Rackable Systems announced the immediate availability of CloudRackâ„¢ C2, a unified cabinet which delivers dramatic bottom-line savings to data centers by assuring maximum power and cooling efficiency. CloudRack C2 provides staggering server densities with up to 1,280 cores per cabinet and 99 percent energy efficiencies.

Innovative Power Distribution

CloudRack C2 is the first of many Rackable products to utilize Power XEâ„¢ - a cabinet-level power distribution technology designed to:

Cisco today unveiled an evolutionary new data center architecture, innovative services and an open ecosystem of best in class partners to help customers develop next-generation data centers that unleash the full power of virtualization. With today’s announcement, Cisco is delivering on the promise of virtualization through Unified Computing — an architecture that bridges the silos in the data center into one unified architecture using industry standard technologies.

Egenera, Inc. announced that the Dell™ / PAN System designed by Egenera®, is now available for shipment from Dell, Inc. in North America. Built on proven Dell servers, industry-leading storage and standard hypervisor technologies, the Dell / PAN System is factory-integrated and delivered as a complete, turn-key solution. The Dell / PAN System virtualizes and pools data center resources, including SANs and networks, into scalable, changeable assets. This delivers agility and ensures high-availability of mission critical services, creating a more cost-efficient data center.

GTSI Teams with Savvis to Deliver IT Infrastructure Savvis announced a strategic alliance with GTSI Corp., a leading provider of information technology (IT) solutions to the federal government. Under the alliance, Savvis will become GTSI’s preferred provider of a wide range of managed hosting and IT infrastructure services for the federal agencies that outsource their IT services to GTSI.

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation announced general availability of flash-based solid state drives (SSDs) for the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V and VM. Innovative flash-based drive technology combined with Hitachi’s world-class virtualized storage services platform is designed to provide exceptional performance of business-critical applications, with significantly improved utilization, while also reducing power and cooling consumption.