• Oracle Resumes $300 Million Utah Project

    Updated: 2010-04-30 01:57:31
    Home Management Oracle Resumes 300 Million Utah Project Oracle Resumes 300 Million Utah Project April 29th , 2010 Rich Miller Oracle's planned Utah Compute Center in West Jordan , Utah . Local officials say Oracle has resumed construction on the . project Oracle . Corp has resumed construction on a nearly 300 million data center in West Jordan , state officials told local media Thursday . The company had halted work on the 180,000 square foot project in the spring of 2009. Oracle unveiled the West Jordan project in  May 2008 when company president Safra Catz said the new facility will allow us to support our growing On Demand business , as well as the technology infrastructure to support our research and development and customer service requirement . Oracle touted its Project Sequoia

  • How Google Energy Might Green Its Data Centers

    Updated: 2010-04-29 22:59:38
    Home Google Green Data Centers How Google Energy Might Green Its Data Centers The Green Data Center Channel is brought to you by Rittal Corporation How Google Energy Might Green Its Data Centers April 29th , 2010 Rich Miller There’s been lots of speculation about Google Energy a new subsidiary the Internet giant has formed to buy and sell power on the wholesale market . At the  Earth2Tech Green.Net event today , Google energy czar Bill Weihl said most of the speculation is overblown , joking that the company had no plans to emulate Enron as an energy trading power broker . But Weihl laid out a scenario in which Google Energy might help the company access renewable energy to support its huge data . centers Supposing we had a facility scomewhere in the Midwest and have power contracts , 8221

  • Greenpeace: Cisco is Greenest IT Company

    Updated: 2010-04-29 22:44:08
    : Home Green Data Centers Greenpeace : Cisco is Greenest IT Company The Green Data Center Channel is brought to you by Rittal Corporation Greenpeace : Cisco is Greenest IT Company April 29th , 2010 Rich Miller Smart grid technology and solutions for renergy reduction in offices and networks from Cisco Systems have earned the company a top ranking in the latest Cool IT Leaderboard ranking from the environmental group Greenpeace . The leaderboard is based on a composite score reflecting a company’s commitment to sustainability in its own footprint , its solutions and its advocacy . Leaders such as Cisco are actively investing in climate solutions , while others are merely signaling commitments , hoping that lofty words are as good as action , said Greenpeace Campaigner Casey Harrell . To

  • Inside Iron Mountain’s Room 48

    Updated: 2010-04-29 16:29:37
    Home Featured Inside Iron Mountain’s Room 48 Inside Iron Mountain’s Room 48 April 29th , 2010 Rich Miller Underground nuke proof” data bunkers have been used in commercial storage for decades , but in recent years have emerged as a growing niche in the data center ecosystem . Perhaps no company reflects that transition as well as Iron Mountain a traditional leader in document storage that is now focusing on building its digital storage business . The flagship facility in the company’s push into the data center sector is a huge underground facility in western Pennsylvania . That’s where Iron Mountain has developed an energy-efficient data center known as Room 48 which combines the natural cooling of the former limestone mine with recent innovations in data center design . Here’s an

  • Digital Realty Boosts Revenue Guidance

    Updated: 2010-04-29 14:36:31
    Home Digital Realty Trust Digital Realty Boosts Revenue Guidance Digital Realty Boosts Revenue Guidance April 29th , 2010 Rich Miller Digital Realty Trust the leading developer of wholesale data centers , has raised its revenue projections for the year , citing strong first quarter performance and expectations of strong demand for the remainder of the . year Digital Realty DLR has added 8 cents per share to its guidance for 2010 Funds From Operations FFO the key financial measurement for real estate investment trusts . The company now expects FFO in a range 3.26 and 3.38, which equates to annual growth of 11.3 percent to 15.4 percent over the 2009 FFO of 2.93 per . share We continued to see increasing demand for data center space in the first quarter from corporate enterprises and IT

  • Are ARM Servers the disruptive change coming to Green the Data Center? Smooth-Stone is trying

    Updated: 2010-04-29 13:41:40
    GigaOm has a post on ARM taking on Intel in the Data Centers. ARM Ready To Take On Intel in Servers By Stacey Higginbotham Apr. 28, 2010, 3:15pm PDT 2 Comments 0 0 ARM plc has confirmed that within the...

