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The Physical Location of a Data Centre Is Crucial to Its Security
Sep 26, 2013The physical location of a data centre is crucial to its security, according to John Noakes, director of product marketing & partners for cloud firm Attenda. Noakes was speaking as part of the 'Insights into the data centre of the future' ...
Tags: Computer Products, data centre
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Operators Need to "Push The Envelope a Little Harder"
Sep 19, 2013Few parts of the world house data centres that require air conditioning, and operators need to "push the envelope a little harder" to stop using it. This is the view fo Frank Frankovsky, vice president of hardware design and supply chain at ...
Tags: Facebook, Computer Products
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Facebook Is Leading a Project to Develop an Open Source Networking Switch
May 10, 2013As part of the Open Compute Project (OCP), Facebook's network engineering team is leading a project to develop an open source networking switch. "It's our hope that an open, disaggregated switch will enable a faster pace of innovation in ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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OCP Plans to Expand Its Efforts by Developing an Alternative to The Black-Box Switches
May 10, 2013A little more than two years ago,Facebook had a revolutionary idea: Inspired by the model of open-source software, it would bring together a community – the Open Compute Project (OCP) – focused on the creation of open-source ...
Tags: Facebook, Computer Products, software
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Facebook Has Proposed a New Model for Designing Servers
Jan 21, 2013Facebook has proposed a new model for designing servers that it says will give businesses more choice in selecting components and a smarter way to upgrade systems when needs change, though it remains to be seen how widely its method will be ...
Tags: Facebook, Buying Servers, upgrade system
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Facebook's Open Compute Project Is Being Expanded to Incorporate ARM Processors
Jan 18, 2013Facebook's Open Compute Project is being expanded to incorporate ARM processors, providing new options for companies shopping for low-cost hardware to build out cloud computing environments. Chip vendors from both the ARM and x86 sides of ...
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ARM Has Had a Boost From Facebook by Being Added to Facebook's Open Compute Project
Jan 18, 2013ARM has had a boost from Facebook by being added to Facebook's Open Compute Project.This means that Facebook and other server customers will buy servers from companies which use both x86 processors and ARM processors. The Open Compute ...
Tags: ARM, Facebook, Open Compute Project
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Shane Rau Expectd ARM Chips to Gain About 2% of The X86 Server Processor Market in 2015
Dec 17, 2012It’s clear that Frank Frankovsky, VP of hardware design and supply chain at Facebook, didn’t study marketing in school. At a press event Tuesday announcing Intel’s new low-power Atom processor, he described the chip as ...
Tags: Frank Frankovsky, Facebook, Intel, dual core Atom processor, workload
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It's Clear That Frank Frankovsky Didn't Study Marketing in School
Dec 12, 2012Computerworld-It's clear that Frank Frankovsky,vice president of hardware design and supply chain at Facebook,didn't study marketing in school.At a press event Tuesday announcing Intel's new low-power Atom processor,he described the chip ...
Tags: Intel, smartphone, server chip, Facebook
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Facebook Has Taken Delivery of The First Set of Innovative Server Racks It Helped Design
Jul 27, 2012Facebook has taken delivery of the first set of innovative server racks it helped design, technology that the company hopes other organizations with large data centers will adopt. The prototype racks represent some of the ...
Tags: Facebook, Social Media, USA, server racks