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Intel’s New ‘Jasper Forest’ Chip Improves Performance With Less Power – PC WorldThe processors are capable of configuring RAID 5 or RAID 6 data protection natively without an additional RAID controller. Jasper Forest processors also integrate PCIe hub functions which…

Kace, Vizioncore Lead Cadre of New Virtualization Management Offerings – eWeek Virtualization management software vendors, including Kace, Vizioncore, Reflex Systems and Sychron, are using VMworld 2009 to launch new and enhanced offerings touching on everything from server and desktop virtualization…

Here come AMD’s six-core, ultra-low-power Opteron EEs – BetaNews Today, as expected, the company is announcing stage 3 of its plan: the rollout of its first ultra-low-power six-core Opteron series, including the model 2419 EE, with 40 watts of…

A Key to Greener Data Centers: Smarter Storage – Reuters/Earth2Tech Data storage can account for up to 40 percent of the energy consumed by a data center. Yikes — but at the same time, it’s not hard to see why…

Why the Kindle Is Good for the Planet – Earth2Tech According to a fascinating report from the Cleantech Group, called The Environmental Impact of Amazon’s Kindle, one e-Book device on average can displace the buying of about 22.5 physical…

Experts debate Apple’s plans for huge NC data center – Ars Technica However, hosting all of that content in one location–especially in one that isn’t well situated to connect to multiple network backbones–suggests that the data center isn’t likely to…

Data outsourcing cuts power bill – Australian IT Engineering group Ausenco has shaved off a whopping 60 per cent in power consumption by outsourcing data centre operations and is investigating Google and Microsoft cloud computing options. STEC Inc. CTO…