Established in 2007, SeaMicro has developed one of the most innovative server products to hit the market within a decade. SM10000 consumes one quarter of the power and space of conventional server-based products that can solve large and growing pressure points, especially for Web 2.0. companies. Since these companies have increased processing power by adding tens of thousands of servers, their data centers, and expanded, creating major issues related to the availability and costs of electricity, cooling, and physical space. Although the founders of SeaMicro were confident that their product will solve a significant market need, they encounter initial resistance from the investment community, mainly based on the recent failures of the few emerging companies server, in conjunction with the oligopoly structure of the server market dominated by HP , Dell, IBM and. Swimming event profiles SeaMicro to navigate these obstacles and key challenges that lie ahead after its first commercial product. "Hide
by Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal Source: Stanford University, 17 pages. Publication Date: July 22, 2011. Prod. #: E409-PDF-ENG
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