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The Green Grid, a nonprofit organisation designed to improve energy efficiency for datacentres and corporate computing, announced on Monday its first board of directors.
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Looking to blunt the success of Linux in high-performance computing, Microsoft is ramping up its commitment to create a "Cluster Compute" version of Windows that better fits data-intensive computing grids.
Hewlett-Packard is attempting to revitalise its sagging data storage division by announcing new products and plans centered on the idea of a storage "grid."
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