• “Good Enough” Photography ends Kodachrome film, Cloud Computing is bringing an end to an Era of overprovision

    Updated: 2010-12-31 02:22:12
    I’ve known Jay Fry for years and first met Jay when he was with Cassatt. Jay writes a good perspective on “good enough” being the new normal. Making 'good enough' the new normal Posted by Jay Fry at 9:52 AM...

  • Skype joins banned in China–YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter

    Updated: 2010-12-31 02:00:03
    I have some friends in China and using Skype is convenient to communicate. GigaOm says China is making moves to block Skype. Will Skype Be Banned in China? By Ryan Kim Dec. 30, 2010, 9:10am PDT 1 Comment China has...

  • 2011 Data Center Fight Club–Google, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, & Zynga

    Updated: 2010-12-31 01:56:27
    In Data Centers a “Fight Club” metaphor can be used to describe the secrecy behind a competitive group. Where little is said out in the public. The big fight in 2009 was a Google vs. Microsoft for PUE and efficient...

  • 2010: The Return of the Data Center IPO

    Updated: 2010-12-30 17:33:41
    : Home Investing 2010 : The Return of the Data Center IPO 2010 : The Return of the Data Center IPO December 30th , 2010 Rich Miller After a year without data center IPOs in 2009, the public markets opened for a select number of companies in 2010. Other aspirants filed plans for an initial public offering in 2010 but were unable to compete the offering before year-end and will look to 2011 for their IPOs . Here’s a review of the announcements in : 2010 COMPLETED IPOs CSF Group PLC In March this Malaysian data center company raised 28 million 42 million US in an initial public offering on London’s junior Alternative Investment Market , making it the first data center IPO of 2010. The company will use the funding to further expand its data center footprint in southeast Asia , including a new

  • Data Center Industry Links for December 30th

    Updated: 2010-12-30 17:23:00
    Home DCK Data Center Industry Links for December 30th Data Center Industry Links for December 30th December 30th , 2010 Rich Miller Here’s our review of noteworthy links for the data center industry for December : 30th Recounting EC2 One Year Later Guy Rosen at Jack of All Clouds updates his research on instance growth at Amazon EC2. Based on the results , activity on EC2 has been multiplying several times over every year , 8221 with about 70,000 instances launched daily in 2010. National Snow and Ice Data Center Gets a Cool Makeover The National Snow and Ice Data Center NSIDC has undergone a 600,000 renovationto add better equipment and an innovative evaporative cooling technology . The retrofit it aims to make the NSIDC computing center one of the most energy-efficient data centers in

  • Carter Validus REIT Begins Selling Shares

    Updated: 2010-12-30 17:12:55
    Home Investing Carter Validus REIT Begins Selling Shares Carter Validus REIT Begins Selling Shares December 30th , 2010 Rich Miller Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT has begun selling shares for a stock offering in which it hopes to raise between 200 million and 1.75 billion to purchase data centers and medical facilities . In a regulatory filing Tuesday , the new company said its  registration filing had been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission , allowing Carter Validus to begin selling shares through SC Distributors , which is managing its offering . The firm said it doesn’t have any immediate plans to be listed on a public stock . exchange Carter Validus is based in Tampa and headed by John Carter , a veteran real estate investor and principal of Carter

  • Signs of success as a platform, targeted for cyberattacks

    Updated: 2010-12-30 16:51:21
    CNN has an article referencing a McAfee report that iPhone, Facebook and Foursquare are 2011’s cyberattack targets. 2011 cyberattack targets: iPhone, Facebook, Foursquare By John D. Sutter, CNN December 29, 2010 10:25 a.m. EST | Filed under: Web Apple products,...

  • Perspectives on Data Center Design: 2010

    Updated: 2010-12-30 16:51:17
    : Home Data Center Design Perspectives on Data Center Design : 2010 The Data Center Design Channel is sponsored by Wright Line Perspectives on Data Center Design : 2010 December 30th , 2010 Colleen Miller Data center design is a wide-ranging topic , as reflected in the 2010 offerings in the Industry Perspectives section of Data Center Knowledge , which  presented the opinions of thought leaders on a variety of aspects of design from build-your-own to outsourcing , signs and signals of the need for transformation and guidelines for that transformation . We have pulled these together for easy reading . Enjoy Should You Build or Outsource Your Data Center By Jeff Hinkle , Global Net Access , February 5, 2010 Is operating a data center your company’s core mission Many organizations are not

  • Fiber Optic Network at the extremes, metro and undersea cable

    Updated: 2010-12-30 16:45:35
    Internet Networks are in growth mode as profits and margins improve. WSJ has a post on growth in metro markets. Fiber-Optic Networks Regain Some Glow Data Traffic Turns Regional Operators Into Buyout Targets By SHAYNDI RAICE After the telecom bubble...

