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Pike, a jolly man with grey hair and seemingly boundless energy, is in charge of server design at Dell's Data Center Solutions division, which builds custom servers to meet the high-density and low-power needs of online giants like Microsoft and Facebook, as well as other "hyperscale" computing customers.

PCWorld 2010

Tuesday it showed off a new design it has started selling to large "hyperscale" customers, which include big Internet firms like Microsoft and Facebook.

WinBeta 2010

Among the new announcements is the PowerEdge C-Series of servers designed for "hyperscale" cloud deployments, a new object-based storage platform to tackle data sprawl, enhanced management tools for virtualisation, and new partnerships through which Dell aims to provide the necessary expertise and support for customers considering cloud-based services.

CRN Australia - News - 2010

Two years ago, cloud meant all the compute capacity in the world would end up in large data centers, and the industry thought the only energy-efficient way to operate was with these hyperscale data centers.

The GigaOM Interview: Russ Daniels, HP’s Cloud Guru 2009

"This is a journey," said Paul Santeler , vice president and general manager of H-P's hyperscale business unit.

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It's being felt most keenly at the hyperscale end - companies like LinkedIn or Facebook with hundreds of millions of users, he said.

BBC News - Home 2011

Dell also talked up new PowerEdge servers, and in particular, hyperscale PowerEdge C servers aimed at cloud systems and high-performance computing.

InternetNews Realtime News for IT Managers 2010

"Until now, customers wanting to build a dense and power-efficient cloud or hyperscale data center had to shoehorn expensive, higher-end solutions into their computing environment, or they had to choose low-power client-based designs that may not have offered the right level of performance and server functionality," said Patrick Patla, corporate vice president and general manager, Server and Embedded Division, AMD.

Maximum PC all RSS Feed 2010

"Until now, customers wanting to build a dense and power-efficient cloud or hyperscale data center had to shoehorn expensive, higher-end solutions into their computing environment, or they had to choose low-power client-based designs that may not have offered the right level of performance and server functionality," said Patrick Patla, corporate vice president and general manager, Server and Embedded Division, AMD.

3dGameMan.com 2010

Generally speaking, the PowerEdge C machines are aimed at hyperscale computing jobs and focus on density and power efficiency.

The Register 2010