IBM wants 400 million dollars in the clouds computer
Who knows Computing clouds could also clear the air?
IBM announced Friday that the cost of nearly 400 million dollars in new data cloud computing center in North Carolina and Tokyo. Big Blue to spend nearly $ 360 million for the repair of existing buildings on its Research Triangle Park campus in North Carolina. The aim is to recycling 95 per cent of the existing buildings Shell, recycling 90 percent of the old building and make sure that 20 per cent of new material for recycling. The new center is expected in late 2009.
Big Blue also stipulates that the new data center on Motor Vehicles “50 percent more efficient than the industry average, which represents a reduction of approximately 31799 tons of carbon dioxide a year.” If IBM, can follow through the promise that 5800 would be equivalent cars, streets, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Tokyo facility is used in combination with new facilities in North Carolina and seven other clouds IBM Computer Center in cities like Dublin, Ireland and Beijing.
Clean air benefits aside, few people were surprised that IBM, which lies in the largest computer consulting business in the world and sends most of its income from software services such as housing, must go head-first in a cloud of IT services .
Although Google offers its customers Web-based applications, Amazon provides hosting services for the creation of new enterprises and companies such as Salesforce.com offer a range of on-demand software, you can easily forget that IBM focus on the real business use.
In November 2007, IBM unveiled its “Blue Cloud” service package. And at a conference in Los Angeles in April, IBM managers, it is clear that the provision of hosting services is nothing new for them. The rest of the computer industry? According to IBM, is familiar with this game.
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