Microsoft's Distributed Systems group utilized a new file system architecture, dubbed Flat Datacenter Storage, over a full bisection bandwidth network to burn through the competition.

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The biggest driver of datacenter expansion are the pervasiveness of smartphones and a new class of devices, nicknamed IoT, or Internet of Things.

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New technology creates new product and investment opportunities that will drive the next generation of datacenter, computer and consumer devices.

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In this account, HP responds to the evolving requirements of a fairly new (dating from around 2007) sector in the server business, the mega-datacenter.

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