Facebook has been building its own servers and storage gear for years, and last June announced its first-ever networking gear in the form of a top-of-rack switch called “Wedge.” On Wednesday,… Read more »
Earlier this month, Facebook announced a new data center networking architecture that it calls, fittingly, “data center fabric.” We had Facebook Director of Network Engineering Najam Ahmad on the Structure Show… Read more »
Microsoft, a software power, wants to have a greater say in how data center hardware is designed. And now it’s even got some hardware partners in this effort. Read more »
This year’s Structure conference had speakers discussing the rapid adoption of the cloud by enterprises, security and privacy issues, and why they are embracing openness. Read more »
Rackspace unveiled its OnMetal cloud servers at Structure today. The servers, developed from Open Compute Project hardware, come in three different configurations, each tailored to handle a specific task. Read more »
Frank Frankovsky, one of the men responsible for Facebook’s foray into building hardware, has left the social networking giant to form his own startup. Read more »
Facebook is building its second data center in LuleĆ„, Sweden, using “rapid deployment data center” techniques that will speed construction and simplify design by prebuilding certain parts and creating standardized kits… Read more »
Facebook might have launched the Open Compute Project to force server vendors to build higher-effiency gear, but it’s having a much greater impact than even Facebook anticipated. Read more »
On this week’s Structure Show we hash out why Microsoft, a software company, needs to weigh in on server design and Mailchimp’s data scientist on why we should watch what DisneyWorld… Read more »