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July 30, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on July 30, 2014

IBM Puts California in the Cloud

Local governments in California have their heads in the cloud…and that’s a good thing… I guess there’s enough clouds in Northern California to encompass the Southern region, or so IBM hopes. They are working with CA government to create CalCloud—a […]

July 28, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on July 28, 2014

The Perfect Human, Brought to You by Google

I can’t wait for Gmail alerts telling me I have a disease… Google, givers of great things like a search engine (remember that?), Android and Google Maps now wants to bring us its next great project: the perfect human. What’s […]

July 24, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on July 24, 2014

How Google’s Data Center Went from $110k to $5 Billion in 15 Years

Let’s take a trip down memory (not RAM) lane… On Wednesday, July 23, 2014, Google was a little nostalgic. They remembered a time when they were a billion dollar conglomerate world-owning deity. From Where Google Started See that? Those […]

July 23, 2014

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Published by Q.C. Crea on July 23, 2014

5 Unusually Powered Data Centers

Our data centers are powered through MAGIC… Data centers seem to be all the rage nowadays—since, you know, I’m 73.8% sure the internet lives in them. And we all love the internet. But as our appetites for internet and data […]

July 22, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on July 22, 2014

US Government to Close 8 Data Centers in Efficiency Audit

A US defense agency is closing up some data centers… As the country strives for better energy efficiency, the US Government is attempting to lead by example as the US Defense Information Systems Agency is set to close 8 of […]

July 16, 2014

Published by Chris L on July 16, 2014

California’s Six-State Split Makes it to Ballot, Still a Dumb Idea

This guy thinks he can run a state government… The folks who inhabit Silicon Valley think they can fix everything. Even government. Yes, the same people that brought us Snapchat and other meaningless tools to curb boredom think that they […]

July 15, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on July 15, 2014

Meet the Man Who Is Going to Make the Internet Free for the World

You get an Internet! And YOU get an Internet! And YOU get an Internet! Wouldn’t it be nice if the internet was in our brain? Actually, that’s freightening—but free internet is not. That sounds amazing. And that’s exactly what Kosta […]

July 14, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on July 14, 2014

Why the United States Doesn’t Worry about International Laws

USA! USA! USA! Sure, the US might not have won the World Cup, but we’ll be damned if we’re not imposing our will overseas. The US Justice Department is asking Microsoft to hand over some e-mails on servers located in […]

July 10, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on July 10, 2014

The ‘Internet of Things’ Compatibility Issues

Can’t we all just get along? Yes, we can, actually… Ahh, the good ol’ “Internet of Things”–the eventual gateway to your home being totally connected and a way for your toaster to talk to your garage door or whatever. In […]

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