Recent Datacenter News

VMware Updates vSphere and vSAN for Multi-cloud Environments Enhancements to vSphere mean it's faster to complete processes and roll out updates or patches.
What is Your Data Center Doing to Protect the Earth? Organizations that prioritize a green data center strategy, from the start, will be the real winners long term – in business and sustainability.
Pivotal Software Sees Continued Boost From Dell, VMware Post-IPO Shares of the enterprise software company were priced at $15 and opened at $16.75. They were trading at $15.46 at 1:25 p.m. in New York Friday, giving the company a market value of $3.87 billion.
Netflix's Container Management System Is Now Open Source Titus will offer developers the ability to scale to Netflix size proportions and seamless integration with Amazon Web Services.
Accelerating AI Transformation by Making HPC Easier Artificial intelligence is moving well beyond hype and becoming a reality. But to realize AI’s full promise, data scientists and domain experts need easier access to high-performance computing.
Pentagon Says Cloud Contest Winner Only Guaranteed Two-Year Job The eventual winner of the Pentagon’s two-year contract to provide extensive cloud services isn’t a lock to be awarded two extensions that would add eight more years.
Great Hill Is Said to Field Offers for Data-Center Firm Ascenty Private equity investors have been flocking to data centers, in part because of their perceived ability to provide defensive, stable, long-term returns.
Microsoft Brings Linux Driven IoT Security to Azure Redmond deploys its old nemesis Linux as the base for its Azure Sphere OS, designed to run on internet of things devices.
A Critical Look at Mission-Critical Infrastructure The scale-out nature of HCI is ideally suited to a “land and expand” strategy since customers can start small and easily expand.
Prince William County Rethinks Data Center Tax Hikes – For Now A proposal to triple a key tax rate for data centers in Prince William County in Northern Virginia appears headed for defeat after failing to gain the needed support from county supervisors.
Kaleao Repackages Its ARM Servers to Fit Enterprise Needs The UK-based startup, Kaleao, adds a repackaged version of its KMAX line to suit the physical needs of some enterprise users.
IBM Turnaround Questioned on Slow Growth of New Businesses Growth in the cloud business was 14 percent, lower than the 2017 average of 24 percent, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Anurag Rana said. That “puts a question mark on IBM’s hybrid cloud strategy,” he added.
Tech Industry Signs Accord to Protect People From Cyberattacks The pact, announced by Microsoft Tuesday, includes companies like HP Inc. and Dell Technologies Inc.
How to Mitigate Hidden Security Challenges Lurking Within Data Centers In addition to the risks posed by hackers, there are plenty of other, less-publicized threats.
Pentagon Sticks With Single Cloud Contract, Says Debate Over Pentagon officials made clear they have little patience for continuing debate over the issue.
Supreme Court Drops Microsoft Email Fight With New Law in Place The case, which pitted the Justice Department against Microsoft Corp., had loomed as a major clash over digital privacy and international law enforcement.
New Workloads, Cost Pressures Drive Up Data Center Power Densities Operators pushing racks to work harder by increasing power density inside each rack.
Atlanta Becoming Hub for New Data Center Development The Atlanta data center market is becoming a hub for new development, and Facebook's recently announced plans to build a $750 million data center near Atlanta make it clear the region has emerged as the hot new industry destination.
10 Things You Need to Know about Working with Providers of Data Storage in the Cloud Here's what you need to know about the hidden costs, risks and other considerations that must be taken into account when using a provider for data storage in the cloud.
Claiming Open Architecture is the New 'Cloudwashing' Touting an open approach to integration with other vendors’ software is the new cloudwashing.