  • Amazon AWS Adds Singapore Data Center

    Updated: 2010-04-29 01:58:32
    Home Amazon Cloud Computing Amazon AWS Adds Singapore Data Center The Cloud Computing Channel is brought to you by ZT Systems Amazon AWS Adds Singapore Data Center April 29th , 2010 Rich Miller Amazon Web Services AWS customers can now run their cloud computing infrastructure in a data center in the Asia Pacific Region , as Amazon is now hosting services in a data center in . Singapore Until now , the main AWS platform has only been available from data centers in the U.S . and Europe . Amazon has offered nodes for its CloudFront content delivery network in Hong Kong and Tokyo , but has not offered other popular AWS services like S3 and EC2 from those locations . Amazon did not disclose any details on the size or location of the facility in Singapore , including whether it had built its own

  • Electronic Medical Records and Data Centers

    Updated: 2010-04-28 22:36:00
    Home Blog Services Knowledge Base Press Testimonials Partners About Us Contact Us Subscribe by Email Your : email SilverBack Migration Solutions Datacenter Blog Current Articles RSS Feed Electronic Medical Records and Data Centers Posted by Elizabeth English on Wed , Apr 28, 2010 09:36 PM Email Article Twitter Facebook digg it delicious StumbleUpon LinkedIn Technorati reddit So I got interested in this because all I can think of doing at the moment is complaining about my wisdom teeth , which are currently so infected the doctor told me it could spread to my brain . nbsp It is not a pleasant situation . nbsp I've been spending a lot of time in various doctor's and dentist's offices , which got me thinking about how last spring the Obama administration announced that now is the time for

  • Savvis Expands London Data Center

    Updated: 2010-04-28 15:28:40
    Home Europe Savvis Savvis Expands London Data Center Savvis Expands London Data Center April 28th , 2010 Rich Miller Managed hosting and cloud computing specialist Savvis SVVS will invest 20 million pounds 30.4 million US to expand its UK data centre in Slough , a suburb of London , the company said today . The additional 20,000 square feet of space will help Savvis meet growing European demand for its cloud computing and IT infrastructure services , the company . said The expansion will be completed in September and will bring the total saleable space in the Slough facility to 43,000 square feet . Savvis has a global data centre footprint of approximately 1.4 million square feet of raised floor space , encompassing 28 data centres worldwide , three of which are in the . UK Following a

  • Verizon Adds Hong Kong Site, Consulting Services

    Updated: 2010-04-28 15:15:35
    , Home Asia-Pacific Networking Verizon Adds Hong Kong Site , Consulting Services Verizon Adds Hong Kong Site , Consulting Services April 28th , 2010 John Rath Besides news of a 30,000 square foot data center in Lubbock , Texas , Verizon VZ has had a number of announcements recently for data centers , services and . consulting Second Hong Kong Facility On Tuesday Verizon announced that it is strengthening its Asia-Pacific network infrastructure by opening a second data center in Hong Kong . This investment is part of the approximately 17 billion that Verizon Communications plans to spend in 2010.  The new facility will be located in the iTech Tower in Tsuen Wan and will be 3,000 square meters 32,292 square feet Our latest Hong Kong center is strategically located at the gateway to mainland

  • 7 Ways to Think Differently about IT Infrastructure

    Updated: 2010-04-28 12:14:54
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  • Data Center Equipment Sales Rebound

