The Colocation America Staff, Author at Colocation America

April 17, 2013

Published by The Colocation America Staff on April 17, 2013

Top 5 Reasons why Healthcare Providers avoid the Cloud

Medical record security is a huge concern for the healthcare industry. See why providers are unsure about the cloud… Healthcare providers are very concerned over confidentiality, and with good reason; security breaches have compromised medical record security. Upon further examination, […]

April 16, 2013

Published by The Colocation America Staff on April 16, 2013

Data Center Efficiency: Is It Fair to Compare?

PUE (Power Use Effectiveness) is meant to measure efficiencies of a single facility so owners can determine where energy is being lost. There’s a discussion going about PUE metrics and whether or not it is fair to compare efficiency ratings […]

April 12, 2013

Published by The Colocation America Staff on April 12, 2013

Update: Has The Tablet Finally Killed The PC?

The tablet has become our little mobile friend, which explains why PC sales have declined. Update: We heard it all before, tablets are killing PC sales, but does anyone truly believe it? According to CNN money, Lenovo is the only profitable PC […]

April 8, 2013

Published by The Colocation America Staff on April 8, 2013

News Corp. threatens to make Fox paid TV channel

It’s a fine line between streaming and piracy. The legal dispute between News Corp and Aereo is figuring this out… News Corp, owner of the Fox television network is threatening to make the channel a subscription based service unless the […]

April 3, 2013

Published by The Colocation America Staff on April 3, 2013

Supermicro offers storage solution for Big Data, Hadoop

Big data continues to be a challenge for all organizations, which is why the software platform Hadoop was developed to manage big data. Overcoming the challenges of Big Data is no easy feat. Companies with at least 100 servers need […]

April 2, 2013

Published by The Colocation America Staff on April 2, 2013

Connecting Tenants Inside The Data Center

Inside the MMR each tenant connects to pre-installed hardware located on a secure side of the room. Inside the data center, meet-me-rooms connect carriers to tenants. In a carrier neutral facility, multiple colocation providers will use the MMR (meet-me-room) to […]

April 1, 2013

Published by The Colocation America Staff on April 1, 2013

Data Center Design for Tomorrow

The modular data center is a portable data center deployed on site or wherever greater capacity is needed. As our global economy recovers, professionals in both the public and private sector look for ways to improve data center design while […]

March 26, 2013

Published by The Colocation America Staff on March 26, 2013

Unix OS Review: power and flexibility for servers

The Unix OS was developed back in the early 70’s by a team of engineers with one goal in mind; create a more interactive user experience. The Unix OS was developed back in the early 70’s by a team of […]

March 21, 2013

Published by The Colocation America Staff on March 21, 2013

Sabey Opens New York Data Center

Seattle based Sabey has opened a NYC data center in Manhattan. Meanwhile, the datacenterdynamics converged conference kicked off. This is good news for New York colocation providers and industry reps who have been at odds following Super Storm Sandy last […]

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