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Cloud Banks - Gannet on a stick…Datacentre in a can

Posted by BusinessCloud9 in Infrastructure on Wed, 13/01/2010 - 13:14

Well no, to be fair no one from Monty Python actually said that, but the idea keeps hanging around, and it might actually have some merit after all. Microsoft is the latest big name to have gone for the idea of the datacentre in a container, with one on show at its recent Professional Developers’ Conference. While the idea is certainly not new, there is a new dimension to the idea that could have some far-reaching implications.

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