Supermicro shows off a range of GPU-optimised server solution at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (GTC), including the flagship SYS-4027GR-TR 4U 8x GPU SuperServer.

The platform behind the Nvidia Iray Visual Computing Application (VCA), the SuperServer features airflow-optimised architecture with independent cooling zones and a side-by-side component layout. According to the company this eliminates CPU/GPU preheat, enabling maximum performance from eight 300W GPUs and two 150W CPUs.

Further energy efficiency is attained via power delivery sub-systems armed with redundant 1600W high efficiency (94%) power supplies.

The Internet of Things (IoT) has a potential "transformational effect" on the data centre industry Gartner reports, with IoT-related revenues (mostly in services) set to exceed $300 billion by 2020.

"IoT deployments will generate large quantities of data that need to be processed and analysed in real time," the analyst says. "Processing large quantities of IoT data in real time will increase as a proportion of workloads of data centers, leaving providers facing new security, capacity and analytics challenges."

The IoT connects remote assets via data streams between assets and centralised management systems. In turn the assets are integrated in new and existing processes to provide real-time status, location and functionality information. Such a large amount of devices and the volume, velocity and structure of IoT data create security, data, storage management and server challenges within data centres, as real-time processes are at stake.

Apcon launches the IntellaFlex 3288-XR switch at Interop 2014-- a high-capacity non-blocking network monitoring switch designed for large enterprise data centre applications.

The company says the switch offers non-blocking connectivity of 288 10G signals for total 2.88Tbps throughput. It promises 100% network visibility, with redundancy, high availability and an extensible backplane.

"Coupled with advances in monitoring services such as time stamping, packet slicing and multi stage filtering, this IntellaFlex switch caters to the increasing demand for large capacity switches within enterprise networks,” Apcon adds.

By Sarah McElroy, IHS Analyst, Data Centers, Cloud & IT Infrastructure

In the few months that I have been researching the network cabling market, I have heard a wide variety of perspectives and opinions about the pending introduction of the category 8 copper cable which will support 40Gb/s Ethernet. Never have I encountered a topic where I have heard such opposite viewpoints expressed. In the case of cat 8, the “facts” I hear from one supplier have completely contradicted the “facts” I hear from another, especially when relating it to a comparable fiber offering. For this reason, I have set out to clear up some misperceptions associated with cat 8 copper cable.