Barton George has an interview with the new Dell DCS GM, Roy Guillen you can see here.
At the 3:25 mark Barton asks Roy “the one thing that isn’t well known about DCS.”
The answer, environmental leadership.
AWS is 8.5x faster than original, according experiments by LBNL
Science Magazine has a perspective on cloud computing and the scientist. The article is meant for the newbie to cloud computing and how it relates to the scientist.
One nice stat in the perspective is the change in AWS from original to current versions.
Initially, cloud-computing hardware was configured primarily for its earliest adopters—Web-based applications—and early attempts to run scientific applications on the cloud gave discouraging results (3, 4). New hardware is now configured for better performance on scientific applications. For example, Amazon's recently added “cluster computing instances,” priced at $1.60 per computer-hour, run scientific benchmarks 8.5 times as fast as the original cloud hardware, according to experiments at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Laboratory at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (5).
Greening of Data Centers thru Mergers & Acquisitions, stock exchanges join
Terremark and Navisite’s acquisition is part of the M&A momentum in data centers. Mergers typically reduce costs and reduce overlap between organizations to provide services which is a good way to green a data center. Reducing the amount of data center assets you need.
Latest to join are stock exchanges. Here are some articles discussing the changes.
LSE and TMX deal inevitable
By Philip Stafford and Jeremy Grant
The limelight may have rapidly moved to the US and Germany but those behind the merger of the London Stock Exchange and TMX, operator of Canada’s largest bourse, insist it was the right deal to do.
Is Savvis positioning to be bought?
WSJ reports on the rumors that Savvis is a takeover target.
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Savvis Inc. (SVVS) Chief Executive Jim Ousley said Wednesday that his company is generating more interest from bankers and inquiring parties as takeover speculation ramps up following recent deals in the data-storage sector.
Ousley acknowledged the company has had more strategic discussions than usual but isn't feeling pressure to act in the short term. He said Savvis will continue to operate just like it did before Verizon Communications Inc.'s (VZ) recent deal for rival Terremark Worldwide Inc. (TMRK) was announced.
Here is Savvis selling their capabilities.
Amazon buys Dublin building as future data center
DataCenterDynamics reports on amazon.com’s latest data center move.
Amazon buys Dublin site for data center
Two more data centers under development in the area
Published 9th February, 2011 by Yevgeniy Sverdlik
Online retailer and provider of public-cloud servicesAmazon bought a large property in Dublin, Ireland, with plans to turn it into a data center, Independent.ie reported.
The 240,000-sq-ft building is a former storage facility of the supermarket chain Tesco, which moved out more than two years ago. The property, sitting on a 13-acre site had been on the market ever since its last occupant left.
