Tag: open compute
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Structure: OpenStack launches Incubation program
Today was second day of the two-day Structure conference here in San Francisco. Cloud was the topic du jours with heavy referencing of big data and concepts and projects such as OpenFlow, Open Compute and OpenStack. The format consisted mainly of moderated panels seated in comfy chairs with break out sessions scheduled a couple of…
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A walk thru Facebook’s HQ on Open Compute day
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…
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Rackspace’s head of OpenStack talks about Facebook’s Open Compute
This morning at Facebook’s headquarters in Palo Alto the company announced their Open Compute project Partners and kindred spirits were there to tell the story behind Open Compute and explain what they think it means to the industry. One group of kindred spirits were the individuals from Rackspace. I got some time with Jim Curry…
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Frank Frankovsky of Facebook talks about Open Compute — how they got there and where they go from here
Former Dell DCS dude Frank Frankovsky has been at Facebook for about 18 months. Frank is Facebook’s Director, Hardware Design and Supply Chain and since he arrived, he has been heavily involved in the Open Compute project. Today was the big day when Open Compute made its worldwide debut. Frank represented Facebook on the panel…
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Facebook, OpenCompute and Dell
Today at its headquarters in Palo Alto, Facebook and a collection of partners such as Dell, Intel and AMD — as well as kindred spirits like RackSpace’s founder (the company behind OpenStack) and the CIO of the Department of Energy — are on hand to reveal the details behind Facebook’s first custom-built data center and…