There's an interesting new company previously covered by VMblog and they are re-imagining server
architecture. The company is called Bamboo Systems, and they have a patented Parallel ARM Node Designed Architecture (PANDA) offering that was created to deliver high density throughput computing using embedded systems methodologies. The company made a couple of recent announcements, so we took this opportunity to speak with their CEO, Tony Craythorne, to find out more.
VMblog: Yesterday, Bamboo
Systems announced its Early Access Program. Can you explain what that is?
Tony Craythorne: Our
Early Access Program has been established for our qualified customers and
strategic partners and it is a way for us to introduce the benefits of a new
server architecture that is designed from first principles to reduce power
consumption while delivering exceptional high density throughput for
modern software architectures. Our customers get the opportunity to test out
our servers and provide us with valuable feedback on overall usability and
experience that will impact future releases.
VMblog: And is this a Beta
Program?
Craythorne: No,
this isn't a beta program. Our Early Access Program is about installing server
architecture that has passed rigorous development and quality assurance
criteria, and to receive valuable feedback for fine tuning to ensure that we
meet the server requirements of global organizations for every data center
installation.
VMblog: You also made another announcement this week. Tell us about
Bamboo Systems' new agreement with Lifeboat Distribution.
Craythorne: It's
great news for us. We're so pleased to say that we recently entered into
an agreement with Lifeboat who is helping us with our North American roll
out. Lifeboat specializes in bringing emerging technologies to market
while delivering the highest customer service and support.
Lifeboat is a mature
company, knows its marketplace and has over 4000 partners in the
Americas and Europe. Lifeboat will recruit partners who will be some of
the first to access Bamboo's patented Parallel ARM Node Designed
Architecture.
We also want to point out
that in addition to our agreement with Lifeboat, our investors, led by
Seraphim Capital, have committed to additional funding for Bamboo, in support
of our research and development efforts and the expansion that Lifeboat is
spearheading for us.
VMblog: Can you recap
Bamboo Systems' value proposition?
Craythorne: The
needs of legacy server architecture continue to drive up the cost of operating
data centers. Bamboo's server architecture delivers a magnitude reduction in power
consumption, using one quarter the power of a traditional style process,
at one third the cost. Bamboo Systems runs processors that draw less
power and couples them with direct attach memory, storage and
networking which removes resource contention. With
the server generating less heat, it is possible to have more working
servers set up within a given space enabling 10 times the compute density when
compared to traditional server architectures.
VMblog: Finally, how have the past
few months been since the debut of Bamboo Systems?
Craythorne: As you
know, Bamboo Systems was born out of KALEAO, with the goal of delivering the
most power-efficient server in the market. Bamboo has reimagined server
architecture rather than continuing to evolve the 1980's PC CPU-centric
approach. Our architecture is designed for high throughput for microservices,
delivering approximately 10 times the level of compute density, yet using only
25% of the electrical power. We now have a working product ready for our
Early Access Program, in fact we are already working on the next two
generations of our architecture. Rather than solving the symptoms of the
less than optimal data center, we are solving the core problem - how to deliver
compute at previously unseen densities, in a way that does not negatively
impact our planet.
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