Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This is session COMS002, titled “Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure with Data Plane Virtualization.” Verplanke believes that DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) and virtualization are key to virtualizing workloads that move around lots and lots of packets, such as firewalls, routers, and other similar functions.

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Virtualization Intel Cloud Data 131

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Alan McMahon works for Dell in enterprise solution design, across a range for products from servers, storage to virtualization, and is based in Ireland. A private cloud is your own virtualized environment, while a public cloud is one that another company provides for you. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152).

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Data Center Cloud Data Storage 242

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Even Facebook, which has open sourced much of its designs for its data center hardware but remains vague about its server count, saying only that it operates “hundreds of thousands” of machines. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166).

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Data Center Microsoft Data Disaster Recovery 276

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

billion from the fourth quarter of 2012. 1Q 2012: $607 million. 2Q 2012: $774 million. 3Q 2012: $872 million. 4Q 2012: $1.02 Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151).

Data Center 258

Data Center Google Data Disaster Recovery 258

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. IO Virtualization: The “Hypervisor” for Your Infrastructure. More than ever in 2010, IO Virtualization (IOV) has been showing-up in products, written about, spoken about. IO Virtualization. Fountainhead. Monday, December 13, 2010.

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Virtualization Data Center Storage Network 157

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

For sourcing, they make decisions, and thus own the hardware budgets. In regards to sourcing, the more efficiently you refresh your hardware, the better off you’ll be, and having a strong DCIM system manage changes in the data center due to hardware / technology refreshes can make all the difference. December 2012 (151).

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Data Center Trends Data Disaster Recovery 247

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

The company has been working with HP to build its servers, but with its latest hardware refresh (known as G4) has opted for customized servers built by Quanta , a Taiwanese company that has built servers for Facebook and Rackspace. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134).

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 208

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This is a liveblog of the day 1 keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2012 at Moscone West in San Francisco, CA. ” He shows off two hardware samples: the ultra-small Medfield system-on-a-chip (SoC) and the much larger Xeon Phi high-performance computing (HPC) platform. IDF 2012 Keynote, Day 1.

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Intel Hardware Video Data Center 101

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

The description of the Oregon outage suggests a hardware failure for a storage unit. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). July 2012 (134).

Storage 221

Storage Data Center Data Disaster Recovery 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

The potential exists for significant savings as SDN allows data centers to move away from single source hardware to the commodity-based pricing we see with servers. This is especially true if the majority of those addresses are assigned to virtual machines. 4) The number of virtual machines (VMs) within an organization’s network.

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Data Center Network Software Software 207

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

That’s the message today from Rackspace Chief Technology Officer John Engates, who says recent price cuts on dedicated virtual machine instances from rival Amazon Web Services have led to confusion about “dedicated” products. In many cases, dedicated hardware will play a key role.”. December 2012 (151).

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Cloud Data Center Disaster Recovery CTO 198

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

RELATED POSTS: 80 Million Hours of Digital Rendering Produce “The Croods” HP Hardware, DreamWorks Animators Team On “Rise of the Guardians” 60 Million Render Hours Help “Puss in Boots” Purr at the Box Office. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). July 2012 (134).

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HP Data Center Data Film 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

The latest price drops are for dedicated instances, which are different from regular EC2 instances in that they run on single-tenant hardware. They are isolated from other instances belonging to other customers at the host hardware level. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). May 2012 (180).

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Enterprise Enterprise Data Center Storage 207

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

LoPoCo says it is using Intel Xeon “brawny core” chips and standard form factors, and gaining energy savings through its hardware design. ”It took a huge pile of rejected hardware to get to this point. Intel Outlines Low-Power Processor Roadmap at IDF 2012. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152).

Data Center 232

Data Center Data Intel Disaster Recovery 232

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

The term “Cloud Management” is nebulous, but typically refers to a distinct set of tasks related to managing the infrastructure level (IaaS) cloud layers, typically comprised of the physical and virtual infrastructure, as well as the cloud orchestration layer – whether inside a corporation or a Service Provider cloud. August 2012 (166).

Data Center 203

Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 28, 2013

Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156).

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 232

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Currently, Bill works as a cloud and virtualization architect at MTM Technologies, a Stamford, CT based consulting firm. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182).

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 201

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 20, 2013

Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156).

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Microsoft 230

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Currently, Bill works as a cloud and virtualization architect at MTM Technologies, a Stamford, CT based consulting firm. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182).

Data Center 195

Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage Data 195

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

At a Backup to the Future event this week EMC announced a broad array of new hardware and software products that enable customers to deploy new Protection Storage Architectures. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

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Data Center Data Backup Storage 190

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

The data centers are so sprawling that it’s hard to get a figure, as DCK noted late 2012. Federal agencies have closed 484 data centers as of May 2013, up from 381 closures last time DCK checked in, last November, 2012. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134).

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Data Center Government Data Storage 246

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Phase 1 will be the 5 tiers, with all new volumes place on SolidFire infrastructure, and current application volumes migrated over as hardware depreciates. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151).

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Storage Cloud Data Data Center 195

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

It also adds Fibre Channel support for the virtual Granite Core that extends integration with enterprise-class storage arrays, including those from EMC, NetApp and IBM. “We Riverbed Evolves Steelhead, Adds Edge Virtualization. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134).

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Enterprise Enterprise Data Center Storage 191

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

The new data center offers re dundant application server hardware with instant local failover capability. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182).

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Data Center Big Data Data Storage 216

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Convergence » Virtualization » White Papers. His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Currently, Bill works as a cloud and virtualization architect at MTM Technologies, a Stamford, CT based consulting firm. December 2012 (151).

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Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage Policies 182

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156).

Data Center 226

Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery Cloud 226

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156).

Data Center 199

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 199

Fountainhead

MARCH 5, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. What if software virtualization is the tip of the iceberg? Hardware consolidation. When most IT professionals think "virtualization" they are mostly wanting to consolidate/reduce hardware. Virtualization. (31). ► 2012. (15).

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Virtualization Software Software Data Center 124

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

CloudVelocity says more than 100 enterprise trials have conducted trials since the company emerged from stealth in December 2012. ” CloudVelocity was founded by a team of experts in distributed systems, storage, virtualization and networking in 2010 and emerged out of stealth mode in December 2012. December 2012 (151).

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Tools Data Center Disaster Recovery Cloud 205

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 13, 2013

Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156).

Data Center 210

Data Center Data IBM Storage 210

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156).

Data Center 203

Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage Data 203

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156).

Data Center 202

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 202

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

It’s completely new and rebuilt (when compared to previous offerings like Virtual Private Data Center). Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182).

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Data Center Cloud Data Fractional CTO 187

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156).

Data Center 199

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 199

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156).

Data Center 184

Data Center Video Cloud Data 184

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134). August 2012 (166). July 2012 (134). June 2012 (156).

Data Center 194

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 194

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Privately held CSL is a leading provider of virtualization management technology for IBM’s zEnterprise system. With the acquisition of CSL International, IBM expands its cloud virtualization capabilities, making it even easier for clients to take advantage of Linux on System z.” December 2012 (151). July 2012 (134).

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Data Center IBM System Cloud 190