• 10 Key Considerations for a Successful DCIM Project

  Planning a DCIM initiative? Check out these 10 key considerations to make your DCIM project a success.

• NVIDIA Launches Tesla K40 GPU Accelerator

  NVIDIA (NVDA) unveiled the NVIDIA Tesla K40 GPU accelerator, its most efficient architecture ever - achieving 4.29 teraflops single-precision and 1.43 teraflops double-precision peak floating point performance.

• Salesforce.com and HP to Team on Superpods

  Tech giants Salesforce.com (CRM) and HP (HPQ) have joined forces on the Salesforce Superpod, a new dedicated instance in the Salesforce multi-tenant cloud, running on HP's Converged Infrastructure.

• Cloud Building Continues, as CenturyLink Acquires Tier 3

  CenturyLink continues to build its cloud computing operation through acquisitions. CenturyLink (CTL), which previously bought up Savvis and AppFog, said today that it has now acquired public cloud provider Tier 3.

• Scenes From the 7×24 Exchange Conference

  The 7X24 Exchange 2013 Fall Conference event in San Antonio drew a record attendance of about 820 participants, and kicked off Monday with a keynote from former HP CEO Carly Fiorina. Check out our photo feature for all the highlights.

• NetApp Introduces New Flash Storage

  NetApp (NTAP) introduced two new hardware platforms - the EF550 and E2700, and updated a third - the E5500, to address particular workloads, and the broad performance requirements of data-intensive applications.

• DCIM Makes A Difference for Colo Providers

  DCIM is essential for optimizing the efficiency of data center operations, for mitigating risk and for enabling IT agility, writes Laura Greden of CA Technologies. But DCIM can also help IT get maximum value out of its colo providers.

• HP, Fidelity Say Modular Designs Are Enterprise-Ready

  Modular designs are driving significant cost savings in creating mission-critical data centers at Fidelity Investments and HP, who say their experience demonstrates that modular designs are ready to deliver high availability for enterprise workloads.

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• NVIDIA Partnershp With IBM Could Widen Use of GPU Accelerators

  In a move that could help expand the market for graphics processing units (GPUs), NVIDIA and IBM will collaborate on GPU-accelerated versions of IBM's wide portfolio of enterprise software applications on IBM Power Systems.

• Apache HBase 0.96.0 released after more than 2000 issues resolved

  This is a an important release for HBase. Both Hortonworks and Cloudera have posts covering it: Hortonworks: Announcing Apache HBase 0.96.0, More than 2000 issues resolved! Cloudera: HBase 0.96.0 Released! ✚ HBase 0.94 has been released over a year and a half ago . Original title and link:…