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  Dell simplifies the blade server

  Part of Dell's server business is building custom machines for very large customers who want fewer bells and whistles but higher computing density and lower power consumption. The Dell PowerEdge C6220 is a server the company has brought out of this custom arena and into its regular sales channels. It is the second in a new series of servers that combines internal storage and two or four two-socket "nodes" (aka sleds or blades) wrapped up in a highly efficient 2RU package.

  By Brian Chee | 27 April, 2012 00:03

  Tags: Architecture, cloud computing, Computer Hardware, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, dell, freemium, grid computing, hardware systems, high-performance computing, internet, private cloud, Server Clustering, servers, software

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  SMEs making leap to private Cloud

  Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are jumping on board private Cloud, according to Pieter DeGunst, director of ICT consultancy Tecala.

  By Stephanie McDonald | 04 April, 2012 08:30

  Tags: cloud, private cloud, SMEs

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  Terremark launches private cloud edition

  Some enterprise customers just aren't comfortable throwing their data into a public cloud environment, says Ellen Rubin, vice president of cloud products for Terremark, which is owned by Verizon.

  By Brandon Butler | 04 April, 2012 02:43

  Tags: cloud computing, internet, private cloud, terremark, The Cloud, verizon

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  Latisys: Customers want off-premises private clouds

  The public cloud doesn't work for everyone, says Pete Stevenson, CEO of Latisys, a cloud, managed hosting and colocation service provider that announced an expansion of its offerings and facilities today.

  By Brandon Butler | 27 March, 2012 06:32

  Tags: cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, data center security, hardware systems, internet, Latisys, private cloud, security

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  Piston Cloud has made the tough private cloud decisions for you

  Joshua McKenty, co-founder and chief executive officer of Piston Cloud, what he calls The Enterprise OpenStack Company, was in on the ground floor of OpenStack's creation, working as he was on the Anso Labs team at NASA to build a compute cloud on top of open source platform Eucalyptus. The team eventually gave up on that and wrote Nova, which NASA uses today to power its Nebula Cloud environment, and Nova was ultimately contributed to the OpenStack project, which it formed with Rackspace. McKenty left NASA after Anso was acquired by Rackspace in 2010, and formed Piston Cloud in 2011 with co-founders Gretchen Curtis (also of NASA) and Christopher MacGown of Rackspace. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with McKenty for a deep dive on why OpenStack matters and where Piston Cloud fits in.

  By John Dix | 15 March, 2012 11:10

  Tags: Blades, blade servers, cloud computing, community cloud, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Ethernet Switch, fcoe, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, freemium, hardware systems, internet, Josua McKenty, LAN & WAN, NASA, open source, OpenStack, Piston Cloud, Piston Enterprise OS, private cloud, public cloud, rackspace, server, servers, software, Virtualization

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  Is there a 'best' way to set up your private Cloud storage?

  Given that Cloud computing is still emerging, it shouldn't come as a surprise that opinions vary widely on the best way to architect the storage. In fact, it seems likely that there is no such panacea - different types of private Cloud almost always require different approaches.

  By Jon Gold | 28 March, 2012 06:24

  Tags: cloud computing, cloud storage, internet, private cloud, private cloud storage

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