The Enterprise Engineering Center Blog : Facility/Remodel

Microsoft’s “Redmond Ridge 1” Now Open

EEC — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:08:00 GMT

For those folks that like facility news, yesterday Microsoft’s Managed Lab Services team gave a small group of reporters and bloggers the first external tour of the their new data center in Redmond, aka Redmond Ridge 1. Artist’s rendering of Redmond Ridge...(read more)

Dell Increases Footprint at the EEC

EEC — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:17:00 GMT

Last week 20 new Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 servers arrived and are quickly being brought online for a customer engagement occurring in the next couple weeks. These servers contain Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® X5550 CPU’s, 24GB memory, eight 300GB SAS HDDs, and...(read more)

More HP ProLiant DL380 G6’s Arriving

EEC — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:31:00 GMT

While I was on vacation a couple weeks ago we received 10 new HP ProLiant® DL380 G6's equipped with dual Intel® Xeon® X5570 CPU’s, , 24GB memory, dual port 8Gbps fiber channel adapter, 2 146GB 15K SAS drives and dual power supplies. These were the 1 st...(read more)

New IBM Storage Comes to the EEC

EEC — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:44:00 GMT

This week we just completed installing a new IBM XIV® Storage System: Model 2810 in san-alley. Ours is configured with 180 1TB SATA drives, and 15 modules; a data module consists of one Intel® Xeon® Quad-core 64-bit CPU, 8 GB fully buffered DIMM RAM....(read more)

Raritran Selected for IT Infrastructure and Power Management Provider

EEC — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:12:00 GMT

There was some good news about the EEC and our current remodel the other day. One of the projects during the remodel was to upgrade to our infrastructure so we could provide more performance and environmental data to our product teams, customers and partners....(read more)

Rittal Announces Strategic Relationship with the EEC

EEC — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:46:00 GMT

Some good news came out last week while I was on vacation. On Thursday, Rittal sent out a release announcing the new Strategic Partnership they have entered into with us. We are very excited to use their new Liquid Cooling and Enclosure System in our...(read more)

New Steel in main Data Center

EEC — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:28:00 GMT

It’s been a few weeks since our last major update. Phase 1 is done, and we’re in the middle of Phase 2 now. This is the big part, the reconstruction of the main Data Center. Structural upgrades are required to support the weight of the additional hardware...(read more)

Phase 1 Painting Finished

EEC — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:01:00 GMT

Hello, We’re starting to wrap up the first phase of the EEC reconstruction project. Most of the new network wiring has been run and new HVAC equipment has been installed. The rooms affected by Phase 1 are now looking like real rooms, with new drywall/paint...(read more)

Enterprise Customer Labs 4 & 5: Getting Closer

EEC — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:43:00 GMT

Hi everyone, Jeremy here again. Work continues on the EEC Reconstruction project. I’m calling it Reconstruction because it’s really quite a bit more than a ‘renovation’ or a ‘remodel’; this isn’t just new carpets, paint and furniture, it’s a major structural...(read more)

EEC Remodel: A First Look!

EEC — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:52:00 GMT

Hey, I'm Jeremy and I've been working at the EEC since we opened in back in 2003, so this is a real exciting time for me as I see the facility take on a whole new look. I'll be writing posts about once a week, outlining what's going on and giving you...(read more)

EEC Expansion Approved

EEC — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:20:00 GMT

The EEC has been a great facility for our customers and partners to work and collaborate with our product groups in since it's opening in April 2003, but after five wonderful years it's time to do some remodeling to make it even better for the next 5...(read more)