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Time Warner Cable to Buy Data Center Specialist NaviSite for $230 Million

February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

Time Warner Cable will diversify into data center service provisioning that will include various cloud services — including online storage. – Time Warner Cable said Feb. 1 that it plans to go into the data center
operations business by buying NaviSite for $230 million.

The deal is designed to enable Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable
television operator (behind Comcast) in the United States, to diversify into
data center s…

Former Director of the CIAâ€™s Counter-Terrorism Center: American Policy in the Middle East is Failing Because the U.S. Doesn’t Believe in Democracy

January 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Robert Grenier – a 27-year veteran of the CIAâ€™s Clandestine Service, and Director of the CIAâ€™s Counter-Terrorism Center from 2004 to 2006 – writes today: Events in the Middle East have slipped away from us. Having long since opted in favour of…

NASA Adopts RightNow Cloud Service for Shared Services Center

January 28th, 2011 | No Comments

NASA Shared Services Center is using RightNow CX as part of its cloud effort to improve the Website experience as well as to cut costs for maintaining live phone operators. – NASA has moved its citizen-support center to the RightNow Secure Government
Cloud, RightNow Technologies said Jan. 27. The support site will be using the
RightNow CX customer experience platform to improve Website efficiency, the
company said.
The NASA Shared
Services Center
is a public/privat…

Intel Eases Data Center Complexity with Free FCoE Stack

January 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Intel is giving away its Open FCoE software stack in an effort to push the drive for a single networking layer in the data center. Microsft, Cisco, Oracle, EMC and others have signed on. – Intel is giving away a Fibre Channel over Ethernet software stack as
it looks to accelerate the transition in data centers to a simpler and
less costly single networking infrastructure.
Intel officials announced Jan. 27 that they are
offering their Open FCoE software as a free upgrade to the com…

Intel Simplifies the Data Center

January 27th, 2011 | No Comments

New Technology Aims to Speed Up Cloud Adoption, Lower Costs and Environmental Impact

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Intel announces free unified networking technology that enables all data center traffic to run over a single cable using Intel 10GbE server adapters.
The consolidation of cabling equipment can help reduce global IT spending by $3 billion a year and the 400 million feet of global data center cabling saved is enough to wrap around the Earth three times.
Industry support of Intel Open FCoE, include Cisco*, Dell*, EMC*, NetApp*, Oracle* and Red Hat*

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 27, 2011 –Intel Corporation took a further step today to simplify the data center by introducing a free new technology that enables all data center traffic to run over a single cable using the Intel® 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) Server Adapter X520 family.

Unified networking allows IT departments to create flexible superhighways in virtualized data centers by consolidating multiple data and storage networks onto a single 10GbE network. The consolidation of cabling equipment can help reduce global IT spending by $3 billion a year, and the 400 million feet of global data center cabling saved is enough to wrap around the Earth three times.

A simple and high-speed unified data center network is a cornerstone of Intel’s Cloud 2015 vision and Open Data Center initiative, which were announced in October. Unified networking on 10GbE creates a simpler data center infrastructure that is easier to manage, yet can accommodate the heavy network traffic of the cloud.

“What’s frustrating for IT managers is that most of the data center dollars are spent on infrastructure costs, not on innovation,” said Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager, Data Center Group, Intel. “Expanding Intel Ethernet to include Open FCoE will help simplify the network and drive more of the IT budget toward innovation. We think IT departments can lower infrastructure costs by 29 percent, reduce power by almost 50 percent and cut cable costs by 80 percent by moving to a unified network.”

Intel’s Open FCoE integrates capabilities into the operating system to deliver full unified networking without the need for additional expensive, proprietary hardware. IT departments can use common management tools for server network and storage connectivity while integrating seamlessly with existing Fibre Channel environments.

“A unified fabric supports both compute and storage resources over a high-bandwidth transport to deliver greater data center efficiency, simplify management and can accelerate the deployment of virtualization and cloud-based services,” said Soni Jiandani, vice president of marketing, Server Access and Virtualization Technology Group, Cisco. “The Cisco Nexus 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches and the Cisco Unified Computing System servers both support Intel’s Open FCoE 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters to provide our customers with greater choice for cost-effective, scalable unified fabric access.”

Intel has worked closely with key industry leaders to certify and ensure a strong ecosystem of compatible solutions. Companies supporting the Open FCoE solution include Cisco*, Dell*, EMC*, NetApp*, Oracle* and Red Hat*.

“Server virtualization and converged storage networking, based on a shared 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric, are key ingredients for a cost-effective infrastructure,” said Paul Brown, vice president and general manager, Storage Networking Business, EMC. “Achieving EMC E-Lab qualification is a gold standard in our industry for server, networking and storage interoperability. The extensive work done to qualify and validate the Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520 will give our customers confidence that the product will integrate seamlessly with the EMC Symmetrix VMAX and EMC VNX family of storage products.”

“Open FCoE fits well with Dell’s delivery of open, capable, and affordable solutions because it utilizes components in the operating system to simplify the deployment and operation of converged networks,” said Brian Payne, executive director, PowerEdge Marketing Group, Dell.

The Intel Open FCoE software stack is available as a free upgrade on existing X520 family products. Additional information about Intel’s Ethernet and unified networking solutions can be found at www.intel.com/go/unifiednetworking.

Additional Information

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DD79E40F5DF27425

New levels of 10GbE scalability and performance in the data center with the Intel® 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Based on the Intel 82599, the flexible and scalable Intel® Ethernet X520 Server adapters now support Open FCoE.

About Intel
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