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September 10, 2014

Published by Chris L on September 10, 2014

‘Internet Slowdown Day’ Invokes Spinning Wheel of Frustration

The ubiquitous spinning wheel: the symbol of your computer slowing down, websites taking forever to load, and just general slowness. It’s the bane of existence of everyone that’s ever used a computer. Today is Internet Slowdown day and the symbol […]

September 9, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on September 9, 2014

Greenpeace Pushes for Green Movement in Data Centers

Greenpeace is pushing for a cleaner Internet with their new #clickclean campaign. The new promotion is pushing for the major Internet players—the Facebooks, Googles, and Amazons—to use renewable energy in their data center infrastructures. It takes very little energy of […]

September 9, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on September 9, 2014

What to Expect From Apple Today

It’s always a fun time of the year when we look through the screens of our television sets and marvel at the year’s greatest nature show: Apple Fans. That’s right, they’re back at it and can be seen standing and […]

September 4, 2014

Published by Chris L on September 4, 2014

Big Data, Big Hits: The NFL’s New Tech

The NFL season is upon us—tonight, the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks take to the gridiron and face off against the Green Bay Packers in the NFL’s first game of the 2014 season. The action on the field will be […]

September 3, 2014

Published by Albert Ahdoot on September 3, 2014

Are The United States’ Data Centers Wasting Energy?

This is somewhat concerning but should be all that surprising, really: Data Centers in the United States are wasting an estimated $3 billion worth of energy power annually according to the US-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). That’s a lot of […]

September 2, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on September 2, 2014

Your Cloud Got Hacked? Hate to Say We Told You So.

If you haven’t heard by now, your everythings on Apple’s Cloud Storage system, iCloud, is not safe. Do you hear me!? Not safe! Abort! Jump ship! Delete everything that you hold near and dear because the hackers are coming! […]

August 28, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on August 28, 2014

How to Prepare Yourself for the Hidden Costs of VoIP

Maybe you have heard of VoIP, maybe you haven’t—but trust me: one day you will. VoIP, if you don’t know, stands for “Voice Over IP” or internet-based phone service to simplify more. And more and more businesses are making the […]

August 27, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on August 27, 2014

How Data Centers Protect Your Data During Earthquakes

If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, a giant 6.0 earthquake struck the greater San Francisco, CA area on August 24, 2014—the largest earthquake to hit the area in 25 years. Much damage was done and the area […]

August 26, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on August 26, 2014

Data Centers: Solving CA Drought One Rack at a Time

There’s a crisis afoot here in California: as you may know, we’re in a drought. Not just any ordinary drought, but a super drought where people are walking around with chapped lips and empty canteens. There seems to be no […]

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