OT.. but interesting agriculture for Intel:
___Intel Launches Internet Data Services Division___
Intel is moving into the business of providing Internet data
services, Gerry Parker, executive VP of Intel's new business
group, said yesterday at a gathering of industry analysts.
In the latest move to generate demand for powerful Intel
processors, the company has started a new division to build
data centers for Web application hosting, storage, and
delivery of Web content.
The operations, effectively server farms, will cost $50
million to $100 million each and house 2,000 to 5,500
servers, which Intel will buy from PC vendors. The first,
across the street from Intel's Santa Clara, Calif.,
headquarters, will house data for Excite, an Internet
service provider, and Pandesic, a Web-hosting venture
between Intel and SAP for small businesses. The site will
employ about 50 people.
Imaginary tour bus guide says..
"... and on one side of the road we're growing artichokes and spinach while on this side we have a new crop of EMC disk arrays just starting to bloom."
Jim |