    Updated: 2010-04-28 01:58:43
    Home Networking Data Center Equipment Sales Rebound Data Center Equipment Sales Rebound April 28th , 2010 Rich Miller Sales of data center Ethernet switches hit 3.2 billion in 2009, capped by a very strong fourth quarter , indicating a resurgence in data center build-outs and a general recovery in network equipment sales , according to new research from Infonetics The research company also cited gains in the WAN optimization market , where sales grew 7 percent to reach 256 million for the fourth quarter . Infonetics also saw strength in the market for application delivery controllers ADCs with sales increasing 14 percent between the third and fourth . quarters In another sign of the industry’s resiliency , new data from TeleGeography indicates that international network operators have

  • Researching Topics using GreenM3 site metrics, example Social Security Data Center post

    Updated: 2010-04-27 14:16:57
    I regularly go through my feedburner stats to see what blog posts are getting traffic. A typical post will look like below. Peak, then fall off to single digit traffic. The Social Security Administration's mistake in site selection post is...

  • Iceland Data Center Power, Fiber, and Natural Disasters, Perception vs. Reality

    Updated: 2010-04-27 13:56:04
    The folks at Iceland's economic development group provided PDF documents describing the Power and Fiber infrastructure and natural disasters. As requested I am sending you a map showing the location of the substations and transmission lines of Landsnet, the Transmission...

  • Compliance and Sustainability Solution - IHS Environment

    Updated: 2010-04-27 13:24:29
    I am at OSIsoft's user conference and found one compliance solution from IHS for the Environment. Environmental Solutions IHS provides a full suite of environmental and chemical management software and service solutions for EHS and sustainability management. Solutions include: Greenhouse...

  • 3 Ways IBM PowerVM Virtualization Makes Your Business Better

    Updated: 2010-04-26 19:35:42
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  • Data Centers and the Pioneers of the Green Revolution

    Updated: 2010-04-26 17:55:00
    Home Blog Services Knowledge Base Press Testimonials Partners About Us Contact Us Subscribe by Email Your : email SilverBack Migration Solutions Datacenter Blog Current Articles RSS Feed Data Centers and the Pioneers of the Green Revolution Posted by Elizabeth English on Mon , Apr 26, 2010 04:55 PM Email Article Twitter Facebook digg it delicious StumbleUpon LinkedIn Technorati reddit A top 40 list is a pretty ambitious endeavor , but this one at CBS News' tech blog The Green Eye which sounds awesomely like the name of a pub seems to do a pretty good job . nbsp Of course , I'll take special care with the data center innovators the list . included One of these , found in the section devoted to pioneers in electronics , is Fujio Masuoka . nbsp He developed flash in the 80s , and thereby

  • Does having the Rights mean it is Right?

    Updated: 2010-04-24 00:04:45
    Part of the difficulty of changing people's behavior to be green, taking more sustainable actions is they have the Rights to do what they are doing. It is not illegal. For the US, The Bill of Rights is a foundation...

  • Criminal Data Centers

    Updated: 2010-04-23 20:08:00
    Home Blog Services Knowledge Base Press Testimonials Partners About Us Contact Us Subscribe by Email Your : email SilverBack Migration Solutions Datacenter Blog Current Articles RSS Feed Criminal Data Centers Posted by Elizabeth English on Fri , Apr 23, 2010 07:08 PM Email Article Twitter Facebook digg it delicious StumbleUpon LinkedIn Technorati reddit Last night I found this fascinating article from MIT's Technology Review detailing the problems with finding and eliminating criminal data . centers I'd never read about criminal data centers before , although it makes sense that they would exist , since all that spam has to come from somewhere , right The article mentions that in 2008, a malicious hosting company called McColo was shut down , resulting in a two-thirds decrease in spam

  • Virtualization and de-virtualization - is that the best answer for power on all systems?

