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March: Technology: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive announced at trade show Cebit that Microsoft would share best practice for the operation of its data centers. Barclays installed HP Dynamic Smart Cooling to cut energy use at its new major 28,000 square foot datacenter in Gloucester, UK. Tyco Electronics introduced AMP NETCONNECT MRJ21 pre-terminated copper cabling system. TrueNet cabinets, especially designed for cable management, were launched and Schroff also introduced a cable management cabinet. A survey found that users were becoming wary of vendors' green claims for their products. The Uptime Institute updated its Tier rating system.
Corporate: The first rumours that Microsoft was about to change the data center industry emerged with conjecture that its cloud computing infrastructure investments would out scale anything its had previously announced and involve 20 cloud data centers of over 500,000 sq ft each. Brocade, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Strategic Business Systems (SBS), a privately held provider of IT professional services. BMC bought Bladelogic.
Europe MEA: An investment surge began. Abu Dhabi opened new data centers to handle its extended efforts to attract tourism and other inward investment. KDDI (see below) subsidiary Telehouse Europe announced plans to invest an initial
March: Technology: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive announced at trade show Cebit that Microsoft would share best practice for the operation of its data centers. Barclays installed HP Dynamic Smart Cooling to cut energy use at its new major 28,000 square foot datacenter in Gloucester, UK. Tyco Electronics introduced AMP NETCONNECT MRJ21 pre-terminated copper cabling system. TrueNet cabinets, especially designed for cable management, were launched and Schroff also introduced a cable management cabinet. A survey found that users were becoming wary of vendors' green claims for their products. The Uptime Institute updated its Tier rating system.
Corporate: The first rumours that Microsoft was about to change the data center industry emerged with conjecture that its cloud computing infrastructure investments would out scale anything its had previously announced and involve 20 cloud data centers of over 500,000 sq ft each. Brocade, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Strategic Business Systems (SBS), a privately held provider of IT professional services. BMC bought Bladelogic.
Europe MEA: An investment surge began. Abu Dhabi opened new data centers to handle its extended efforts to attract tourism and other inward investment. KDDI (see below) subsidiary Telehouse Europe announced plans to invest an initial