Telx Files for $100 Million IPO
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Home Telx Telx Files for 100 Million IPO Telx Files for 100 Million IPO March 19th , 2010 Rich Miller The Telx Group has filed for an initial public offering in which it hopes to raise up to 100 million . The company said it intends to use the money to accelerate the growth of its business through expanding and upgrading its data centers , and possibly acquisitions . The colocation and interconnection services provider has grown its data center footprint since being acquired by private equity firm GI Partners in 2006, and now operates 15 facilities with more than 480,000 square feet of data center space . Telx also owns the 56 Marietta carrier hotel in Atlanta , one of the primary connection hubs in that . market Telx is not profitable , but its revenue has grown from 50.8 million in 2007 to 98.3 million in 2009, the company said in its IPO filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission . The company lost 9.9 million in 2009, an improvement from losses of 31.3 million in 2008 and 37.2 million in 2007. Its 763 customers include AT T , HP , Yahoo , CBS and NASA , along with servioce prviders like SoftLayer , Level 3, iland Internet , Cogent and Qwest . Those customers have a
Home Featured Is Google’s Network Morphing Into a CDN Is Google’s Network Morphing Into a CDN March 18th , 2010 Rich Miller A chart from Arbor Networks showing the growing use of peering by . Google Google has dramatically increased its use of peering over the past year , and has also accelerated deployment of local caching servers at large ISPs , making the company’s network resemble a content distribution network CDN such as Akamai . The latest information about Google’s network structure has emerged from an analysis by Arbor Networks , which has revived debates about Google’s bandwidth costs , a topic we’ve examined several times here at DCK . There’s a discussion of YouTube’s bandwidth bills today at Slashdot while Stacey at GigaOm focused on Google’s famed infrastructure . advantage The Arbor analysis examines how Google has boosted its use of peering and cache servers to shift more of its content closer to its users . The Arbor chart pictured above shows that the percentage of Google traffic using direct peering climbing from 40 to 60 percent over the past 12 months . That’s a huge increase , given the amount of traffic . involved Peering allows two providers exchanging
Home Cloud Computing StrataScale Expands Cloud Offerings The Cloud Computing Channel is brought to you by ZT Systems StrataScale Expands Cloud Offerings March 18th , 2010 Rich Miller A screen shot of StrataScale's new management interface for its cloud computing . service StrataScale this week announced an expansion of its cloud computing suite to include private cloud and hybrid cloud offerings . StrataScale also introduced a new management portal that automates the ordering and provisioning of . cloud assets The services , which will launch April 1, build on StrataScale’s Automated Managed Hosting offering , which was introduced in late 2008 as IronScale and has since been rebranded . The service has about 40 customers with more than 200 . servers StrataScale’s Public Cloud service will offer virtual servers starting at 44.99 for a CentOS-based server , with RedHat Linux and Windows Server available for additonal monthly fees . The new Private Cloud hosting offers as many VMs as a customer desires for $699 a month per dedicated server . The hybrid offering provides a combination of traditional managed hosting connected to a public . cloud Hybrid Cloud customers can run Public
: Home Blades Hewlett-Packard IBM Sun Microsystems intel Roundup : New Intel Xeon 5600 Processors The Servers Channel is brought to you by Cisco Systems Roundup : New Intel Xeon 5600 Processors March 18th , 2010 John Rath Boyd Davis , director of marketing Of Intel's Data Center Group , holds up an Intel Xeon 5600 processor On Tuesday Intel INTC launched the Xeon 5600 series processor blending security , performance and energy efficiency that the company says can significantly improve the economics of data center operations . Intel says one 5600 processor can replace 15 single-core servers , deliver 60 percent better performance than the Xeon 5500 and achieve a return on investment in as little as five . months The introduction of the 5600 marks the next step in the transition to the Intel 32-nanometer processors , formerly code-named Westmere . The 32nm logic technology uses Intel’s second generation high-k metal gate transistors to increase speed and decrease energy consumption . Processors within the Xeon 5600 family range from a four core L5609 at 1.8GHz all the way up to a six core X5680 running a 3.33GHz . All chips have 12MB of L3 cache regardless of core . count The
I was talking to a Sr Google guy at a conference and asked what he does. His response was "I work on Google's Infrastructure." What is infrastructure as defined by searchdatacenter? - In information technology and on the Internet, infrastructure...
