| Time |
Event |
| 12:11a |
Security Conscious Cyxtera Acquires Immunity
The security conscious data center operator Cyxtera adds muscle with the acquisition of Immunity, an offense-oriented security company. |
| 6:51p |
Microsoft Says Chip Fix May Significantly Slow Some Servers
The greatest noticeable impact will be on servers in corporate on-prem. data centers, Microsoft said, where even small deficits in performance can be magnified because those machines handle a large volume of actions that require talking to the impacted part of the chips. Most Azure customers will see no noticeable impact, according to the company. |
| 7:30p |
Edge Computing: Density Matters
Challenges at the edge demand more ingenious utilization of limited available resources. |
| 8:01p |
Evocative Expands to Northern Virginia With Data Center Acquisition
The relatively small Reston site gives East Coast presence to the predominantly West Coast data center provider that’s been expanding via acquisition since last year. Evocative plans more acquisitions and a national IP backbone. |
| 11:15p |
New Supercomputer to Extend NOAA's Weather Predictions by Six Days
The administration says two new Dell systems being added to existing IBM and Cray clusters in Virginia and Florida data centers will boost its compute power by one third and storage by 60 percent, extending its visibility into future weather from 10 to 16 days. |