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  • What is the Cloud?

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    Earlier this year Dell and Intel did a series of videos around key topics like cloud computing, IT reinvention, the consumerization of IT, social media etc.  Within these there was a mini-series that dealt with cloud computing that I participated in. Here is the first one that features Dell’s CIO Robin Johnson, John Pereira, Intel’s…

  • GigaOm names the top 50 Cloud Innovators

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    As a run up to next months Structure conference,  GigaOm has put together a list of the top 50 companies “that are influencing how the cloud and infrastructure evolves.”  Those who made the list, entitled The Structure 50, are described as follows These are the ones to watch — at least in 2011. You’ve heard of…

  • A walk thru Facebook’s HQ on Open Compute day

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    Barton George
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    Last Thursday a group of us from Dell attended and participated in the unveiling of Facebook’s Open Compute project. Much the way open source software shares the code behind the software, the Open Compute project has been created to provide the specifications behind the servers and the data center.    By releasing these specs, Facebook is…

  • Forrest Norrod of Dell on Open Compute

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    Barton George
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    This morning, at Facebook’s headquarters in Palo Alto, the company unveiled the Open Compute project.  Also on hand to support the announcement were partners such as Dell and Intel, who served on a panel alongside representatives from Rackspace, the Department of Energy, Zynga and Facebook.  Forrest Norrod, GM of Dell’s server platform division represented Dell…

  • Dells Data Center Solutions group turns Four!

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    Barton George
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    Dell’s Data Center Solutions group (DCS) is no longer a toddler.  Over the weekend we turned four! Four years ago on March 27, 2007 Dell announced the formation of the Data Center Solutions group, a special crack team designed to service the needs of hyperscale customers.  On that day eWeek announced the event in their…

  • Meet Roy Guillen — GM of Dell’s DCS group

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    Barton George
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    In case you’re not familiar with it, Dell’s Data Center Solutions (DCS) group has been around for nearly four years, acting as a “custom tailor” to some of the largest internet superstars and scale-out leaders, organizations like Facebook, Microsoft Azure and Lawrence Livermore national labs.  A year ago DCS added to this custom capability by…

  • InfoWeek: Dell DCS unit racking up cloud sales

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    Barton George
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    There was a good article in Information Week last week with our GM, Forrest Norrod.  Forrest talked to Charlie Babcock about the success that Dell’s Data Center Systems unit has had in the cloud space. You should check out the whole article but here are a few bits I’ve pulled out for your reading pleasure:…