| Sun to unveil stackable data-centre boxes
Giving a new meaning to the term "portable computer", Sun plans to sell a working data centre packaged in a stackable shipping container. On Tuesday, the company plans to unveil "Project Blackbox", which tucks several racks of computing gear, along with the necessary power and cooling equipment, into a standard shipping container 8ft wide, 8ft tall and 20ft long. Jonathan Schwartz, the server and software company's new chief executive, is scheduled to promote the idea in a car park outside the company's California facilities. Sun believes the technology will appeal to customers who are running out of space in their current data centres, providing backup computing gear for disaster recovery services, or setting up operations in remote locations, said Dave Douglas, Sun's vice president of advanced technology.
NEVADAN AT WORK: Affinity for public helps exec succeed
Name: Eileen Bechtol. Position: Senior vice president, Chicago Title. Family: Husband, William Forrest; sons, Matthew and Brandon. Education: Basic High School, 1972; Clark County Community College (Southern Nevada College), business management and accounting. Work history: First National Bank of Colorado Springs (Colo.), real estate mortgage department, 1974; Stewart Title, loan servicing department, 1975; Chicago Title, escrow secretary, 1975; Land Title of Nevada, escrow officer, 1976; moved to Reno and started mortgage company with her husband In 1977; moved back to Las Vegas in 1979 and went to work again for Land Title until 1991; after two brief stints as escrow manager for Chicago Title and Stewart Title, returned to Chicago Title in 1995 and was promoted to senior vice president in 2005.
Genzyme comes up with cure
Genzyme Corp., one of the state's largest biotech companies, said it has resolved a sticky problem with Framingham's sewage system, allowing the Cambridge company to go ahead with plans to build a $260 million drug manufacturing plant there. The biotech warned late last year that it might be forced to build the plant in another town or state, because Framingham's aging sewage and water system would not be able to handle the added load from Genzyme's facility without a $12.9 million upgrade. Though Framingham and Massachusetts officials both promised to work to secure state funding for the project, company executives said they couldn't afford to wait much longer for the state to make a commitment. And even if the funding eventually came through, Genzyme managers fretted the sewage project wouldn't be finished by the time the manufacturing plant was ready to open in 2010, prompting them to begin considering alternative sites.
KY3 NEWS INVESTIGATION: Some animal facilities go years between ...
Missouri has among the toughest animal care laws in the nation. A KY3 News investigation finds, however, that the law isn't always enforced. Hip dysplasia is a disease that's easy to spot in dogs. Shawna Thompson was heartbroken when she found out her dog, Biscuit, has it. “At one time, she was only walking on front legs and I wondered if I should put her down," said Thompson. “It looks like a 12-year-old rottweiler's hips instead of a 1-year-old Chihuahua hips," said Dr. Heath Wiseman, a veterinarian. Luckily, surgery is helping Biscuit but, because hip dysplasia is a hereditary disease, Wiseman says Biscuit's parents should never have been bred in the first place, “because it's likely to pass it on." Breeders, like dog pounds, rescue organizations and shelters are regulated to protect puppies like Biscuit.
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