More Economies of Scale: Efficiency, Head Count and TCO | Clouds James Hamilton’s presentation at Mix 10 illuminated cloud computing economics that few others have direct experience with, but I also believe that this presentation raises interesting questions that didn’t get addressed. (If you haven’t seen James Hamilton’s Mix10 presentation, go watch it now. You should probably also go through Randy’s follow up, and then watch James talk again… I’ve watched it 3 times now.) This is the first post that will refer to aspects of James’ talk (and I plan at least one more about business models) and in case I haven’t stressed this enough, if you have any interest in understanding the economics of cloud computing, take the time to watch one of the best in this business. Central to James’ presentation is the breaking down the total cost of ownership of computational infrastructure. Cost Breakdown from James Hamilton The thing I want to focus on here is the missing cost of personnel. To keep the numbers easy, let’s assume an admin is paid $100,000 per year.
When can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc e Series Windows Live team blog - Windows Live World’s Largest Data Center: 350 E. Cermak « Data Center Knowled {*style:<i>By: Rich Miller April 13th, 2010 </i>*} in Share And the number one entry in our list of the world’s largest data centers … An aerial view of 350 East Cermak, the 1.1 million square foot data center facility in Chicago. The industrial strength infrastructure includes four fiber vaults and three electric power feeds, which provide the building with more than 100 megawatts of power. 350 East Cermak is currently the second-largest power customer for Commonwealth Edison, trailing only Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. One of the most distinctive features of the facility is its cooling system, which is supported by an 8.5 million gallon tank of a refrigerated brine-like liquid (seen at left in the top photo). For more information, see . This hallway provides a glimpse of the Gothic architecture that provides a sense of atmosphere not seen at most data center buildings. The building may have its exterior flourishes, but underneath it's industrial-strength ifnrastructure.
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Free Native 64-bit programs Information This list is for native 64-bit applications. Not to be confused with 32-bit applications that run in a 64-bit OS. Only free software is listed here. I thought Id start a list of free native 64-bit programs for tasks you use daily, such as cd burning, archiving ,word processing, etc. Im sure if you use 64-bit version of Windows 7, you would prefer to run native 64-bit applications, so please add your suggestions to this list. 64-bit collection: [link] Note: if you get an error when trying to run any of these programs you probably need to update your Microsoft assembly files. On this page you can download 64-bit versions of many of the Freezerware utilities. 7 Taskbar Tweaker: [link] This programs enables you to tweak your Windows 7 taskbar. 7-zip: [link] Achive manager. Agent Ransack: [link] File locater tool. Axantum AxCrypt for Windows: [link] AxCrypt is the leading open source file encryption software for Windows. BlackBox : [link] Blender: [link] Bulk Renaming Utility: [link] Spyware.
Special Report: The World’s Largest Data Centers « Data Center K {*style:<i>By: Rich Miller April 11th, 2010 </i>*} in Share {*style:<i> <b>Like this story? Get the latest data center news by e-mail or RSS , or follow us on Twitter or Facebook . The mega-data center has become a staple of our global technology infrastructure, serving as the backbone of the digital economy. We’ve seen a lot of huge data centers in our travels, and have identified 10 that we believe are the largest found anywhere. We should note that there are many apples vs. oranges comparisons in the data center world. Here’s our list of the Ten Largest Data Centers, with links to more information about each facility: