Comments on: Lenovo’s phone is ringing again. And it’s IBM. Again. https://dfarq.homeip.net/lenovos-phone-is-ringing-again-and-its-ibm-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lenovos-phone-is-ringing-again-and-its-ibm-again David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:55:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve Aubrey https://dfarq.homeip.net/lenovos-phone-is-ringing-again-and-its-ibm-again/#comment-31386 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:13:44 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6544#comment-31386 I have heard the same about custom-made gear. I think part of the goal, in addition to cheapness, is to get power consumption down.

The idea of only buying as much computing power as you need is appealing. The problem comes in speed/latency and availability (whether network or the end servers).

]]> By: Glaurung https://dfarq.homeip.net/lenovos-phone-is-ringing-again-and-its-ibm-again/#comment-31381 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:03:40 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6544#comment-31381 I can’t recall where I read that the really big datacenters all use custom-made server hardware rather than buying from IBM or Dell or whoever… and thanks to the ever-dropping price of virtual hosting, the demand for servers among small-medium businesses is dropping because it’s now cheaper for them to get virtual servers from, say, Amazon.

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