New members of Intel Xeon fam range from micro servers to HPC
Chipmaker expands Xeon portfolio with three new families
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Oracle launches latest VM Server release
New build features better interface, enhanced storage features
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Official launch comes as IBM makes enhancements across its cloud portfolio
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Part 2: Intel poses the questions
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Fear and education could hamper UK G-Cloud adoption
VMware report shows some government departments are still shy when it comes to the Cloud
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May 19
New members of Intel Xeon fam range from micro servers to HPC
Intel added processors for high-performance-computing applications, cheaper two-socket servers for small and medium businesses, for entry-level workstation customers and for micro servers to its Xeon line.
This is the second expansion of the company’s Xeon portfolio this year. Just about two months ago, Intel launched is Xeon E5-2600 product family, breaking all of its past records on both performance and energy efficiency.
May 18
Oracle launches latest VM Server release
Oracle released the latest build of its server virtualization software for x86 machines. The company says it has enhanced the user interface in VM Server Release 3.1, improved storage availability, backup support and hardware compatibility.
The market for virtualization platforms is dominated by VMware, whose ESX was the number-one platform at the end of 2010, according to IDC, which expects the market for enterprise server virtualization to reach US$19.3m. It was followed by Microsoft Hyper-V and then Citrix XenServer.
May 18
IBM launches premium SmartCloud services
IBM has officially launched its premium cloud services portfolio in the US and Europe and other global customers will be able to access its SmartCloud Enterprise + services in Q3 2012.
SmartCloud encapsulates IBM’s cloud services as part of its Smarter Planets initiative, and the services issue assurance on the architecture, robustness and security of the cloud offered across its marketplaces.
May 18
DCIM Discussion with Intel, Schneider Electric, Fieldview Solutions and Synapsense
FOCUS hosted a discussion between these DCIM vendors, here, Jeff Klaus of Intel poses the questions.
Q: JEFF KLAUS, Director, Data Center Solutions, Intel: By what degree are data centers and enterprises over-provisioning power and cooling based on derated or estimated power usage?
May 18
Fear and education could hamper UK G-Cloud adoption
It could take UK Government departments five to ten years to realize the full potential of the Cloud, according to VMware Head of Public Sector Strategy and former Deputy G-Cloud Director Andy Tait.
This could mean the Government misses its target of having 50% of government IT dedicated to cloud services by 2015.
This week the UK Government pushed back the release of its second version of the G-Cloud (2.0), which will see more suppliers added to the list of cloud suppliers that can service the public sector - part of its G-cloud strategy.
May 17
HP installs HP EcoPod at HP data center
HP completed installation of an HP EcoPOD at its Alpharetta, Ga, next-generation data center (NGDC).
The EcoPOD is located on-site and expands the compute space of one of the HP data centers that was a part of the company’s original transformation to consolidate 85 internal IT data centers worldwide to six NGDCs in the United States.
May 17
DCIM Discussion with Intel, Schneider Electric, Fieldview and Synapsense
Q: DCIM has many facets, in your words name up to three metrics for success against which a DCIM project can be measured.
May 17
Cloud computing roundup: UK G-Cloud, Morocco’s first cloud and more
The UK Government has pushed back the launch date of its G-cloud initiative by a number of weeks. It said the G-Cloud services directory will not be available until late May or June.
The strategy is designed to provide the government with savings mostly through economy of scale across government organizations and departments, and allow government bodies to deliver services much faster.
May 17
NYSE Euronext brings community cloud services to Europe
NYSE Technologies launched its Capital Markets Community Platform into Europe based at its gigantic Basildon data center east of London.
The technology division of the NYSE Euronext stock exchange operator worked with EMC and Vmware saying the cloud based platform was designed and developed in partnership.
The move into Europe follows the US launch of the service last year which served Wall Street clients from its Mahwah data center in North New Jersey.
May 17