    Updated: 2010-04-23 18:34:37
    Home Sign In Register Advanced Search You are : here Focus Magazine The International Data Center Design and Management Magazine Blog Sign In Register Search Virtualization and de-virtualization is that the best answer for power on all systems Posted : on 4.23.2010 6:52:57 AM Posted by Carrie Higbie One thing that is certain in computing is the cyclical nature of data centers . If you think back over the years , we have gone from main frames , to lots of servers , now to virtualization . Some companies that I work with are already de-virtualizing servers due to the growth in applications and their resulting computing needs . Yet others are de-virtualizing applications that do not require 24x7 resources with a plan to power cycle those machines for an increased savings in power and to free

  • Directory of USA Fiber Network Providers

    Updated: 2010-04-23 13:53:59
    Power generation and Fiber are top issues is data center site selection. Curious I found this site as a useful Directory of Network Maps based on the providers. The list is over 30 providers, so there is still manual work...

  • Google Aiming High on Data Center Water Recycling

    Updated: 2010-04-23 00:19:00
    Home Blog Services Knowledge Base Press Testimonials Partners About Us Contact Us Subscribe by Email Your : email SilverBack Migration Solutions Datacenter Blog Current Articles RSS Feed Google Aiming High on Data Center Water Recycling Posted by Elizabeth English on Thu , Apr 22, 2010 11:19 PM Email Article Twitter Facebook digg it delicious StumbleUpon LinkedIn Technorati reddit Athough you may well have seen this in the news or in Data Center Knowledge's article we were so impressed that the Green Gorilla couldn't pass up mentioning . it As we know , a lot of aspects of running a data center have gotten negative media attention lately because of their high cost in natural resources , so people are getting ever more innovative in minimizing bad effects on the planet . Google's latest

  • What am I doing on Earth Day? Working on a solution that will change the data center industry

    Updated: 2010-04-22 17:10:54
    Earth Day in many ways is a market event. A day to celebrate the successes over 40 years. Politicians, environmentalist, vendors all have the chance to use today to market and promote how effective they are. What am i doing...

  • LEED - the Logo Program for a Green Data Center? Not necessarily

    Updated: 2010-04-22 15:13:02
    The popularity using LEED to identify Green Data Centers has been interesting to watch. I had the opportunity to take the LEED exam and add LEED AP to my business card. But, this is where my renegade/contrarian side kicks in....

  • Dell’s New High Performance Analytics & Cloud Server

    Updated: 2010-04-22 03:14:51
    Last but not least in our tour of the first flight of servers in Dell’s PowerEdge C line is the C2100.  This was filmed last month at our launch right after we closed down our whisper suite.  Click below and join solutions architect Rafael Zamora as he leads you through the thrills, chills and spills [...]

  • Annual Green Day

    Updated: 2010-04-21 20:06:25
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  • Emerging Market Data Centers, what should they look like?

    Updated: 2010-04-21 00:39:59
    The Economist has a 14 page section on Emerging Markets and points out the pace of business innovation. A special report on innovation in emerging markets The world turned upside down First break all the rules Easier said than done...

  • E-commerce Webinar

    Updated: 2010-04-20 20:03:59
    Rackspace Home Managed Hosting Cloud Hosting Email Apps United Kingdom Belgium Denmark Germany Hong Kong Netherlands Norway South Africa Sweden Hosting Solutions Managed Hosting Dedicated Server Configurations Managed Private Clouds Managed Colocation Servers Cloud Hosting Email Apps Why Rackspace Fanatical Support® Zero-Downtime Network Our Data Centers Bandwidth Billing Awards Expertise Partner Network Become a Partner Search for a Rackspace Partner Partner Login Information Center About Rackspace Contact Information Leadership Hosting 101 Programs Events Our Greenspace Initiative Rack Gives Back Briefing Program THE FANATI® Media Center Careers Investors Legal Blog Login Register The Official Rackspace Blog E-commerce Webinar E-commerce Webinar by Rackspace on April 20, 2010 Join

  • Redmond High teacher wins $25,000 NEA Green Prize in Education, thinks Green is built on simple solutions

    Updated: 2010-04-20 15:58:19
    Sometimes I wonder if the challenges to green the data center is the confusion companies have in approaching the problem. PUE as simple as it is as a metric can be confusing to a novice on where to start. To...

