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Smooth-Stone raises $48M for green, ARM-based servers

August 16, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 2 Comments

Smooth-Stone, an Austin, Texas-based startup that’s looking to improve data center efficiency with computer servers that feature non-traditional chip architectures, announced today that it has raised $48 million to develop ARM-based servers. The funds come from a mix of VCs and technology companies, most notably ARM, which has a vested interest in seeing its low-power […]

Filed Under: Featured, Green IT, Servers Tagged With: ARM, chip, computer server, funding, Green IT, processor, SeaMicro, server, Smooth-Stone, VC

Cloudy, with a chance of big server sales

August 4, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Uh-oh, so much for the cloud’s server-killing ways. A new forecast from IDC illustrates the double-edged sword that is cloud computing, and it’s certain to cheer up HP, Dell and other big server vendors. While the cloud has the potential to vastly reduce the number of physical — and often underutilized — computer servers and […]

Filed Under: Cloud Computing Tagged With: Cloud Computing, forecast, IDC, server

Green IT News Roundup: Friday, September 25

September 25, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Apple and the Environment Probably more than you ever wanted to know about Apple and its impact on the environment. Gartner: Turn server heat up to 75 – Computerworld In addition to Gartner’s report, a recent survey by CDW illustrates…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: careers, Data Center, datacenter, Green IT, News, PSPgo, roundup, server

Low-Power Processors in x86 Rack Servers Examined

July 22, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

AMD and Intel are locked in a battle for datacenter and these days that means pumping out processors that make easy work of workloads in an enery efficient manner. Anandtech takes a look at how the chipmakers fare in…

Filed Under: Green IT, Servers Tagged With: AMD, AMD Opteron EE, Asus, CPU, energy efficiency, Green IT, Intel, Intel Xeon, processor, rack server, server, Supermicro

AMD Opteron HE: Istanbul Targets Energy Efficiency

July 13, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

AMD released six-core Opteron HE processors today that promise to up the performance per watt ante. Currently shipping in 2-,4- and 8-processor HP ProLiant servers, the new Istanbul chips boast an nice percent performance per watt boost over their…

Filed Under: Green IT, Servers Tagged With: AMD Istanbul, AMD Operton HE, AMD Opteron SE, Dell, HP, processor, server, six-core

Green IT News Roundup – Friday, June 26

June 26, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Companies Report That Virtualization Investments Are Indeed Paying Dividends – eWeek The most recent example: San Francisco-based IT services provider BEAR Data Systems, a Cisco Systems gold-certified partner, revealed June 24 that its hardware and virtualization tools are enabling clients…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Cloud Computing, Energy Star, Green IT, News, roundup, server, Storage, Virtualization

Samsung to Ship Green, 32GB DDR3 Server RAM

June 21, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Low-power processors, SSD’s, 80-Plus power supplies… There are many ways to make your servers run leaner, and now Samsung is adding another. The company’s new 50nm, 32GB DDR3 module operates at 1.35 volts and claims a 20 percent typical lower…

Filed Under: Green IT, Servers Tagged With: DDR3, RAM, Samsung, server

Dell's Shortcut to Virtualization

June 17, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Today Dell made of flurry of virtualization related announcements. Among the most intriguing are two, quasi-turnkey virtual infrastructure packages, one for full-fledged datacenters and another for SMBs: Data Center Virtualization Configuration: The unified virtualization platform with pre-configured architectures combines Dell…

Filed Under: Green IT, Servers Tagged With: Data Center, datacenter, Dell, Hyper-V, server, SMB, Virtualization, VMware

Does Energy Star for Computer Servers Hate Virtualization?

June 4, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Well, maybe not hate but a seething indifference definitely. First, some perspective.If you buy a new household appliance and power consumption is a concern, you look for the Energy Star label. Simple.For IT managers, it’s not that easy.The EPA expanded…

Filed Under: Green IT, Servers, Virtualization Tagged With: computer, Energy Star, multi-processor, server, standard, Virtualization

HP Expands Eco Solutions with AMD Istanbul, Energy Star 5.0 PCs

June 2, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

…Eco Solutions being the actual name of a slate of IT products and services that they offer. Today, HP announced that they have expanded the program by offering 22 efficient ProLiant G6 product lines, double of what they had before….

Filed Under: Green IT, Servers Tagged With: AMD Istanbul, AMD Opteron, EDS, HP, ProLiant, server, SkyRoom, teleconferencing

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