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IBM and utility based services provider iTricity have announced that the latter company will open a brand new Cloud Computing Hosting Center for Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. Based on IBM “Blue Cloud” technology, iTricity will use the center to host computing services for its customers. The two companies will work closely to build this landmark center. With the new center, the iTricity computing service will be made available under monthly credit card billing for either fixed or variable, usage-based fees. The hosting service is planned to span iTricity’s five data centers located in the Amsterdam region.

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This post was written by Mulah Johnson

Hewlett Packard has released a new ProLiant blade enclosure with higher server densities designed for cloud computing and other computing-intensive applications. The new blade, named as HP ProLiant BL2×220c G5, offers double the density of its HP predecessors by fitting two servers into each slot. While cloud computing applications are likely to benefit, the blade is targeted at multiple use cases, such as oil and gas producers who need computing power for geophysical surveys.

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