  • Tech Convergence Conference Set for Feb. 23

    Updated: 2010-12-30 16:32:57
    . Home Events Tech Convergence Conference Set for Feb . 23 Tech Convergence Conference Set for Feb . 23 December 30th , 2010 Colleen Miller Teladata will hold its 2011 Technology Convergence Conference in Santa Clara , Calif . on February 23, 2011. Raj Vaswani , Silver Spring Networks CTO will deliver the keynote address , titled The Connected Future : Rethinking Energy . 8221 The conference will assemble end users and thought leaders from across the country with specialties in IT , facilities , cloud computing , networking and energy efficiency to network and share best practices . Rich Miller , editor of Data Center Knowledge will moderate a morning panel on cloud computing titled Reconciling the Speed of Change Requirements by Cloud Computing for Data Centers . 8221 Attendees can also

  • New Year’s Resolutions for IT Managers

    Updated: 2010-12-30 14:36:28
    As we move into a new year, there is always the need to reflect upon lessons learned and the desire to move forward with vigor. Here’s a list of resolutions with which you can start today, to better address your IT needs in 2011. 1. Finalize Selection of a Collaboration Toolset Making information available and [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

  • Data Center Trends, 2010 and 2011

    Updated: 2010-12-29 22:28:52
    My wrap up of the most important trends in 2010 and what's to come in 2011 in the data center and computing industries.

  • Skype: Overloaded Servers Caused Ripple Effect

    Updated: 2010-12-29 18:32:24
    : Home Downtime Skype : Overloaded Servers Caused Ripple Effect The Downtime Channel is brought to you by ComRent Skype : Overloaded Servers Caused Ripple Effect December 29th , 2010 Rich Miller Skype has published a detailed explanation of the causes of last week’s massive outage for the Internet telephony service . The root cause : a cluster of servers became overloaded , causing congestion and capacity problems that were exacerbated by a bug in the latest version of Skype’s Windows software . client As a result , the problems rippled through Skype’s peer-to-peer infrastructure , taking out many of the supernodes that are key to the smooth operation of Skype’s network . A supernode acts like a directory,helping to establish connections between Skype clients and creating local clusters

  • Data Center Jobs: Amazon A100

    Updated: 2010-12-29 17:27:14
    : Home Data Center Jobs Data Center Jobs : Amazon A100 Data Center Jobs : Amazon A100 December 29th , 2010 Rich Miller At the Data Center Jobs Board we have a new job listing from A100 part of the Amazon group of companies , which is seeking a Data Center Operations Engineer This position will help ensure the overall availability of A100 s data centers meet or exceed defined service levels of its customers . The Data Center Engineer will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of electrical , mechanical , and HVAC equipment within the data center . Click here for more information or to . apply Are you hiring for your data center You can list your company’s job openings on the Data Center Jobs Board and also track new openings via our RSS feed SHARE THIS STORY : Add Your Comments

  • 12 Days of Christmas: Part 3

    Updated: 2010-12-29 14:13:03
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  • WSJ Highlights Resurgence for Metro Fiber

    Updated: 2010-12-29 13:30:00
    Home Networking WSJ Highlights Resurgence for Metro Fiber WSJ Highlights Resurgence for Metro Fiber December 29th , 2010 Rich Miller Today’s Wall Street Journal highlights the activity in the hot market for metro fiber , noting that there have been 14 acquisitions in the industry this year alone and 45 since the fiber market began its turnaround in 2006. After the telecom bubble burst a decade ago , fiber was a dirty word , 8221 the Journal writes . Now , the fiber-optic network business is enjoying a resurgence , particularly for metro fiber , the high-capacity lines that connect a city’s office buildings , data centers and cellular towers to the Internet . 8221 This trend has been developing for some time . One of the best sources for information on the evolution of the metro fiber

