Archive for June, 2010

Freudenberg IT: SAP-certified Provider of Cloud Hosting

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Freudenberg IT announced it is now an SAP-certified provider of cloud services. The internationally active IT service provider is one of the first SAP partners to receive SAP certification of its cloud services. As such, Freudenberg IT can operate its customers’ SAP applications in the dynamic environment of cloud computing. Freudenberg IT has designed its cloud services specifically for the requirements of SAP software.

“Achieving certification as a provider of cloud services in support of SAP applications is an affirmation of the tremendous effort that Freudenberg IT has invested into architecting its cloud environment to meet the rigorous quality standards of SAP,” said Freudenberg IT’s CEO Michael Fichtner.

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Choosing the Right Cloud Server

Monday, June 21st, 2010

SeaMicro’s low-power server, the SM10000, arrives at a crossroads in the computer industry: Demand for cloud computing centers keeps growing along with the energy required to operate them. Sure, IBM, HP, Dell and other server makers have jumped on the cloud bandwagon, but instead of helping their enterprise customers transition to a low-power, cloud-enabled future, they’re hellbent on delivering “cloud solutions” anchored on tweaked versions of their existing server, storage and networking products.

Not SeaMicro. The company ditched the typical volume server architecture and instead outfitted its system with 512 Intel Atom processors, the same chips that help netbooks give their owners several hours of computing time between battery charges. Along with some dynamic workload management, the system can deliver web pages and other non-compute-intensive functions typical of many web services…

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Dell Cloud Gaming

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Dell’s (DELL) lack of good press these days centers around what could be considered a tired game of “me too” in the consumer electronics business combined with the relatively banal business of corporate IT. Even so, the Round Rock, Tex., company has its head in the clouds in a good way.

Dell’s bet in the clouds is part of a strategy to revive its stock price from the doldrums of sub-$20s it has languished in for years. While keeping its status quo in the PC and server business — and losing some of its shirt to HP (HPQ) and Acer — the company needs to lead in a hit area. Selling a billion or so in goods for high-end server farms specifically targeting the delivery and interaction of high-tech games to game addicts seems like a great area to target.

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