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AMD, HP Join Project to Run Data Centers on Wind, Solar Power
Advanced Micro Devices and Hewlett-Packard are teaming with the state of New York and Clarkson University on a research project to figure how best to use renewable energy to power containerized data centers. Specifically, the researchers want to determine not only whether the data centers such as HP’s PODS (Performance-Optimized Data Centers) can be run…
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Polycom Completes Acquisition of HP Visual Collaboration Business Unit
Polycom, a provider of UC (unified communications) technology, has closed the deal for Hewlett-Packard’s visual collaboration business. The deal not only gives Polycom the HP visual collaboration business, but it also makes Polycom the exclusive partner to HP for telepresence and certain video UC solutions, including both resale and internal HP deployments. The two companies also agreed to…
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Four Channel Considerations for Microsoft Exchange Migrations
No matter what the platform, migration is almost always a bear for both customers and channel partners alike. As the channel continues to help customers migrate to Microsoft Exchange 2010 from older versions, many have found that Microsoft has done a decent job at providing seamless transition through its Migration Wizard tool–with one big caveat.…
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10 Reasons Steve Ballmer Could Never Run Apple
10 Reasons Steve Ballmer Could Never Run Apple 1. First And Foremost: SoftwareAt Microsoft, Steve Ballmer spends the vast majority of his time thinking about software. He knows the ins and outs of operating systems, office productivity solutions, and the cloud. But does he know that much about hardware? At Apple, that would be his…
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Dell Sets Server Temperature Limits in Push for Fresh-Air Cooling
Dell is looking to enable businesses to better leverage outside air to cool their data centers by ensuring that select servers, storage and networking devices will work at a temperatures of up to 113 degrees for a few hours a day. Dell officials said July 28 that the infrastructure products have been tested and warranted…
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IBM Debuts New Services Innovation Lab
IBM has announced the creation of its new Services Innovation Lab, a new global lab that will initially comprise about 200 technology experts hand-picked from around the company. The lab will accelerate the expansion of real-time analytics and software automation in both IBM’s technology services offerings and its global services delivery capabilities. In an interview…