  • Iceland Data Center Troubles

    Updated: 2010-04-19 22:16:00
    Home Blog Services Knowledge Base Press Testimonials Partners About Us Contact Us Subscribe by Email Your : email SilverBack Migration Solutions Datacenter Blog Current Articles RSS Feed Iceland Data Center Troubles Posted by Elizabeth English on Mon , Apr 19, 2010 09:16 PM Email Article Twitter Facebook digg it delicious StumbleUpon LinkedIn Technorati reddit Poor . Iceland It seems like a great place to have a data center . the geologic upside is that it offers geothermal or hydroelectric energy meteorogically , it's cold enough to make data center cooling easier . nbsp There's that whole business with the economy , but hey , building your data center there should stimulate it . nbsp Just look how beautiful it . is So how about this volcano business Immediately , there were questions .

  • Security Hardening Guide for vSphere 4.0 Published

    Updated: 2010-04-19 21:23:57
    The final release of the vSphere 4.0 Security Hardening Guide has hit the streets. This is a comprehensive 100+ page guide with more than 100 guidelines on hardening vSphere 4.0 components in a production environment. You can read Charu’s post...

  • Our New Whitepaper - Watts per Square Foot

    Updated: 2010-04-14 20:21:00
    Home Blog Services Knowledge Base Press Testimonials Partners About Us Contact Us Subscribe by Email Your : email SilverBack Migration Solutions Datacenter Blog Current Articles RSS Feed Our New Whitepaper Watts per Square Foot Posted by Elizabeth English on Wed , Apr 14, 2010 07:21 PM Email Article Twitter Facebook digg it delicious StumbleUpon LinkedIn Technorati reddit The wait is over . our newest whitepaper entitled Watts per Square Foot What is published and available for free download Learn how to accurately calculate watts per square foot and compare values between data center facilities . Thanks to C.O.O . Don Small for this contribution to our ever-evolving collection of whitepapers Enjoy Elizabeth English Tags : nbsp Announcements Whitepaper Data Center Industry Questions Power

  • Data Center Technology Headed for Obsolescence

    Updated: 2010-04-14 19:30:00
    Home Blog Services Knowledge Base Press Testimonials Partners About Us Contact Us Subscribe by Email Your : email SilverBack Migration Solutions Datacenter Blog Current Articles RSS Feed Data Center Technology Headed for Obsolescence Posted by Elizabeth English on Wed , Apr 14, 2010 06:30 PM Email Article Twitter Facebook digg it delicious StumbleUpon LinkedIn Technorati reddit I've seen a couple pieces like this one from EnterpriseStorageForum.com and it's an interesting topic . nbsp What normal , time-honored things often seen in a data center are on their way out This particular article suggests raised floors are becoming less and less viable in data center planning because installing them is not cost-effective and they're poorly adapted for heat redistribution . Other interesting

  • Project Administration Tips

    Updated: 2010-04-14 15:13:39
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  • Business Storage Server Options

    Updated: 2010-04-12 14:21:41
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  • Our New Data Center Migration FAQ

    Updated: 2010-04-04 23:13:00
    Home Blog Services Knowledge Base Press Testimonials Partners About Us Contact Us Subscribe by Email Your : email SilverBack Migration Solutions Datacenter Blog Current Articles RSS Feed Our New Data Center Migration FAQ Posted by Elizabeth English on Sun , Apr 04, 2010 10:13 PM Email Article Twitter Facebook digg it delicious StumbleUpon LinkedIn Technorati reddit Happy holidays Holidays can be a time of stress and family pressure , or a time of relaxation and candy . nbsp Let's look at our new FAQ like an Easter egg , full of delicious top-five-list goodness . Whether you're wondering about shipping method , packing requirements , facility access , additional outside personnel , environmental documentation , or other aspects of data center migration , we have answers for you . nbsp Check

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