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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For that full-motion video, high bandwidth, global technology we will need all new infrastructure, from backbone to servers to personal ports.

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In addition you need to consider whether the work they are doing could be redesigned so that your full-time people would have the bandwidth to do it.

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