Dell, Egenera Make a Deal for Cross-Platform Data Center Controls eWeek - April 26, 2010 Dell has announced a deal with enterprise software maker Egenera to make available Egenera's PAN Manager 6.0, an open-standards, cross-platform control center for converged infrastructures.

Earth Day Data Center Makeover InformationWeek - April 21, 2010 Syscom, a firm that does work with Xerox, McGraw-Hill, Merrill Lynch, among others, has been doing "extreme data center makeovers" for its clients. Here, the company shares some tips for low tech investments in data centers to save both...

Gov't Whittles Bidders for NSA's Utah Data Center Associated Press - April 21, 2010 Five construction teams are on a short list in a competition to build a $1.7 billion electronic data center at Utah's Camp Williams for the National Security Agency (NSA), executives from the bidders said Wednesday.

HP: New Internal Data Center 'Cisco-Free' ChannelWeb - April 19, 2010 HP has announced that one of its new internal data centers includes 3Com, HP ProCurve, and TippingPoint gear and no Cisco products of any kind.

Ethernet Switch Vendors Prep for 40/100G, More Data Center Virtualization Network World - April 19, 2010 Three switching vendors this week are unveiling new and enhanced data center products, including ones for those looking to upgrade to 40Gbps Ethernet in the near future.

Red Hat Boosts Scalability in Enterprise Linux Upgrade InfoWorld - April 21, 2010 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 is aimed at lowering the total cost of ownership of deployment for large data centers.

Video: IBM Updates Power7 Server Line-Up V3.co.uk - April 16, 2010 IBM has added three blade server models to its Power7 data center platform equipped with the Power7 chip. Designed for the company's BladeCenter platform, the new servers will be offered in 4-, 8-, and 16-core versions.

Volcanic Ash May Impact Iceland's Data Center Plans ChannelWeb - April 15, 2010 The volcanic eruption in Iceland that's disrupting air travel in Europe and Scandinavia could also have undesirable effects on the country's efforts to court data center customers.

Google Data Center Spending Rises to 'Only' $239M for Q1 InformationWeek - April 16, 2010 Not many companies spend $239 million in a quarter on data center capital expenditures, but for Google that's way down from the whopping levels it reached during its power-spending data center build-outs in '07...

FCoE Data Center: Can Data and Storage Network Convergence Go Too Far? SearchNetworking.com - April 13, 2010 Enterprises can reap the benefits by starting small and expanding Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) data center network convergence over time. But the wholesale jump into a completely converged...

Data Centers Get Virtualized Management 10 GbE Fabric Option Channel Insider - April 13, 2010 Going up against Cisco and other players, Voltaire has brought Infiniband-like features and capabilities to 10 Gb Ethernet fabrics. The company has released two software products that improve performance and...

HP Closes 3Com Deal, Takes Aim at Cisco eWeek - April 12, 2010 HP has completed its $2.7 billion deal for 3Com, a move that will expand its ProCurve data center networking portfolio and allow it to better compete in the converged data center space against rivals such as Cisco, IBM, and Dell.

Windows, Red Hat Linux Rule Operating Systems in the Data Center SearchDataCenter.com - April 12, 2010 Today's data centers are moving toward only two important non-mainframe server operating systems—Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows—dominating the commercial operating system market.

Google Squares Off against Green Data Center Standard VentureBeat - April 12, 2010 Google usually tries to be a model of energy efficiency and renewable energy generation. But currently, the company is taking a stand against a particular data center efficiency standard, claiming that it will put a choke...

Too Much Demand for Data Center Real Estate? Data Center Journal - April 08, 2010 As demand for computing services has steadily risen, so does the demand for facility space. Despite the struggling overall real estate market, the market conditions for data center real estate exhibit some interesting dynamics...

New York Data Centers Go Green for Big Money ZDNet - April 09, 2010 The state of New York is putting their money where their mouth is with cold, hard cash for data center energy efficiency projects—up to $5,000,000 per facility.

AT&T's $1 Billion Spending Plan Includes New Data Center DatacenterDynamics - April 07, 2010 The U.S.-based telecommunications company is going to open a new data center in London and complete ongoing data center expansion projects in Ashburn, Virginia and Piscataway, New Jersey.

Dell Call to Arms: Data Center Opportunities for VARs ChannelWeb - April 07, 2010 Dell is looking to engage channel partners in a move to refresh data centers, citing the aging of existing servers and PCs and the opportunities to help customers improve their performance and power efficiency.

Accord Reached on Data Center Efficiency Metric IDG News Service - April 02, 2010 Industry groups and government agencies from the United States, Europe, and Japan have reached a basic agreement on how to measure the energy efficiency of data centers.

Cisco Looks to Sweep into the Data Center Network World - April 06, 2010 Cisco this week rolled out a bevy of data center products ranging from servers to switches to SANs, all designed to further broaden the company's reach beyond networking and into IT infrastructure.

New Equinix Data Center in London Is the Company's 50th DatacenterDynamics - March 30, 2010 Retail data center collocation provider Equinix has announced the opening of its 50th data center. The facility is located on the outskirts of London and represents the latest step in the Silicon Valley company...

Greenpeace Urges Green Power for Data Centers BBC News - March 30, 2010 Greenpeace is calling on tech giants such as Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Facebook to power their data centers with renewable energy sources.

Data Center Gear Resellers Avnet and Bell Strike Acquisition Deal DatacenterDynamics - March 29, 2010 Enterprise IT gear distributors Avnet and Bell Microproducts have entered into a definitive agreement whereby the former will acquire the latter for a total of about $594 million. The deal will expand...

HP Grooms Green Data Center Services for Small Business Market InfoWorld - March 24, 2010 HP has unveiled a host of new services aimed at helping operators of small data centers, up to 5,000 square feet in size, boost performance and cut operating costs.

NYSE Data Center Upgrade to Yield New Business Intelligent Enterprise - March 24, 2010 The New York Stock Exchange Group will offer infrastructure and hosted services in addition to its data and trading services when it brings two new mega data centers online.