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Data Center Jobs: Google

At the Data Center Jobs Board, we have two new job listings from Google, which is seeking a Mechanical Engineer and an Electrical Engineer. Both positions are located in Mountain View, Calif.

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Cloud Hosting Buyer’s Guide

With the proliferation of cloud service providers over the last few years, organizations are no longer asking whether a cloud solution is appropriate for them, but rather, which cloud solution is. Selecting the right cloud solution requires thorough analysis into the level of security, control,...

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Measuring End-to-End Performance of Critical Applications

The results from this approach will be eye opening. Not only will you see the traffic between the client and the application server, you will see other servers which participate in the overall transaction. Servers which provide DNS, back-end databases and other services will show up as part of the...

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Closer Look: Schneider Electric Modules

As part of the Uptime Institute's "Modular Campus," Schneider Electric brought a 50,000-pound pre-manufactured power facility module to Santa Clara Convention Center for event attendees to see and experience the modular unit. Video walk-through of the power module.

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Modular Monday: Closer Look at 4 Offerings

The Data Center Knowledge staff conducted video overviews and walk-throughs of each of the four pre-fabricated modular data centers on display at The Uptime Symposium last week, including products from Active Power, IO, Digital Realty and Schneider Electric.

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Closer Look: Active Power’s PowerHouse

This video provides an overview of the Active Power PowerHouse system, a modular power infrastructure solution, is available in increments from 240 kW to 960 kW, and contains critical power infrastructure components,

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Closer Look: IO.Anywhere Modular Data Center

n this video, IO Chief Executive Officer George Slessman provides an overview of the company's IO.Anywhere pre-fabricated modular data center, which was on display at last week's Uptime Symposium in Santa Clara.

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Closer Look: Digital Realty POD 2.0 Architecture

In this video from the Uptime Symposium, Chief Technology Officer Jim Smith gave us an overview of how Digital Realty incorporates pre-fabricated modular infrastructure into data centers using its POD Architecture 2.0 designs.

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Industry Perspectives: Power Assure, Infosys, Raritan

This week's Industry Perspectives featured columns from Clemens Pfeiffer of Power Assure on server power efficiency, Ron Diersen of Infosys Limited on data center design, and Greg More of Raritan on "smart racks."

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Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of May 18th

The Week in Review: A strategic acquisition boosts Equinix, Apple leads data center charge into solar, modular economics are front and center at the Uptime Symposium, and Emerson launches its Trellis DCIM software.

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