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October 2, 2014

The White House Struggles To Improve Data Center Efficiency

Despite that fact that it’s the United States’ government, the White House proposed a new voluntary program for data centers to become 20 percent more energy efficient by the year 2020. For the unapologetic, curious, and somewhat naive crowd: they haven’t […]
October 1, 2014

Social Security Gets New Data Center

The US Government is in the midst of a big overhaul in terms of their IT infrastructure. There are big talks of a mass consolidation of the government’s data facilities, which would ultimately lead to a more efficient, cost-effective infrastructure. […]
September 30, 2014

Why The eBay-PayPal Relationship Is Coming to an End

One of the longest lasting and adorable internet relationships is coming to an end. eBay and PayPal, companies synonymous with each other since the first time you heard of either one of them are announcing a split in 2015 after […]
September 29, 2014

What’s Inside the Swiss Secret, Underground Data Center Bunkers?

When you think of Switzerland, what comes to mind? Utility knives? Chocolates? Off-shore bank accounts? And then what? I can’t think of anything. I know their flag is square, which is weird. But other than that, my ignorance of Switzerland […]
September 25, 2014

How Facebook Balances Its Load to Save Electricity

Have you ever been browsing your Facebook late at night, sifting through all those baby pictures, wondering why you’re still friends with that kind of racist guy you met at your cousin’s wedding? I think we all have been there […]
September 24, 2014

The Sky is Falling, iPhones Are Bending

Have you heard about the latest iPhone and iOS8 problems? It turns out that everything that comes from Apple isn’t all manna from heaven gifted to us by a ghost Steve Jobs who is using the futuristic iPad7 to communicate […]
September 23, 2014

Comcast Plans to Whine to FCC Until They Get to Buy Time Warner

Remember that whole fiasco about Comcast wanting to buy Time Warner Cable? Yeah, it’s still going on, and the debate about Internet “fast lanes” isn’t slowing down (get it?!), but through the public backlash against the possible sale, Comcast still […]
September 18, 2014

What Are Data Centers Testing to Reduce Electricity Costs?

Unsurprisingly, one of the excruciating headaches of operating a data center is the cost to keep the servers running at optimum efficiency—that means keeping them cool and, if you’ve ever run an air conditioning unit, that means copious amounts of […]
September 16, 2014

How ‘Fastpass’ Will Eliminate Data Center Latency

Just when you thought those nerds at MIT had quieted down, they’re back at it. This time with FaceBook! But what they’re developing could change the way you “internet.” Alright, I’ll just get to it: they’re eliminating data center latency. And […]
How ‘Fastpass’ Will Eliminate Data Center Latency
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