datacenterknowledge — In an interview from the annual National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) conference, CEO Hossein Fateh of DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) discusses the market acceptance of data center REITs like DFT and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). “The market is now starting to mature,” Fateh says, noting that CoreSite...
datacenterknowledge — Colocation and interconnection provider Equinix has opened the doors at DC6, the sixth data center at the company’s campus in Ashburn, Virginia. The new International Business Exchange (IBX) data center offers 1,750 cabinets of new space. Equinix (EQIX) says the new space will enable...
blog.bluelock — How do IT administrators manage servers that have been migrated to the BlueLock Cloud? Using either virtual private networking (VPN) or point-to-point network connectivity (MPLS, Metro Ethernet, etc) can make managing a cloud-hosed server virtually identical (no pun intended!) to managing a server that’s on-premise. That's one of the benefits...
datacenterknowledge — Building a new data center can take a year or more. But nothing accelerates the data center construction process like time-lapse video, which turns days into seconds and can visualize the transformation of a green field or empty room into a high-tech data center in a matter of moments. Check...
datacenterknowledge — Interconnection and colocation provider Telx today announced a 13,500 square foot expansion of its data center footprint at 350 East Cermak Road, the primary connectivity hub in the Chicago market. The multi-suite expansion doubles the capacity of sellable cabinet equivalents and will enable the company to support up to 300...
virtualization — Virtual Computer, provider of distributed desktop virtualization solutions, today announced the appointment of Andrew McKay as senior vice president of marketing. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
blog.bluelock — Last week I attended Softletter's SaaS University in Washington, D.C. It was a great event aimed at helping SaaS companies learn how to better market, sell and deliver their cloud computing solutions using the Software-as-a-Service model. BlueLock was asked to deliver a session on the infrastructure choices that SaaS companies face when deciding...
datacenterknowledge — Here’s a roundup of some of this week’s headlines from the data center and hosting industry: Peer 1 announces NVIDIA GPU cloud. Peer 1 announced the availability of the industry’s first large-scale, hosted graphics processing unit (GPU) Cloud at the 37th Annual Siggraph International Conference. The GPU cloud system runs the...
datacenterknowledge — A view of the design concept for the new HP Flexible Data Center, featuring a central networking core, four server room modules, and power and cooling infrastructure housed at the perimeter of the facility. HP today joined the growing crowd of companies offering modular data center systems, introducing the HP...
datacenterknowledge — Australia’s Datapod will be bringing its system of containerized data center infrastructure solutions to the United States through a partnership with Universal Networking Services, the two companies announced today. Datapod has developed a system of customized container “building blocks” in a variety of sizes, which can include either IT...
datacenterknowledge — Kevin Dean, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer, is responsible for Interxion’s pan-European marketing and business development strategy and implementation. KEVIN DEAN Interxion Cloud computing is widely acknowledged as the major force driving IT into the future. International Data Corporation (IDC) has predicted that spending on cloud services is set...
datacenterknowledge — APC by Schneider Electric today announced the formation of a new data center software business, illustrating the growing importance of management tools for data center professionals seeking to track energy use and costs in their facilities. The new Data Center Software business will be responsible for advancing all software and...
datacenterknowledge — An early look at the i/o Anywhere modular data center introduced this week by i/o Data Centers. i/o Data Centers has announced the launch of i/o Anywhere, a modular data center platform that allows customers to rapidly deploy new data center space. With Monday’s announcement, the Phoenix-based colocation provider makes a...
zdnet — The emergence of a number of self-proclaimed ‘open’ cloud platforms presents any would-be cloud adopter with a confusing plethora of choice. Rackspace’s OpenStack initiative, unveiled last week, is the latest, but it’s by no means the only one [disclosure: Rackspace hosts my business and personal websites free of charge]. There...
smoothspan.wordpress — I had lunch with an old friend recently who does Angel investing. As sometimes happens, I launched into our lunchtime discussion with a bit of controversy by suggesting that I wasn’t too sure what the value of Angel was for many companies. After a bit of calibration on where I...
datacenterknowledge — Direct Edge became America’s newest stock exchange last week, when it launched two exchange platforms and commenced trading across all listed stock symbols. Direct Edge’s conversion from an electronic communications network (ECN) to a stock exchange is supported by a new data center platform. Direct Edge’s new system will be...
datacenterknowledge — UK-based managed hosting provider DediPowerhas set up a point of presence and colocation space with Telx at 60 Hudson Street, one of the premier connectivity hubs in Manhattan. The new colo space will support DediPower’s Public Cloud offering, which the company announced last week, in addition to its managed hosting offerings. “DediPower was in...
datacenterknowledge — Here’s our review of noteworthy links for the data center industry for July 26th: Will pending law make California too costly for data centers? – Building a data center in California may get even more expensive. A perfect storm of legislative possibilities is brewing in Sacramento with potentially reverberating effects for...
datacenterknowledge — SynapSense Corporation has secured $5 million in funding from an investor group including GE Energy Financial Services and the company’s existing investors, which include Emerald Technology Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, American River Ventures, Nth Power and DFJ Frontier. The funds will help SynapSense develop and market its wireless...
datacenterknowledge — At the Data Center Jobs Board, we have a new job listing from Latisys, which is seeking a Marketing Manager. This individual will maximize the impact of marketing projects and initiatives, including lead generation and awareness programs. Click here for more information or to apply. Are you hiring for your data...
datacenterknowledge — IT infrastructure provider SoftLayer Technologies had $60 million in revenue in the first six months of 2010, and expects to top $125 million for the full year, the company said Friday. SoftLayer also reported that its 6,000 customers have now deployed more than 30,000 servers in its data centers. SoftLayer says...
blog.bluelock — The two biggest concerns that most clients have when moving to cloud hosting are “control” and “visibility”. Even though they are convinced of the benefits of cloud computing, they are concerned about giving up control of applications and data and they’re worried that they won’t have any visibility into their...
datacenterknowledge — Here’s another example of a fast-growing online service moving into its own data center to gain more control over its infrastructure. 37signals, which makes web-based business apps, said this week that it has moved into colocation space in a Chicago-area data center. The company had previously housed its infrastructure with...
datacenterknowledge — This week IBM unveiled its zEnterprise mainframe server and a new systems design that allows workloads on mainframe, POWER7 and System x servers to share resources and be managed as a single, virtualized system. In this video, IBM engineers discuss the new system and some of its features. This video...
datacenterknowledge — Had a busy work week? For your weekend reading, here’s a recap some of the noteworthy stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this past week: Twitter Picks Utah for New Data Center – Twitter will build its first custom data center in the Salt Lake City market, which will allow...