Dasha Bushmakin on Dec 31, 1969
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As virtualization becomes more affordable and easier to manage, even the smallest IT shops are finding value in the virtual world. Small businesses process and store data.
Tags: Virtualization, SMBs
Here is a list of questions you should consider asking when developing your cloud strategy
Tags: Tips, Navigating Cloud Computing
Researchers Create Optical Switch With Graphene Semiconductor, Could Boost Internet Speeds
Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Jul 28, 2013
“We’ve seen an ultrafast optical response rate, using ‘few-layer graphene’ has exciting applications for the development of high speed optoelectronic components based on graphene. This fast response is in the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum, where many applications in telecommunications, security and also medicine are currently developing and affecting our society.”
Dr. Enrico Da Como, Lead researcher
Tags: Researchers, Optical Switch, Graphene Semiconductor, Internet Speeds
Apple unveils 18-megawatt solar farm to power cloud data center
Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Jul 27, 2013
Apple Inc. (NSQ:AAPL) said it plans to build a new solar farm with NV Energy Inc (NYS:NVE) for power supply to its new data center in Reno, Nevada, a major step towards its goal of having its data centers run on renewable energy.
Tags: Data Center, Cloud, Power, Apple, 18-megawatt solar farm
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LinkedIn’s domain name was temporarily redirected to a third-party server Thursday. This resulted in a service outage and potentially put user accounts at risk of compromise.
LinkedIn provides a a useful service for professional interaction, yes, but it could be done so much better.
Tags: LinkedIn, outage, security concerns
Many data centers struggle with achieving the perfect balance between reducing costs and increasing performance.
Tags: Information Banking
Do you believe in the notion of “the data center of everything?” More platforms, services and users are deploying their workloads to a data center infrastructure. Dependence around the data center and the resources that they provide is increasing.
The number of data centers in operation worldwide will increase from over 191,000 to 202,000 between 2011 and 2014. Total data center square footage increasing from 569 million to 737 million.
Tags: Data Centers, DCIM