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Taiwan Server Makers See Reshuffle of Orders From Microsoft, Facebook, Google
Apr 26, 2017For Taiwan-based makers of servers for direct sale to clients, there has been a reshuffle of orders for servers used in cloud computing data centers from Microsoft, Facebook and Google in 2017, according to Taiwan-based server supply chain ...
Tags: servers, cloud computing, Microsoft
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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 and Six Other Tech Companies Have Launched a Joint Project Called Internet.Org
Aug 21, 2013Facebook and six other tech companies have launched a joint project called Internet.org which aims to connect the two-thirds of the global population that is not currently linked to the Internet. The other founding members of the project ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Social Network Develop Technologies to Support The Unique Types of Services
Jun 19, 2013With more than a billion monthly active users, it's easy to imagine that most of the data travelling over Facebook's networks is delivering photos, status updates and "likes" to its end users, but that's far from the case. The social ...
Tags: Facebook, Network Fabric, Social Network
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AMD Is Building Its Future Server Strategy Around Chips Used in Smartphones and Tablets
Jun 18, 2013Advanced Micro Devices is building its future server strategy around chips used in smartphones and tablets. The company said its first ARM server processors -- which will be released in the second half of next year -- will be faster and ...
Tags: AMD, Server Strategy, ARM Chips
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Cisco Has Overtaken IBM as The Leading Provider of Infrastructure for Cloud Computing
Jun 14, 2013Cisco has overtaken IBM?as the leading provider of infrastructure for cloud computing, analysts at Synergy Research reported on Monday. Synergy says there was a $9.7 billion market in the first quarter of 2013 for hardware to support ...
Tags: Cloud Hardware, 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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Hardware Manufacturers to Continue Drafting Open Standards for Data Centres and Servers
Jan 22, 2013Hardware manufacturers met in Silicon Valley last week to continue drafting new open standards for data centres and servers with components that can be put together like Lego. The Facebook-sponsored Open Compute Project summit in Santa ...
Tags: data centre, data service, hardware
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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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Dell Is Trying to Bring The ARM and X86 Processors Closer
Jan 18, 2013Dell is trying to bring the ARM and x86 processors closer by supporting a new systems management technology, a step toward making both the CPU technologies interoperable, the company said on Wednesday. Dell will back the Open Compute ...
Tags: Dell, ARM, x86 processor, systems management technology
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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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It's Been Making for Its Biggest Customers and Turned Them Into Products
Jan 16, 2013Fusion-io has taken the flash storage cards it's been making for its biggest customers and turned them into products that almost any company can buy. The new product, called Fusion ioScale, is based on the same design that Fusion-io makes ...
Tags: Flash Cards, Computer Products, software
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AMD Has Unveiled a New Open Compute Project Server Platform Specification
Dec 11, 2012'Roadrunner' supports the AMD Opteron 6000 Series processors Semiconductor company AMD has unveiled a new Open Compute Project server platform specification, code named 'Roadrunner,' which is designed to meet the general purpose compute, ...
Tags: processors, AMD, financial services industry