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November 12, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on November 12, 2014

Why Decreasing Numbers of Data Centers Is a Good Thing (Maybe)

The International Data Corporation has decided to give us what they were born to give us: some data. They predict that the total amount of data centers throughout the whole entire Earth will reach it’s nadir at 8.6 million in 2017. […]

November 11, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on November 11, 2014

Why You Shouldn’t Take Place In The Race To Zero

Today everything is about the cloud. And I mean everything. Even rain (well, we got the lame joke out of the way early in this blog, eh guys?). But in all seriousness the race to zero is happening and there’s not […]

November 10, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on November 10, 2014

Obama Weighs In on Net Neutrality Debate

The Net Neutrality debate is heating up! The story is this: Net Neutrality is under attack, the ISPs want to charge more for preferential treatment and “fast lanes”, and the FCC—the group in charge of regulating the Internet—is hem-hawing over […]

November 7, 2014

Published by scott on November 7, 2014

Friday Fun Blog: Arcade Edition

Did you have a great week? Are you overstuffed from leftover candy from Halloween? I had a Tootsie Roll for the first time in about 10 years over the weekend, and holy crap, I think the ramifications of that dense […]

November 7, 2014

Published by Jared Keleher on November 7, 2014

Are Laptops and Desktops a Dying Fad?

The decline of desktop and laptop sales has been widely documented across the world and with this decline we have seen the astonishing rise of the mobile device. Data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) clearly supports this fact and […]

November 6, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on November 6, 2014

How Tech & Data Are Saving The Elephants

Do you like elephants? Think their big ears are too big for their heads and that makes them kind of cute. Do you also wonder why humans don’t have a prehensile nose, because that’s pretty awesome. Did you just realize […]

November 5, 2014

Published by Albert Ahdoot on November 5, 2014

Is Hot or Cold Aisle Containment Right For Your Data Center?

With so many data centers trying to cut costs to keep their customers on board, many are trying new or innovative ways to cut costs. And one of the major power consumers is keeping the data center cool to run […]

November 4, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on November 4, 2014

Google Wants You to Connect Directly to Their Data Centers

Everyone loves Google, right? Sure you do. Now, Google is trying to give you even more to love about them, especially if you’re an enterprise, and especially if you’re on their Cloud Platform. Google announced today that it will allow […]

November 3, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on November 3, 2014

Data Center Cooling with IBM’s Wonderful Ass-Kicking Robot

Editor’s Note: The original article (posted below the line) was published on May 30, 2013. An update on the subject matter was sorely needed…. Has it really been 12 years since the Roomba came on the scene? iRobot’s brainchild robot […]