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March 31, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on March 31, 2014

Data Center Protest Raises Questions About Power

Protests about a data center in Newark might affect facility design in the future… A recent trend in data center construction and design for larger facilities is to implement on-site power generation—building what amounts to a small power plant that […]

March 28, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on March 28, 2014

Target Lawsuit Puts Bullseye on PCI Compliance

How can companies stay secure in an ever-changing security landscape? Target can’t catch a break. First it’s their big holiday hacking scandal where they lost the credit card info of nearly 40 million customers to a hacker. Now, they’re getting […]

March 28, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on March 28, 2014

Encryption Virus Holds Your Data Hostage

Encrypting your data for security is good. Encrypting your data for ransom is terrible. Encryption can help protect your data in the event of some prying eyes by encoding the data so that only authorized users can see it. Encryption […]

March 27, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on March 27, 2014

Tech Giants Team Up to Create Giant Database

Big companies need big software for big data. Big data, “Big Table” and now big collaboration. Facebook, Google, Twitter and LinkedIn went all ‘Avengers’ on everyone and teamed up to develop a new database based off the MySQL database program […]

March 26, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on March 26, 2014

Obama to Ask Congress to End NSA Data Collection

In your face, spies! It took a long while, but they’re about to finally change things around with how the NSA works. President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress to end the bulk collection of phone metadata by the NSA, […]

March 26, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on March 26, 2014

Does Your Data Center Pass the Performance Test?

It’s like an SAT score for your data center… There’s a lot of factors that go into creating a great data center—from a layout and design standpoint to how well your actual equipment performs—that need to be taken into consideration. […]

March 25, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on March 25, 2014

Turkey’s Bold Claim about Twitter Will Surprise You

Because banning people from a free service always works out well… If you haven’t been paying attention to the news (how dare you!), then you likely haven’t seen that Turkey (the country, not the bird) has tried to ban Twitter […]

March 24, 2014

Published by Chris L on March 24, 2014

China Hypocritically Wants the US to Stop Spying on Them

Pot, meet Kettle… Cybersecurity and cyber warfare are at an all-time high, and are big concerns for companies large and small, as well as national governments. Especially national governments. Spying allegations tied with cybersecurity issues are the reason that China […]

March 20, 2014

Published by Chris L on March 20, 2014

Brazil’s Amazing Vote on the ‘Constitution of the Internet’

The Constitution of the Internet–signed by cats and pictures of food… Things are picking up in Brazil, and not because Carnaval is popping off. This week, Brazil’s Congress is going to vote on what is known as the Constitution of […]

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