  • Perspectives on Power

    Updated: 2010-12-29 13:00:16
    Home Power Perspectives on Power The Power Channel is brought to you by Emerson Network Power Perspectives on Power December 29th , 2010 Colleen Miller Power issues have been a frequent topic of guest columns in the Industry Perspectives section of Data Center Knowledge this year . Throughout 2010, thought leaders have shared their expertise and opinions on power , and we have selected several articles on power which represent the discussion . You might also be interested in the columns on energy efficiency Enjoy UPS Healthcare : Selecting the Right Technician By Dan Heggem , Swanson Rink , April 23, 2010 Assuring that you have the right UPS service technicians is as important as selecting the right UPS system . Here are some questions the Data Center operator should ask prior to making a

  • Call for Papers for O’Reilly Velocity 2011

    Updated: 2010-12-29 00:01:15
    Home Events Call for Papers for O’Reilly Velocity 2011 Call for Papers for O’Reilly Velocity 2011 December 29th , 2010 Colleen Miller Have you got a great case study on making Internet infrastructure faster and more efficient Velocity the Web Performance and Operations conference from O’Reilly Media , is seeking proposals for speaking at the 2011 event . Submissions will be accepted until January 11, 2011. We’ve opened the Call for Participation and are excited to learn what you know and think is important . We’re looking for the best and brightest in the web performance and operations community—the known commodities and the undiscovered stars of tomorrow—to share the secrets of your success with hundreds of your peers , 8221 according to the event . site Velocity happens June 14-16, 2011

  • The Rackspace Foundation and Roosevelt High School Team Up for Chess Simul

    Updated: 2010-12-21 14:19:32
    This past Sunday the Rackspace Foundation sponsored a chess simul held at Roosevelt High School’s Molly Pruitt Library. During the simul, or simultaneous exhibition, chess master Alex Weinberg played chess with 35 people at once. The games began promptly at 1:00 pm and four hours later there were only five people standing: John Redding, John [...] Related posts:Rackspace “Adopts” Ed White Middle School On Saturday August 17, over 85 Rackers, plus spouses and... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

  • A Look at Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

    Updated: 2010-12-20 19:26:00
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  • Rackspace is Gearing Up for IPv6

    Updated: 2010-12-20 17:47:55
    Written by Jason Ackley, a Network Architect at Rackspace in the Backbone Engineering department. Jason’s primary focus is on global IPv6 deployment for Rackspace and IPv6 evangelization. We’ve been fielding a lot of customer questions on the topic of the dwindling amount of remaining IPv4 address space available and the world-wide deployment of Internet Protocol [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

  • Total Cost of Energy (TCE) and true-TCO with all taxes–calculating all variables saves millions per year with data center site selections

    Updated: 2010-12-20 01:06:51
    I’ve been lecturing and advising on getting the data center site selection process right for many years, and as the old saying goes, sometimes you have to, “put your money where your mouth is.” As many of you know, I’ve been leading site-selection of data centers for over a decade, with the first 7 years mainly [...]

  • Welcome Cloudkick to the Rackspace Family; Fanatical Support Gets New Tools

    Updated: 2010-12-16 11:51:05
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  • Google Body Browser

    Updated: 2010-12-16 02:17:24
    If you're using the Google Chrome developer channel (or Firefox 4 Beta) have a look at the new Body Browser to explore a body in 3D. [Via Google OS.]

  • 12 Days of Christmas at Rackspace: Part 2

    Updated: 2010-12-15 14:36:37
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  • Gartner on Extreme Data Centers

    Updated: 2010-12-15 02:53:51
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  • Raising the Bar on Fanatical Support in the Cloud

    Updated: 2010-12-14 17:27:40
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  • Cloud Connect and Critical Sites Advance Enterprise Services

    Updated: 2010-12-13 22:36:39
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  • HP Storage Virtualization and Data Center Deduplication

    Updated: 2010-12-13 14:53:00
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  • The Data Center ecosystem of players

    Updated: 2010-12-13 03:13:58
    Barton's Blog To the clouds and beyond Home About The Data Center ecosystem of players

  • IT Business Edge Names Rackspace Best Midmarket Strategy Winner in Their 2010 Midmarket CIO Forum Awards

    Updated: 2010-12-09 16:40:05
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  • Dell opens its Social Media Command Center

    Updated: 2010-12-09 04:08:41
    This afternoon, Michael Dell himself came to open Dell’s brand new Social Media Listening Command Center.  Customers, press and a bunch of us involved in social media at Dell were invited to attend. To get a good feel for today’s event check out this quick montage of the goings on, including Michael’s remarks and the [...]

  • Welcome to the Wild and Wacky World of Data Centers

    Updated: 2010-12-08 17:32:44
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  • Data Center Cooling Challenges

    Updated: 2010-12-06 15:33:00
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