Facebook open sources hardware specs? Not really.
Facebook released the hardware specs and layout for its Prineville, OR data center in an effort to "open source" the specs and release a disruptive force in the hardware vendor/data center sector. But...
View ArticleFacebook makes its news all about the data center
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View ArticleHow to use Facebook's open sourced data center design to cut costs
When Facebook open sourced its data center and server specifications it paved the way for enterprises of all sizes to save money by following the social network's radical hardware designs. The Open...
View ArticleFacebook pushes a new model for buying servers
Facebook has proposed a new model for designing servers that it says will give businesses more choice in selecting components and a smarter way to upgrade systems when needs change, though it remains...
View ArticlePick your hardware vision: Open Compute Project vs. ‘data centers in a box'
There are two trends happening in the IT hardware market, each gaining momentum but offering very different ways of outfitting data centers.read more
View ArticleRackspace upgrades cloud, but not yet with Open Compute servers
Rackspace is rolling out a new, high-perfomance cloud service but wasn't quite ready to buy servers based on the Open Compute Projectread more
View ArticleGoldman Sachs, with 10,000 tech workers, embraces open systems
Risk-averse Goldman Sachs is an advocate of Facebook's Open Compute Project, embracing open systems, commodity computing. read more
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