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Big Blue turning its data centers green, 08/01/07: IBM Wednesday said it will consolidate nearly 4,000 PC servers onto mainframes running Linux in a move that will cut $250 million from the cost of operating its six major data centers.
Middleware for server grids goes green, 08/06/07: Grid middleware vendor Appistry Monday launched a software module that automatically powers down servers when they are not needed by applications, thus saving on energy consumption.
IBM helps customers get a supercomputer on the cheap, 07/31/07: IBM ratcheted the world of supercomputing up a few notches in June with the Blue Gene/P, a system nearly three times as fast as its predecessor at a cost of $1.3 million per rack.
