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Microsoft and Rackspace team up for simple .NET app deployment to the Cloud — building43

You might know that I used to work at Microsoft. Well, I returned to Microsoft’s offices to meet with Joseph Hofstader, architect evangelist in Microsoft’s communications sector, to announce a new collaboration between Rackspace Cloud and Microsoft.

via www.building43.com

Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative

A summary of the memo from the Federal CIO

The reported number of Federal data centers in 2009 is more than 1,100.In 2006, Federal servers and data centers consumed over 6 billion kWh of electricity and without a fundamental shift in how we deploy technology it could exceed 12 billion kWh by 2011.

The Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative aims to address these challenges by leveraging best practices in the public and private sector. The focus of this initiative is to:

• Promote the use of Green IT by reducing the overall energy and real estate footprint of government data centers
  
• Reduce the cost of data center hardware, software and operations
  
• Increase the overall IT security posture of the government
  
• Shift IT investments to more efficient computing platforms and technologies

The full two page PDF can be seen here: Download 27535844-Data-Center-Consolidation-Memo-02-26-10

Cloud storage may be main focus of Apple's Lala buyout

UPDATE: Apple purchased Lala and will be shutting down the service May 31, 2010. Presumably they'll announce soon how its services will be integrated into Apple. 

Cloud storage may be main focus of Apple's Lala buyout.

Cloud storage may be main focus of Apple's Lala buyout