AT&T aims to ease private-to-hybrid cloud transition
13 Feb 2012
AT&T has launched a new version of its Synaptic Compute as a Service offering designed to help enterprises access capacity beyond their private clouds. AT&T’s goal is to ease the transition for enterprises to upgrade from a private cloud to a hybrid cloud system using AT&T’s network to provide addition storage and compute power.
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DOJ approves Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility
13 Feb 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice has approved Google's acquisition of mobile-phone and tablet maker Motorola Mobility for about $12.5 billion, following the European Commission's approval earlier in the day. Google is still waiting for approvals from China, Israel, and Taiwan before the deal is final. Canada's investigation is also ongoing. The search giant still says it hopes the acquisition will close in "early 2012."
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HP hopes to cut data center costs with new Gen8 servers
13 Feb 2012
Hewlett-Packard on Monday introduced Gen8, its next generation of servers, which integrate new technologies designed to cut overall maintenance and power costs in data centers while maintaining high server uptimes. Gen8 servers have new hardware and software technology for better performance-per-watt and a reduction in the manual labor involved in updating servers, HP said. The automatic updating and server load-balancing features will help save millions of dollars over a three-year span, HP said.
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