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March 5, 2012

Colocation Hosting: Top Choice for Tech Start-Ups

Why Tech Start-Ups Need Colocation Providers from the Start Last May, Facebook’s VP of Technical Operations, Jonathan Heiliger, stepped down from his position to return to his roots as an entrepreneur.  Before Facebook, he worked as a technology adviser for […]
March 1, 2012

Tornado Threat May Test Chicago Data Center Disaster Recovery

All across the South and Midwest, towns have been cleaning up the debris and destruction left behind by a series of powerful tornadoes. Unfortunately, forecasters have predicted another series of twisters that will spring up in the near future. The […]
February 29, 2012

Leap Year Causes Cloud Computing Problems

Leap Year isn’t just a Mexican movie with violence or Amy Adams film with love but an actual event. Apparently Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud service did not get the memo. On February 29th, Leap Day, Azure was unable to manage […]
February 28, 2012

FXI Announces Cotton Candy, Full Linux Machine in a USB Drive

FXI has announced plans to launch their new product dubbed the “Cotton Candy”, a fully functioning computer that fits in the case of a USB drive. The device can run either Ubuntu or Android 4.0, and sports a dual core […]
February 27, 2012

Improving Energy Efficiency in Data Centers

A data center can be everything from a small closet with a couple of machines to large warehouses filled with thousands of servers, processing incredible amounts of data every day. Whether the data center is small or large, there is […]
February 23, 2012

Facebook Data Center Infrastructure Expenditures: A Quick Analysis

After Facebook filed for an IPO, documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission has provided an inside look on the kind of investments and expenditures that Facebook must account for to maintain their data center infrastructure. It is […]
February 22, 2012

Securing Your Dedicated Server with Firewall Management

Security is the biggest concern for customers of cloud, virtual, and dedicated servers. On the front lines of the defense against digital attacks is the firewall which makes it the most vulnerable. Customers often leave administrative ports like SSH open […]
February 21, 2012

A Few Server Specs to Consider in a Shared Hosting Environment

    A shared hosting environment is essentially an area or rather a domain space, which utilizes dedicated hosting servers to host a number of websites online. We are going to pry into the essential server specifications that you should […]
February 21, 2012

UK Internet Privacy Laws Effect American Citizens

The information and privacy crisis has hit the United Kingdom. Soon internet service providers, landline and mobile phone operators could be forced to store records of calls, texts, emails, and visited sites for one year to combat terrorism. The providers […]
UK Internet Privacy Laws Effect American Citizens
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