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A fascinating look at Amazon’s James Hamilton
Wired reports: But with this enormous success comes a whole new set of computing problems, and James Hamilton is one of the key thinkers charged with solving such problems, striving to rethink the data center for the age of cloud computing. Much like two other cloud computing giants — Google and Microsoft — Amazon says […]
Continue reading...How Apple’s massive North Carolina Data Center got built
Friday, July 13, 2012
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Gigaom drops some interesting nuggets detailing the history behind Apple’s massive 500,000 square foot data center in Maiden, North Carolina. Economic development officials in Catawba County, and a data center development group, had been talking with Apple for months to get the company interested in setting up its data center in town. Then the developer […]
Continue reading...Apple confirms new data center in Prineville, Oregon
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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Apple confirmed yesterday its plans to build a new, and green, data center in Prineville, Oregon, located right near Facebook’s own data center. KTVZ has the full scoop over here.
Continue reading...Apple considering new Data Center in Prineville, Oregon
Monday, December 5, 2011
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After setting up a massive 500,000 square foot data center in Maiden, North Carolina, it appears that Apple’s isn’t quite finished with its data center push. OregonLive reported this weekend that Apple is exploring the possibility of opening up a new data center in Prineville, Oregon and that it already has an option to purchase 160 […]
Continue reading...Apple looking to build Solar Farm to help power its North Carolina Data Center
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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Organizations like Greenpeace routinely love to criticize Apple for alleged environmental improprieties. But in reality, Apple is one of the more environmentally conscious companies around and is often the target of Greenpeace because they want to attract as much public attention as possible and, well, there’s no better way to spice up a headline than […]
Continue reading...Mashable’s attention-seeking and conspiratorial headline about Apple’s Data Center and Google Earth
Thursday, June 2, 2011
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As Apple’s massive data center in Maiden, North Carolina ramps up for operations, the huge structure is now visible in its current state via Google Maps and Google Earth. Of course, the images available via Google aren’t entirely new since video flybys of the property, perhaps unauthorized, have been floating around for a while now. […]
Continue reading...Apple to run voice recognition technology from Nuance at its North Carolina Data Center
Monday, May 9, 2011
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By John Hiesler: It’s largely believed that one of the more important features of iOS 5 will be voice recognition. Not only did Apple purchase Siri – a company well regarded for their voice-activated personal assistant app – but rumor has it that Apple is exploring a deal of some sort with Nuance, the company […]
Continue reading...Apple wooes away Kevin Timmons, Microsofts head of global cloud computing
Thursday, April 14, 2011
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With the recent hire of Kevin Timmons, Apple’s Data Center plans appear to be moving ahead at full steam. DataCenterKnowledge reports that Apple recently wooed away Kevin Timmons from Microsoft where he had worked on Redmond’s global cloud computing operation for less than two years. Timmons had previously spent over 10 years at Geocities/Yahoo. The hire […]
Continue reading...Apple purchases 12 Petabytes of storage from Isilon Systems
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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Forget terabytes, you’re not really ballin’ unless you’re dealing with petabytes – and that’s exactly how Apple rolls. StorageNewsletter is reporting that Apple recently placed an enormous order for 12 petabytes (that’s 12,000 terabytes) of storage support from Isilon Systems. Based out of Seattle, Isilon currently boasts over 1,500 clients and markets clustered storage systems and […]
Continue reading...Apple looking to expand access to iTunes purchases
Monday, March 7, 2011
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Apple is reportedly engaged in negotiations with record labels in an effort to give iTunes users the ability to store backups of their purchases in the cloud and dowload them again should the originals get lost or destroyed. Bloomberg notes that Apple is currently in talks with Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music, and EMI […]
Continue reading...Apple’s North Carolina Data Center using a “unique design”?
Friday, February 4, 2011
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DataCenterKnowledge reports: Is Apple using custom enclosures and “unique” airflow and cable management in its North Carolina data center? We can’t say for certain, but it sure looks that way based on an announcement today from several data center industry equipment vendors. Instor and Electrorack said they have completed a project providing tailor-made enclosures for an […]
Continue reading...Olivier Sanche, head of Apple’s North Carolina Data Center dead at 41
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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Mike Manos of Loose Bolts writes on Olivier Sanche who passed away from a heart attack this Thanksgiving weekend. The data center industry has suffered a huge loss this holiday weekend with the passing of Olivier Sanche, head of Apple’s Data Center program. He was an incredibly thoughtful man, a great father and husband, and […]
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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