndustry Perspectives
A server tray in Facebook's Forest City, North Carolina, data center, 2010
Data Center Chips
Facebook's AI Chief Researching New Breed of Semiconductor
Facebook's AI Chief Researching New Breed of Semiconductor
Feb 19, 2019
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3 Min Read
byBloomberg
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivers a keynote address at IBM Think 2019 in San Francisco.
Infrastructure
Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: February 15, 2019
Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: February 15, 2019
Feb 17, 2019
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1 Min Read
byData Center Knowledge
Google data center in Dalles, Oregon
Hyperscalers
Google to Spend $13B on US Data Center and Office Construction This Year
Google to Spend $13B on US Data Center and Office Construction This Year
Feb 16, 2019
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2 Min Read
byChristine Hall
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivers a keynote address at IBM Think 2019 in San Francisco.
AI Data Centers
Why IBM Is Untethering Watson AI Software from Its Cloud
Why IBM Is Untethering Watson AI Software from Its Cloud
Feb 16, 2019
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4 Min Read
byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos
Hyperscalers
Amazon May Get Tax Break for Poor With Data Center Build in Richest County
Amazon May Get Tax Break for Poor With Data Center Build in Richest County
Feb 16, 2019
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9 Min Read
byBloomberg
A Vapor Edge Module at a cell tower (a rendering)
Next-Gen Data Centers
Vapor IO Forms Alliance for Full-Service Edge Computing at Its Tower Data Centers
Vapor IO Forms Alliance for Full-Service Edge Computing at Its Tower Data Centers
Feb 15, 2019
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6 Min Read
byChristine Hall
Jensen Huang, CEO and founder, Nvidia, speaking at GTC Summit 2018
Investing
Nvidia Jumps on Sales Forecast Projecting Return to Growth
Nvidia Jumps on Sales Forecast Projecting Return to Growth
Feb 15, 2019
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2 Min Read
byBloomberg
Construction site
Hyperscalers
Why the Northern Virginia Data Center Market Is Bigger Than Most Realize
Why the Northern Virginia Data Center Market Is Bigger Than Most Realize
Feb 15, 2019
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4 Min Read
byBill Stoller
A chip comprising several IBM Analog AI devices used for in-memory computing
Data Center Chips
IBM Research Wants to Have Next-Gen AI Chips Ready When Watson Needs Them
IBM Research Wants to Have Next-Gen AI Chips Ready When Watson Needs Them
Feb 15, 2019
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5 Min Read
byWylie Wong, Chips and Hardware Writer
IBM Think keynote stage in San Francisco at the Moscone Center
Cloud
IBM: Multi-Cloud Complexity Next Big Enterprise Roadblock
IBM: Multi-Cloud Complexity Next Big Enterprise Roadblock
Feb 15, 2019
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4 Min Read
byNicole Henderson, Contributor
The Greenpeace Airship A.E. Bates flies over Silicon Valley in 2014 with a banner asking "Who's The Next To Go Green?"
Hyperscalers
Greenpeace Accuses AWS of Fueling Virginia Data Center Growth with Dirty Energy
Greenpeace Accuses AWS of Fueling Virginia Data Center Growth with Dirty Energy
Feb 15, 2019
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5 Min Read
byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief
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Networking
How Mainstream 5G Will Disrupt the Data Center Status Quo
How Mainstream 5G Will Disrupt the Data Center Status Quo
Feb 14, 2019
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6 Min Read
byIndustry Perspectives
Huawei at CES 2018 in Las Vegas
Business
Huawei to Start Africa Data Center Services From March
Huawei to Start Africa Data Center Services From March
Feb 14, 2019
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1 Min Read
byBloomberg
AT&T offices in San Antonio
Networking
Mirantis to Help Build AT&T's Edge Computing Network for 5G On Open Source
Mirantis to Help Build AT&T's Edge Computing Network for 5G On Open Source
Feb 13, 2019
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4 Min Read
byChristine Hall
google data center network room council bluffs
Cloud
Google's New Cloud Boss Targets Old Issue: Selling to Big Firms
Google's New Cloud Boss Targets Old Issue: Selling to Big Firms
Feb 13, 2019
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3 Min Read
byBloomberg
Hong Kong skyline, seen in 2013
Cloud
Hong Kong’s Cloud Data Center Boom
Hong Kong’s Cloud Data Center Boom
Feb 13, 2019
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4 Min Read
byWylie Wong, Chips and Hardware Writer
Fiber optic cables in a data center
Data Center Career Development
How Employee Bias Can Hurt Data Center Procurement and How to Avoid It
How Employee Bias Can Hurt Data Center Procurement and How to Avoid It
Feb 12, 2019
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7 Min Read
byCarrie Goetz, Contributor

Editor's Choice

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Cooling
Heat Reuse Strategies for Liquid-Cooled Data Centers
Heat Reuse Strategies for Liquid-Cooled Data Centers

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Azure Boost DPU launched at Microsoft Ignite 2024
Cloud
Microsoft Ignite 2024: New Azure Data Center Chips Unveiled
Microsoft Ignite 2024: New Azure Data Center Chips Unveiled

Nov 19, 2024

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Regulations
How a Second Trump Presidency Could Shape the Data Center Industry
How a Second Trump Presidency Could Shape the Data Center Industry

Nov 12, 2024

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Sustainability
Behind-the-Meter Energy: Powering Data Centers for a Sustainable Future
Behind-the-Meter Energy: Powering Data Centers for a Sustainable Future

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Data Center Chips
US Finalizes $11B for Intel as Time Runs Out on Biden’s Chip Plan
US Finalizes $11B for Intel as Time Runs Out on Biden’s Chip Plan

Nov 26, 2024

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