Does Apple lie about how it powers its data centers?
Apple, and other major data center operators, are trying to do the right thing. But it will be a long time before operating data centers becomes a carbon neutral activity
Apple, and other major data center operators, are trying to do the right thing. But it will be a long time before operating data centers becomes a carbon neutral activity
The Internet was far more seriously affected than previously thought by the blackouts that swept Europe and North America this summer, a report finds.
Britain's Ministry of Defense is offloading Cold War-era nuclear bunkers ... and Net companies are snapping them up.
The latest definition of data center is focused on being what's called fit-for-purpose, of using best practices and assessments of existing assets and correctly projecting future requirements to get that data center just right -- productive, flexible, efficient and well-understood and managed.
Japan was reeling after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that slammed into Tokyo at midday local time. Here's a look at the data center and cloud computing impact via ZDNet Japan.
Penguin HPC systems will use Asetek cooling.
The truth about the Los Angeles sewage spill, which I wrote about in my last column, is that it was not due to a Y2K problem. In fact, the Y2K test uncovered a problem that would have happened any time power went down at the facility.
Internet designed to survive outages, experts say. But what about Y2K?
Measuring the net present impact of an environmental decision makes good theoretical sense, but the results are hard to defend against ill-intentioned attack, and harder still to explain to senior managers who still secretly believe that the right measure for anything is payout period.
Mac vendor Spanning Sync late last week released its suite Spanning Tools that can clean and repair contact and calendar data as well as manage Sync Services.