• Lenovo to Buy IBM's x86 Server Business for $2.3 Billion

  Lenovo plans to acquire IBM's x86 server business for $2.3 billion, the companies said today. With the deal, Lenovo gets IBM's System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers.

• Google Buys More Swedish Wind Power For Its Finnish Data Center

  Google purchased the total output of power from 4 more wind farms to power its Hamina, Finland data center. The Hamina facility is one of the most efficient data centers in the world, and it will run on 100 percent renewable energy beginning 2015.

• Cisco Boosts UCS With Invicta Flash Memory, New Nexus Switches

  With application requirements driving the need for architecture flexibility, Cisco announced an expansion of its Nexus Switching portfolio, boosted performance on UCS compute fabrics by adding Invicta solid-state flash memory solutions.

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• 7 Tips for Managing Preventive Maintenance at Data Centers

  Preventative maintenance ensures maximum reliability by taking precautionary and proactive steps to reduce unscheduled equipment downtime and other avoidable failures. The purpose of preventive maintenance is to institute scheduled inspections so that defects can be spotted before they evolve into…

• Heterogeneous storages in HDFS

  In my post about in-memory databases vs Aster Data and Greenplum vs Hadoop market share , I've proposed a scenario in which Aster Data and Greenplum could expand into the space of in-memory databases by employing hybrid storage. What I haven't covered in that post is the possibility of Hadoop,…

• Data Center Jobs: Another Source

  At the Data Center Jobs Board, we have a new job listing from Another Source, which is seeking a Critical Facility Engineer (HVAC and Data Center Controls) in San Antonio, Texas.