| New Chicago-Area Co-Location Data Center Embraces Green Technology
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Data center company Stargate Holdings Corp., a leader in the global IT services industry, today announced the addition of a flywheel-stored motion system to back up power in its new high-density facility in Oak Brook, Illinois. "Stargate is committed to the extraction, rather than mass cooling, of heat expelled into its new data center," says Stargate CEO G. Gary Chaffin. "The use of leading-edge Flywheel Technology to support critical loads traditionally provided by conventional battery UPS systems, maintains the company's responsible and unique design approach to green technology. "The Flywheel system is a safe, low maintenance, environmentally friendly alternative to large and inefficient UPS battery banks," says Chaffin.
HP Sets News Conference on Cooling Technologies to Reduce Energy Use
(CSRwire) HP (NYSE:HPQ) Tuesday will announce that it is working on a suite of technologies that address the growing problem of heat generation and energy use in increasingly powerful microprocessors and data centers. The proposed solutions include everything from reinventing HP's classic inkjet technology for cooling semiconductors to heat-sensing robots that patrol data centers, looking for ways to optimize energy use -- and reduce costs dramatically. What: News conference and demos When: Tuesday, Aug. 6, 10 a.m. PDT Where: HP Labs, 1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, Calif. Who: Researchers Chandrakant Patel and Cullen Bash What You'll See: Some of the technology behind the solutions, including a demonstration of a heat-sensing robot (a very distant cousin of the sci-fi versions) zipping around a data center, taking temperatures at different stops.
NYSE Updates Server Farm to Keep Pace
Improvements allow NYSE customers to trade up to 1 million shares per order online, keeping pace with the demands of new investor strategies.The New York Stock Exchange has switched the backbone of its NYSE Hybrid Market online stock trading system to Hewlett-Packard ProLiant servers, the company announced Dec. 11, and expects the step to increase the speed and accuracy of its online transactions. NYSE upgraded to ProLiant from a bank of HP NonStop and HP-UX and Midrange servers to take advantage of the power in the new equipment, especially processor speeds, NYSE officials told eWEEK. The HP DL585 and DL685c have improved I/O, memory footprint, power and cooling, and management, as well as dual-core AMD Opteron chips, an HP representative said. "The NYSE is really under pressure from its evolving client base and regulations, and also going through a huge change with mergers and acquisitions," said Simon Freeman, worldwide director of financial markets for HP Financial Services Industry.
WTAE's Holiday Shopping Guide: Toy Safety, Best TVs, Gift Cards
WTAE Channel 4 Action News reporter Bob Mayo said those were the toy-related questions in the annual watchdog report by PennPIRG (Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group). Hot Wheels Rev Up Car is one of the toys mentioned in PennPIRG's 2007 toy survey, "Trouble In Toyland." A warning on the toy says "small parts may be generated." "There are little rubber wheels that have been found to come off very easily. They can fit inside the choke tube or a child's throat very easily, and therefore definitely warrant a choking hazard," said PennPIRG's James Browning. The PennPIRG report also talks about toys with small, powerful magnets that can pose dangers. "Some of these magnets are so powerful on these small toys that they can stick together across the walls of the intestines and cause serious bleeding, hospitalization, very bad complications," said Browning.
Lafayette: (Under) Mining Goodwill
ANZ and the banks that had supported Lafayette should show the communities of Rapu Rapu who will live with the consequences of the failed investment what "corporate social responsibility" means in practice. They can demonstrate this by ensuring that sufficient funds are set aside for the environmental rehabilitation of the mine and a sustainable development program for the communities of Rapu Rapu. There is much to be gleaned from the Lafayette experience. The fundamental lesson for Australian mining companies operating in developing countries, as well as their financiers, is that mining projects that do not have and retain community approval ought not be pursued or financed. For the Australian mining industry and government, the case demonstrates that an official complaints mechanism should be established within Australia to inquire into community dissatisfaction abroad.
AFORE, Cavium and GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Deliver Carrier Grade ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- AFORE Solutions, Inc., Cavium Networks, and GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, leaders in the embedded computing industry, today announced their joint effort to deliver a Carrier Grade Ethernet (CGE) platform to provide the reliability and dependability of SONET transport networks for CGE. A live demonstration at the AdvancedTCA Summit, October 16 - 18, allows participants to view this hardware and software solution providing CGE on a packet processor AdvancedMC/MicroTCA platform. AFORE InterPort(TM) software has been ported to GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms' Telum(TM) NPA-3804 AdvancedMC modules which utilize Cavium Octeon(TM)-based multi-core packet processors. The Telum NPA-3804 AdvancedMCs plug directly into the MicroTCA backplanes of GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms' MP-2000 Modular Platforms.
Old hand to steer IBM's operations in N.C.
Bob Greenberg is serious and somewhat guarded. In other words, he personifies IBM.Who better then to lead the global technology company's largest operations center in the world? Greenberg, 54, was recently named senior state executive for North Carolina. That means he's top boss for the Tar Heel state and oversees IBM's 11,000-employee campus in Research Triangle Park.As part of his new role, Greenberg will head safety and security for IBM offices throughout the state. He also will assume the role of chief government and community liaison, the public face of the company across North Carolina.Overseeing operations at RTP is a dynamic opportunity, Greenberg said, because the site represents the full scope of the company, including sales, marketing, research and product development."Some of the most interesting roles at IBM are ones where you get an up-close and personal view of what our clients' needs are," he said during a recent interview in a multimedia showroom of IBM servers.
Dream ride to Cape, but a nightmare driving home
For thousands of visitors, going to Cape Cod over Memorial Day weekend was much easier and more pleasant than heading home. The new $60 million flyover, which erased the hated rotary at the base of the Sagamore Bridge, smoothed Cape-bound travel on Friday and Saturday. But drivers returning from the Cape Monday found themselves in a worse-than-usual traffic nightmare, with backups that stretched as far as 17 miles to Yarmouth at midafternoon. To avoid a repeat this summer, state transportation officials said yesterday they plan to install electronic signs urging vacationers to stagger their departure from the Cape as well as their arrival. Officials said they will also look at possible changes to the roadways around Exit 1, where Route 6A merges into Route 6 at the base of the bridge.
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