Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. Microsoft TechFest video: The low power data center Microsoft Research hopes to make data centers more efficient. They are testing a prototype data center that runs off of low-power processors. Juniper's answer to Cisco in the data center: Stratus Project Juniper said Tuesday it is partnering with server, storage and software companies to develop a converged data center fabric under a multiyear project that will compete with Cisco's largely solo effort. Also: Juniper's Stratus Project vs. Cisco's California Project Microsoft trying out netbook processors in data centers It sounds crazy to use processors designed for tiny netbooks in data centers, with their potentially massive computing requirements, but Microsoft is experimenting with doing just that and finding that it may lead to cost savings. Microsoft online services trial won't begin until end of March Microsoft will give the masses its first glimpse of Office Communications Online at the end of this month, and in April will make the service available for the first time to companies of any size. Also: Microsoft expands hosted Exchange, SharePoint service, signs customer GlaxoSmithKline Ask & Answered: Two LAN cards, one system Steve Blass explains to a reader how his two-card PC talks to the rest of the network. Storm clouds ahead Cloud computing, which refers primarily to an on-demand service delivery model that may span both outsourced and premises-based platforms, is the hot, new paradigm. Fast Track to a SQL Server Data Warehouse This week Microsoft announced the first step in its Project Madison strategy which will eventually support large databases in the 100’s of terabytes. Video: AMD demos 6-core Istanbul chips AMD demonstrated its first working models of Istanbul chips, the company’s upcoming line of server processors with six cores. Server revenue sees big drop in Q4, IDC says Worldwide server revenue saw its biggest quarterly drop in years in the last quarter of 2008 and may not recover until next year, IDC said in a survey released on Wednesday. Also: Server sales went over the cliff in Q4: IDC 4 Green Technology Tips That Will Save You Money Save energy. Save the environment. Save money. Sounds good, huh? Savvy use of technology can help you do all three. Fujitsu Siemens debuts 'zero-watt' green PC Fujitsu Siemens Computers plans to launch in the middle of this year an enterprise desktop computer that consumes no energy when switched off, it said Sunday at the Cebit trade fair in Hanover, Germany. Fujitsu Siemens shows Energy Star 4 Intel-based server Fujitsu Siemens Computers has developed a compact, quiet and energy-efficient entry-level server and will launch it on April 1, it said Sunday at the Cebit trade fair in Hanover, Germany. IT in 2109: Living Quantum Computers, Mind Reading PCs, and DNA nanofiber CPUs Cisco Subnet blogger Jamey Heary offers a sci-fi view, based on science of today, of IT 100 years from now, part 2. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons New Horizons Computer Training is offering a free Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 to be given to one lucky Microsoft Subnet reader. |
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