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HP's New 4-Socket Servers Pack Punch, Efficiency
Apr 30th
You can’t be too rich, too thin or have too much computing power, but you can spend too much money. Since the first server went into a rack, enterprise IT departments have been balancing cost and performance in the data center. HP’s ProLiant BL660c Gen8 blade server and DL560 Gen8 server give them new ways to stack the odds.
The single largest operating cost in most data centers is power, and while estimates vary, as much as 50% of that power goes for cooling. Big data, social media and the proliferation of cloud-based applications and mobile clients have spiked demand for server-side processing and throughput. As the installed base grows, so does the cost of energy, further straining IT budgets.
In response, HP is leading the server industry’s focus on server efficiency. By optimizing power consumption and increasing server density, data centers can significantly reduce their energy needs. Density coupled with increased processing capabilities provides a more compact management environment for administrators, while producing a much greater compute output for a given floor size.
HP’s latest additions to the ProLiant Scale-up (four or more sockets) portfolio have taken the next steps toward addressing power, performance and floor space congestion. Featuring Intel® Xeon® E5-4600 processors, the BL660c Gen8 and DL560 Gen8 were built to deliver industry-leading performance for compute-intensive applications, while reducing the overall infrastructure and management burden. The results are impressive.
Savings
The most noticeable features of both the BL660c and the DL560 are embedded intelligence and size. While they offer the computing power of many 4s/4U servers, the DL560 is just 2U high. The BL660c is a full-height, single-slot blade. By increasing server density and enhancing energy efficiency, data centers can reduce their overall rack space profile, cooling requirements and power consumption. As a result, HP estimates break-even times of as fast as three months.
HP has built in a number of embedded technologies to automate these savings. For example, Automated Energy Optimization builds a heat map of the entire server, boosting cooling resources where they’re needed and slowing them where they aren’t.
Manageability
Human resources have a cost, too. Optimizing administrative tasks can reduce the amount of time IT spends on routine management – freeing staff to create more value through innovation.
The new ProLiant servers score here as well. HP’s ProActive Insight Architecture provides monitoring and automation tools that can reduce the administration workload by up to 69% by assisting provisioning, monitoring, diagnostics and support, thus allowing IT staff to better support corporate business strategies.
From the hardware up, the BL660c and DL560 were built for serviceability. All four CPU sockets and memory modules are placed on the system board for easy access, and the FlexibleLOM card slot replaces the embedded LAN on the motherboard to give administrators a wide variety of options for fabric, port quantity and chipset. Additionally, the DL560 provides up to six full-height card slots (two of them full-length) for maximum flexibility. There’s even support for 150 Watt cards.
Performance
Savings and efficiency don’t matter much if the server can’t perform. The ProLiant BL660c and DL560′s balanced architecture enable them to command top spots in all cases. Leading SPECjbb2013 and SAP SD 2-tier benchmarks demonstrate the servers’ suitability for business processing implementations – including databases, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and batch processing – and the combination of the industry’s top floating-point calculations and super-fast PCIe Gen3 I/O provide more than enough horsepower and bandwidth to handle High Performance Computing (HPC) jobs – particularly as control nodes. Finally, in the omnipresent virtualization space, the ProLiant BL660c and DL560 hold the top spots for dense 4-socket servers. High scores across-the-board show that the ProLiants are solid, well-built machines – not just generic servers “cooked” to score well on a specific test.
The Optimum Workloads
Dense 4-socket (and greater) servers like the BL660c and DL560 really show their value in situations that require fast I/O, heavy threading and large amounts of memory. Traditional IT infrastructure operations are often fairly low-demand, so unless you’re operating at an incredibly large volume or plan to grow quickly, you may be able to get by with lower-cost, 2-socket servers, like the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 server blade or DL360p Gen8 rack server.
As you step up your processing load and number of connections, though, the BL660c and DL560 come into their own. Virtualization, business intelligence and business processing are full of potential bottlenecks that won’t slow them down. These Gen8 servers are ideal for replacing aging RISC/Unix systems as well as demanding database workloads – either bare-metal or virtualized.
Much more than some Frankenstein’s monster artificially packing in resources to make the form factor more dense, the BL660c and DL560 Gen8 servers deliver all this in a well-architected, superbly built package without compromising on performance, scalability or efficiency.
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Punch Communications Appoints Tyler Sox in Its Continued Integrated SEO … – MarketWatch (press release)
Jul 6th
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Punch Communications Appoints Tyler Sox in Its Continued Integrated SEO …
MarketWatch (press release) Prior to joining Punch, Tyler primarily handled on-site SEO campaigns for both national and global clients operating across various industries, including fashion, sports and technology. In addition, Tyler has expertise optimising e-commerce websites as … |
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Is Dunn’s Resignation the Knockout Punch for Best Buy?
Apr 16th
The resignation of Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn last week could be the start of a massive shift for not only Best Buy, but for big-box retailers across a wide range of sectors.
