News tagged with computer data centers

What will Facebook do with all its cash?

What's Facebook going to do with all that money? Depending on the price it sets for its shares, the company is on track to raise $6.1 billion to $6.8 billion in its initial public offering. Facebook's new wealth will be added ...

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Silent nozzle extinguisher does not harm hard disks

Siemens has developed a very quiet nozzle for gas extinguishing systems. The system is especially suitable for use in computer centers that store sensitive data. That’s because loud noise can cause hard ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Manure could fuel data centers, HP scientists say

Giving new meaning to the term "server farm," a team of Hewlett-Packard researchers has come up with a plan for combining cow chips and computer chips to build an environmentally friendly data center -- powered ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Is India the future for tech?

The recent hubbub about cloud computing -- how to define it and where it's heading -- has me wondering something. What about India?

Technology / Business

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

PowerNap plan could save 75 percent of data center energy (Podcast)

Putting idle servers to sleep when they're not in use is part of University of Michigan researchers' plan to save up to 75 percent of the energy that power-hungry computer data centers consume.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2