Rackspace Hosting Inc. and Alphabet Inc., also known as Google, are collaborating on a new server design using a processor made by IBM Corp., the companies announced recently.

The moniker for this new brainchild project is Zaius ' stemming from the name of a fictional character in the novel "Planet of the Apes" who is the minister of science.

Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) sees itself as a well-positioned partner for the project since the company had previously created a new open-source server called...
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