“This is not the end of physical media sales, but that will become a minority niche business,” said Marty Wolf, a merger and acquisitions adviser. “Retailers in general are going to have to realize that retail space in many circumstances is becoming a showroom for the Internet – or retailers need to make the space an entertainment and services facility as Apple has done.”
Along with last week’s announcement of Dunn’s resignation, Best Buy said it would close 50 of its stores. Dunn was a 26-year veteran of the company, and while some allegations of an affair have been raised since he stepped down, most company observers are speculating he was primarily forced out because of his inability to convert the e-commerce business quickly enough to compete with Amazon.
In many ways, Best Buy became a victim of some of the very technology it used. Visitors to its retail shops could instantly comparison shop with tablets and smartphones.
“Dunn’s successor will grapple with consumers’ growing comfort in making purchases with smartphones, sometimes inside of Best Buy stores, as well as the popularity of buying from Apple Inc. and Amazon,” said Adam Hanft, CEO of marketing firm Hanft Projects. “That is the triple demon that they face. They get foot traffic, but they’re not converting that into sales because people are in there with their iPads seeing if they can get a better buy.”
Perhaps ironically, Best Buy had started to position itself for the shift, acquiring mindSHIFT for $167 million to extend its business further beyond retail. But that may have been too little, too late.
“The company could not move fast enough to transform – even as it is closing stores, the market could not wait,” Wolf said.
Dunn joins a string of high-profile CEO ousters in the tech sector, according to Bobby Zafarnia, president of Praecere Interactive. He pointed to HP and former CEO Mark Hurd, Yahoo and former CEO Carol Bartz, and Olympus and former CEO Michael Woodford as recent examples.
“There’s the larger narrative of CEO resignations in the tech and retail industries that results in tremendous negative attention for the company, hurting investor confidence in Best Buy,” he said. “Whether it’s the company that faces scrutiny, board of directors or CEO’s behavior that’s in question, the scandal is what will always dominate the headlines until a new leader is installed and profits are back on track – and that’s never an overnight development.”
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Punch Communications welcomes SEO specialist Rebecca Hollingsworth – EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Mar 22nd
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Punch Communications welcomes SEO specialist Rebecca Hollingsworth
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) LONDON–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Integrated PR, SEO and social media agency, Punch Communications, has recently welcomed SEO specialist Rebecca Hollingsworth to its ever-expanding team. Rebecca brings with her over eight years of experience, … |
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Punch Communications welcomes SEO specialist Rebecca Hollingsworth – MarketWatch (press release)
Mar 21st
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Punch Communications welcomes SEO specialist Rebecca Hollingsworth
MarketWatch (press release) LONDON, Mar 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Integrated PR, SEO and social media agency, Punch Communications, has recently welcomed SEO specialist Rebecca Hollingsworth to its ever-expanding team. Rebecca brings with her over eight years of experience, … |
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Market Insight Provider Cint Appoints Punch Communications for PR and SEO Campaign – Albany Times Union
Mar 10th
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Market Insight Provider Cint Appoints Punch Communications for PR and SEO Campaign
Albany Times Union Punch Communications, the integrated public relations, social media and SEO agency has been appointed by global provider of solutions for gaining market insight, Cint to undertake a PR and SEO campaign throughout its key markets including the UK, US, … |
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Market Insight Provider Cint Appoints Punch Communications for PR and SEO Campaign – Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Mar 10th
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Market Insight Provider Cint Appoints Punch Communications for PR and SEO Campaign
Virtual-Strategy Magazine Punch Communications, the integrated public relations, social media and SEO agency has been appointed by global provider of solutions for gaining market insight, Cint to undertake a PR and SEO campaign throughout its key markets including the UK, US, … |
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Market Insight Provider Cint Appoints Punch Communications for PR and SEO Campaign – PR Web (press release)
Mar 10th
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Market Insight Provider Cint Appoints Punch Communications for PR and SEO Campaign
PR Web (press release) Punch Communications, the integrated public relations, social media and SEO agency has been appointed by global provider of solutions for gaining market insight, Cint to undertake a PR and SEO campaign throughout its key markets including the UK, US, … |
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SEO Campaigns Need To Attract Quality Traffic, Not Just Quantity Says Punch – Emailwire (press release)
Jan 17th
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SEO Campaigns Need To Attract Quality Traffic, Not Just Quantity Says Punch
Emailwire (press release) COM, January 17, 2012 ) Leicestershire, UK — When researching keywords for search engine optimisation (SEO) campaigns many businesses will naturally opt for those that are searched for the most, however, in some cases these terms are fairly open and … |
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Forrester’s Josh Bernoff Completes Covario One-Two Keynote Punch at … – MarketWatch (press release)
Jan 11th
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Forrester's Josh Bernoff Completes Covario One-Two Keynote Punch at …
MarketWatch (press release) In another session, panelists from Campmor and Lenovo will discuss integrating SEO (search engine optimization) and social media. Case studies are set to revolve around such key topics as leveraging info-graphics with social media influentials, … |
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