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Ten Servers that Changed the World
2007-02-09 01:44:02 The following are ten servers that have enabled IT world-beaters to develop technological advancements that transformed the way we work and live. While the people behind the systems are the real brains, this list highlights the hardware they relied on. Without further ado, in no particular order, here?s our list of the Ten Servers that Change d the World . —————— ;—————̵ 2;—————R 12;————— 212;—————&# 8212;—————& #8212;- 1. Google’s Very First Server Server: Sun Ultra 2 Significance: First Google Server The Sun Ultra 2 may seem like an unlikely candidate to make this list, but it steps up as the server which first hosted Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s Backrub search engine ? which, of course, eventually evolved into Google. In 1998, Backrub was hosted on a Sun Ultra 2 with dual 200Mhz CPUs ... More About: Hat , The World
Jackalopes and Cheap Datacenters: Sioux Falls, SD
2007-02-09 01:44:02 If you’re looking to run a datacenter on the cheap in 2006, Sioux Falls is the place to be. Let me repeat that. Sioux Falls is the place to be. You really don’t get to say that often enough. To our friends to the West, I send my congratulations, as yesterday Information Week published a report from The Boyd Co. citing Sioux Falls as the most affordable place in the United States to operate a datacenter. They based their ranking on various costs involved in operating a 125,000 foot datacenter with Sioux Falls, coming in just below $10 million in annual operating costs. If you suddenly find yourself re-locating to Sioux Falls for a stint to set up your corporation’s new datacenter, here is what you can look forward to in the “Gateway to the Plains.” 1) Hunt Jack alope. Licenses are sold at many gas stations and whoever catches the first one makes the record books. The jackalope is a mythical(?) creature resembling a rabbit with horns. They’re a dista... More About: Data , Cent , Center , Cheap
Business Journal Fast 50 - w00t!
2007-02-09 01:44:02 Vibrant was very proud to be chosen for the 2006 Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal Fast 50 Private Companies. Last night, our CEO, Jennifer VanDerHorst (or VanDerHorst-en according to the Fox9 emcee), accepted a giant etched glass obelisk on behalf of Vibrant. It was a fun evening that allowed us to take a brief moment to celebrate our company’s rapid growth over the past two years. Here’s a little overview of the evening, and what we did to be included on this year’s list. Nomination and Acceptance This past summer we applied, knowing that our growth level put us in range of the fastest growing private companies in the Twin Cities. I entered our basic info on the Biz Journal’s website nomination form (yeah, self-nomination, it sounds like that’s how almost everybody does it) and then I collected our certified financial documents for the past three years from my CFO. I delivered those to the financial firm, Virchow Krause, who was also one of the sp... More About: Ness , Sine
Adapting to the eBay Effect -or- Just let your Soul Glow
2007-02-09 01:44:02 Scores of businesses have been altered by the presense of auction sites. How does one handle the eBay effect? You can: A) Bask in eBay’s afterglow. B) Hide from the Nuclear Rays, or C) Let your own soul glow…? Our company, Vibrant Technologies, buys and sells quality used servers, storage and networking hardware and we have observed the thick of the eBay effect. We’ve mostly chosen not to go with option A in that we don’t market very many products at auction. We also would be daft to ignore the effect that eBay has had on the marketplace, so we aren’t avoiding those nuclear rays, either. Instead - you’ve got it - we’ve let our souls glow. No, I don’t (necessarily) mean like Eriq LaSalle did in 1988’s Coming to America. (I admit it though, I did write this post primarily so I could include the YouTube video.) What I do mean is that we’ve chosen to stand out, and take advantage of our strengths. We’ve realized that man... More About: Soul , Just , Ebay , Your , Effect
Milestone Roundup Post
More articles from this author:2007-02-09 01:44:02 This week the blog is six months old and today happens to be my seventh anniversary working at Vibrant. To commemorate these milestones, I offer up the following roundup post. Okay, I admit it. This is actually just an excuse to put up a quick post while we work on getting some solid blog posts rolling again. I enjoy getting a look in at client’s datacenters and operations. It’s almost always impressive to see a large corporations massive and intricately organized server farm or warehouse system. Here are some sneak peeks that have surfaced on the web recently: AT&T’s Global Network Operations Center - If I saw this in a big Hollywood movie, I would frankly think they were overdoing it. Pixar’s Rendering Farm - A row like this is common to see at an ISP, but when you consider these are all dedicated just to rendering, it’s pretty cool. Motherboard Factory Tour (Gigabyte) - PCStats.com has a very thorough tour of Gigabyte’s motherboard fac... More About: Post , Roundup , Miles , Stone , Mile 1, 2 |
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