FACEBOOK enters the world of computer production. The company that revolutionized the Internet and social networks, it also means the PC market, with particular reference to those who manage large computer networks and the same social network. This was announced by its founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg during a media event in Palo Alto, California.
The project is called "Open Computer Project" and will be developed in collaboration with some of the biggest brands in the world, producing computer or its components, such as Hewlett Packard, Dell, Advanced Micro Devices and Intel. Facebook's engineers are working on it for 18 months and so far the project has cost tens of millions of dollars.
The whole operation is to a very simple objective: to produce new servers and new data centers, cheaper and more efficient, designed and created to allow the new computers of the future best use of the Internet and social networking. "For some time - said Zuckerberg illustrating the initiative - we have found that many products that are put on the market do not contain exactly those functions which we need and they need applications of other social networks." For this, said the founder of Facebook, "we decided to try their hand in the design and implementation of servers in the near future be able to deliver the performance and flexibility needed to manage the social network".
A major move, intended to affect the production of hardware in the coming years, if you think that Facebook now has over 500 million users and challenge for some time the network giants like Google and Yahoo. At the moment the technology infrastructure that support social networks like Facebook can run 30 billion in network video and audio files such as photos and clips per month.
It is expected that servers in the future through the development of this project, will increase by about 38% efficiency in the exchange of multimedia content and lower costs by 24% compared to today. And to prove the opening of Facebook to the world of hardware manufacturing, Zuckerberg opened the doors of its data center in Pineville, Ore., to companies in the computer industry.
The social network will share with the latter, the technical details of the server previously installed. This is a reversal of practices adopted so far by direct competitors such as Google and Amazon, that continue to maintain strict secrecy about the details of their data centers. "We noticed that the products of large technology companies are not in line with the requirements of Facebook," Zuckerberg said, stressing that, in return, the project aims to expand the number of technology vendors based on your specifications.
The social networking company should benefit from economies of scale related to the development of similar systems by other companies. 
The project is called "Open Computer Project" and will be developed in collaboration with some of the biggest brands in the world, producing computer or its components, such as Hewlett Packard, Dell, Advanced Micro Devices and Intel. Facebook's engineers are working on it for 18 months and so far the project has cost tens of millions of dollars.
The whole operation is to a very simple objective: to produce new servers and new data centers, cheaper and more efficient, designed and created to allow the new computers of the future best use of the Internet and social networking. "For some time - said Zuckerberg illustrating the initiative - we have found that many products that are put on the market do not contain exactly those functions which we need and they need applications of other social networks." For this, said the founder of Facebook, "we decided to try their hand in the design and implementation of servers in the near future be able to deliver the performance and flexibility needed to manage the social network".
A major move, intended to affect the production of hardware in the coming years, if you think that Facebook now has over 500 million users and challenge for some time the network giants like Google and Yahoo. At the moment the technology infrastructure that support social networks like Facebook can run 30 billion in network video and audio files such as photos and clips per month.
It is expected that servers in the future through the development of this project, will increase by about 38% efficiency in the exchange of multimedia content and lower costs by 24% compared to today. And to prove the opening of Facebook to the world of hardware manufacturing, Zuckerberg opened the doors of its data center in Pineville, Ore., to companies in the computer industry.
The social network will share with the latter, the technical details of the server previously installed. This is a reversal of practices adopted so far by direct competitors such as Google and Amazon, that continue to maintain strict secrecy about the details of their data centers. "We noticed that the products of large technology companies are not in line with the requirements of Facebook," Zuckerberg said, stressing that, in return, the project aims to expand the number of technology vendors based on your specifications.
The social networking company should benefit from economies of scale related to the development of similar systems by other companies.
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