The cloud as data-center extension

	Intel ships 60-core Xeon Phi processor | Cray bumps IBM from Top500 supercomputer top spot
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	The cloud as data-center extension Many large enterprises gravitate to the cloud as an escape hatch for overworked and out-of-room data centers -- and then come to love it. Read More WEBCAST: VMware An Overview of VMware vSphere Join us for an overview of VMware vSphere, the industry-leading virtualization platform. vSphere comes in many shapes and sizes and can be tailored to the needs of your environment. This webcast will help you select from the various vSphere editions, kits, and features available to meet your specific needs. Learn More Now! In this Issue Intel ships 60-core Xeon Phi processor Cray bumps IBM from Top500 supercomputer top spot Microsoft's Cloud Services Mix Leaves Many Vendors in the Dust Samsung lays groundwork for server chips, analysts say Sandy wounded servers, some grievously, say services firms RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Brocade Communications View Now: Brocade Analyst and Technology Day 2012 Discover the latest innovations from Brocade–and take a significant step toward radically simplified networking. Now you can see for yourself what has the media and industry experts talking by viewing an on-demand version of Brocade Analyst and Technology Day 2012. Click to continue Intel ships 60-core Xeon Phi processor Intel hopes to deliver performance and power-efficiency breakthroughs to servers with the new Xeon Phi family of processors, the first model of which is now shipping to customers, the company said on Monday. Read More Cray bumps IBM from Top500 supercomputer top spot The U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory's newly installed Titan system, a Cray XK7, has been anointed as the world's fastest supercomputer in the newly released 40th edition of the Top500 compilation of the world's fastest supercomputers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Understanding the Options to Find the Right Fit Wondering which cloud collaboration solution is best for your business? Learn the four key factors you must consider when choosing a supplier--and find the right solution that will enable faster time to market. Read Now Microsoft's Cloud Services Mix Leaves Many Vendors in the Dust IBM became 'Big Blue' because it leased hardware and provided free software, but its collapse divorced the two. The growth of the cloud has caused another marriage, one that brings together software and services. Vendors such as Amazon, Google and especially Microsoft understand this, CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle says, and they are bound to leave those trying to sell a 'cloud solution' in their dust. Read More Samsung lays groundwork for server chips, analysts say Samsung's recent licensing of 64-bit processor designs from ARM suggests that the chip maker may expand from smartphones and tablets into the server market, analysts said this week. Read More Sandy wounded servers, some grievously, say services firms Companies that specialize in data recovery are still getting many calls for help from businesses and institutions whose equipment was damaged by the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Read More
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