Customize a ServerAFCOMS semi annual convention was a great event from start to finish. Kudo’s to Regional Chapter President Scott Milliken of Vanderbilt for his involvement for securing this event for Nashville. Dolphini thanks all who visited our data center and wishes everyone a safe trip home.
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Data Center World 2010
Thursday, March 11th, 2010IBM to buy SUN
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
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In the past, IBM has mostly focused its acquisition efforts on companies that will bolster its software and services businesses, rather than its hardware, but that may change. IBM is currently in talks to acquire Sun Microsystems offering to pay Sun at least $6.5 billion, or double Sun’s Tuesday closing price of $4.97, according to a report on Reuters.
If the two companies can reach a deal, it will be IBM’s largest-ever acquisition, pushing the company to the forefront of the high-end computer server market. Many analysts see the potential deal as a recent trend in consolidating major brands, where server equipment providers such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Cisco Systems compete for the lucrative corporate data center market to supply network equipment to high-end computers.
It has long been speculated that Sun would be bought out by a major IT company, and the company has been seeking a buyer in recent months, according to bankers. So far, IBM is leading the data center market as top supplier of servers in the fourth quarter of 2008, with a market share of 36.3 percent, says market researcher IDC.
Trailing behind in second place is HP with 29.0 percent, followed by Dell with 10.6 percent, Sun with 9.3 percent, and Fujitsu with 4.2 percent.
With Sun’s shares falling 71% in the past year, it says it would soon be cutting around 6,000 jobs, or 18 percent of its workforce.
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Data Centers are running out of space.
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
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IT managers are running out of space not only in London, where space is at a premium, but also in the US as a data center space shortage looms, according to Transitional Data Services Michael E Bullock, president and co-founder.
Bullock examines the escalating costs for data center space and warns those in charge of IT departments to plan for a “critical resource shortage,” lest they squander much of their budgets.
In London, England, data center space constraints have already hit, where the city’s facilities are more than 85 percent full, resulting in lease costs doubling in just the last 12 months. In May 2008, London’s electricity supplier halted data center building in preparation for the 2012 Olympics to limit data centers’ toll on London’s already-taxed grid.
Not immune from the same effects driving up prices in the UK, Bullock notes that colocation space state side in New England have increased nearly seven times over the past five years. “In the metro New York market, don’t be surprised to see prices in the $45 to $50 range,” Bullock wrote.
Bullock also debunks the myth that the economy’s downturn will drive down data center costs just like real estate prices. He explains that real estate only accounts for no more than 10 percent of a leased or newly built data center so the cost of real estate barely factors into the cost.
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Data Center Buildouts Maintain Pace Despite Economy
Monday, March 16th, 2009
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We all know the state of the global economy now a days, but despite a number of companies announcing delays of their data center construction projects, users and industry experts say that the facility buildouts are still going relatively strong. Google, Terremark Worldwide and Verne Holdings have all announce delays of their data center projects in Oklahoma, Santa Clara and Iceland, in the past few months.
According to Richard Sawyer, vice president and engineer for EYP mission critical facilities at Hewlett-Packard, construction on financial data centers has slowed down, but new government data centers buildouts continue to pick up. Companies that are directly related to government objective will soon see significant growth, says Tom Roberts, the data center facility management director for healthcare organization Trinity Health.
Roberts says that as the government continues to digitize all health information, Trinity Health will eventually have to double or triple its data center space over the next couple years.
Additionally, data center colocation continues to be a top priority.
However, there has been a shifting approach in building colocation facilities, says Jim Simonelli, APC and a member of AFCOM’s advisory board. He says that companies are more carefully planning these data centers to exact specifications, which can lead to a longer timeframe for construction.
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