Redmond (ip-192.com): Microsoft will work with eBay to create the next generation infrastructure and develop a private cloud technology. The private cloud will not compete with its current public cloud Azure, Microsoft said. It will be used to accommodate online transactions as well as private data not suitable for a public cloud environment. "The Windows [...]
Prineville (ip-192.com): Facebook Thursday announced that it is building its first custom data center that will help the social networking site maintain performance levels for its growing legion of users. The 147,000-square-foot facility is estimated to cost $180 Million and will be located in Prineville, Oregon. Facebook has more than 350 million users and wants [...]
Menlo Park (ip-192.com): Google launched a new search engine service specifically designed for large e-commerce retailers. Google Commerce Search puts a key element of a retail website's shopping experience in Google's hands: the consumers' ability to find the merchandise. With a starting price of $50,000 per year, Google Commerce Search will run on Google servers. [...]
San Jose (ip-192.com): Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), EMC Corp. (EMC) and VMware Inc. (VMW) unveiled a joint venture to sell a new integrated data center product named "V-Block," combining EMC's storage equipment, Cisco's virtualized servers and networking gear and VMware’s virtualization technology. Basically, an A V-Block is a virtual block of IT gear, a set [...]
