The future of computing has been a long time coming, but HP might actually bring it about-- at its Discover 2014 conference the company unveils "The Machine," an ominously titled processing architecture designed to handle vast amounts of data.

In a few words, The Machine consists of clusters of special-purpose cores, with silicon photonics (ie lasers) replacing traditional copper wires. Serving as both memory and storage are memristors, a futuristic technology as fast as RAM yet also able to store data permanently, while tying all together is a new free and open source Machine OS.

The result is a computer able to handle vast amounts of data while using much less power. How much so? According to HP a Machine server can crunch 160 petabytes of data in 250 nanoseconds while consuming 80% less energy than the data centers we know and love. In fact, The Machine can crunch so much data it requires the use of new terms, such as "brontobyte" (1000 yottabytes), and will possibly allow for impossibly large-scale computing concepts.

Adder Technology will unveil three new IP-based KVM products at InfoComm 2014: the AdderLink Infinity 1002, AdderLink XDVI-PRO DL and the AdderLink CCS4 PRO.

AdderLink Infinity 1002 is a high performance digital KVM and USB 2.0 extender with 1920x1200 resolution at 60Hz and a new fiber port offering redundancy which can be easily deployed over an IP-based network (allows a user and computer to be separated by almost any distance without loss in capabilities, reduction in video resolution or quality).

AdderLink X-DVI PRO DL is a high performance KVM extender that enables you to locate your critical computing hardware in a secure and temperature controlled environment away from the user work station, while maintaining the same user experience. It can transmit a dual link video stream, USB 2.0 and analog audio over a single CATx cable (making it ideal for the digital signage market). Read more...

Extron Electronics announces the immediate availability of all four new Extron Cable Cubby Series/2 enclosures, the next generation of Cable Cubby cable access enclosures for AV connectivity and AC power.

Cable Cubby Series/2 includes the compact Cable Cubby 500 for single-user applications, mid-size Cable Cubby 700 for one or two users, the slim, low profile Cable Cubby 1200 for use in smaller tables, and the unique double-sided, Cable Cubby 1400 for access from either side of a table.

These generation modular enclosures offer a broad range of available AV connectivity and AC power options, including Extron Retractor cable retraction modules, AAP - Architectural Adapter Plates, and AV cables. Read more...

According to IHS in-row and in-rack data centre cooling sales are not producing the double-digit growth it had hoped for-- instead 2013 row/rack revenues are down by -5-6%.

In comparison the overall 2013 perimeter cooling market is down by -2-3%

"There are a few reasons for the decline of row/rack revenue,” IHS says. “These products are used either as stand-alone cooling solutions in small data centers or as supplementary cooling in high-density applications."

In the first above mentioned use-case a growing number of companies are outsourcing their small data centres to either colocation or cloud providers, ie large data centres using traditional room cooling.