: Home Cooling Submerged Servers : Green Revolution Cooling The Cooling Channel is brought to you by : Opengate Data Systems Submerged Servers : Green Revolution Cooling March 17th , 2010 Rich Miller A look one of the CarnotJet liquid cooling enclosures from Green Revolution Cooling , effectively a rack flipped on its . back Are data center operators ready to abandon hot and cold aisles and submerge their servers Startup Green Revolution Cooling has developed a liquid cooling enclosure that it says can cool high-density server installation for a fraction of the cost of air cooling in traditional data . centers The Austin-based company’s CarnotJet Dielectric Fluid Submersion Cooling System resembles a rack tipped over on its back , with servers inserted vertically into slots in the enclosure , which is filled with a coolant similar to mineral . oil Green Revolution says its approach can produce large savings on infrastructure , allowing users to operate servers without a raised floor , CRAC units or chillers . The company launched at SC09 conference last fall , and is targeting will soon install its first units at the Texas Advanced Computing Center home to the Ranger
Home Blog Services Press Testimonials Partners About Us Data Center Tips Contact Us SilverBack Migration Solutions Datacenter Blog Current Articles RSS Feed Horizon Data Center Solutions' Tri-Coastal Strategy Posted by Elizabeth English on Wed , Mar 17, 2010 06:10 PM Email Article digg it reddit delicious StumbleUpon Facebook Twitter LinkedIn View blog reactions Horizon Data Center Solutions had the novel idea of opening a facility in each of the three major national power grids a tri-coastal strategy involving Tier III data center space around the East and West Coast and Texas . nbsp The plan is a complex one and its opening stages are looking . good Horizon has enterprise and federal clients , and as such maintains very high levels of security and technological advances . With silver and gold LEED certifications , as well as incredible security and redundancy , they are an obvious choice for many major organizations and corporations who are conscious of the environment , interested in green initiatives , and who require the utmost degree of professionality and security . One of the great appeals of Horizon's tri-coastal strategy is that customers will be able to work with the
Containers have gone through its hype phase, and now we'll see how many start buying containers. There is some new media coverage on Cisco's move in containers. Cisco claims that by purchasing a portable data center—which cost around $1.2 million...
The battle being Google and Apple is reaching a media high point. Tim Bray, XML co-creator has joined Google as developer advocate and the media is highlighting the competitive move. Tim Bray lands on Android team Posted by Dana Blankenhorn...
Home Blog Services Press Testimonials Partners About Us Data Center Tips Contact Us SilverBack Migration Solutions Datacenter Blog Current Articles RSS Feed Introducing the Data Center Migration Planning Checklist Posted by Elizabeth English on Fri , Mar 12, 2010 09:00 PM Email Article digg it reddit delicious StumbleUpon Facebook Twitter LinkedIn View blog reactions Our new and improved Data Center Migration Planning Checklist located in our FAQ is here to reinvent the nasty process of moving a data center . nbsp It cuts out the wild and wooly complications of approaching a move and compiles the essentials into an easy-to-follow recipe . The checklist operates on the idea that there are five basic W's and one major how , plus a valuable preliminary step . nbsp I won't give the details away here , but they are readily available in the FAQ linked . above We're so excited about this list that for a limited time we're offering a free , no obligation migration plan review Check it out and let us use our years of experience to make your data center move safe and . painless Elizabeth English photo by Guwashi999 under flickr creative commons license Tags : nbsp Announcements Data Center
Home Blog Services Press Testimonials Partners About Us Data Center Tips Contact Us SilverBack Migration Solutions Datacenter Blog Current Articles RSS Feed Who's going to Geek Day Posted by Elizabeth English on Fri , Mar 12, 2010 08:05 PM Email Article digg it reddit delicious StumbleUpon Facebook Twitter LinkedIn View blog reactions Thursday , March 25th is Geek Day , held in St . Louis , Missouri . nbsp It's a free , annual event for interested geeks , and focuses on sharing information about new technologies , with exhibitions , breakout sessions , and hands-on . labs Any Mid-West geeks out there planning on heading to beautiful St . Louis and checking it out Although it's completely free to attend , you do have to register in advance and fill out a confidential survey . nbsp See details and register at the official Geek Day 2010 website We'd love to hear how it is , if any readers happen to go Elizabeth English photo by paparutzi under flickr creative commons license Tags : nbsp Announcements Comments Currently , there are no comments . Be the first to post one Post Comment Name Email Website optional Comment Allowed tags : Receive email when someone replies . Error sending