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Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:43:17 -0700

Harden Those Servers, Then Chain Them Down
Pingdom takes a look at data center security and the threat posed by physical break-ins, as opposed to the cyber threats that...
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Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:43:17 -0700

AtlantaNAP Expands Colocation Space
Atlanta colocation provider AtlantaNAP has completed an expansion with the opening of a 12,500 square foot addition to...
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Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:35:00 -0700

Google: $698 Million in CapEx in 2Q08
Google (GOOG) spent $698 million on its infrastructure in the second quarter of 2008, a slight drop from a record first quarter...
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Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:35:00 -0700

Rackspace Expands With Hong Kong Data Center
Rackspace has expanded to Hong Kong, leasing about 9,000 square feet of data center space from PCCW, according to an SEC filing...
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Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:35:00 -0700

Savvis Opens Expanded Singapore Data Center
Managed hosting specialist Savvis Inc. (SVVS) today announced the opening of its expanded Singapore data center, which now...
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Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:21:03 -0700

Data Center News is All The Hotness
Interest in data center industry news continues to grow, a trend that is reflected in a minor milestone for Data Center...
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Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:52:50 -0700

Castle Access Plans San Diego Colo Facility
San Diego colocation provider Castle Access is building a new 88,000 square foot data center to meet growing demand from its...
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Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:52:50 -0700

Rumor Patrol: Huge Chinese Cloud Data Center?
Reuven Cohen, the CTO of cloud platform provider Enomaly, discusses several interesting rumors on his ElasticVapor blog (link...
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Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:27:52 -0700

A Look Inside HP's POD Container
HP today became the latest hardware vendor to launch a data center container product, the Performance Optimized Data Center...
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Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:04:20 -0700

HP Unveils its POD Data Center Container
HP today unveiled a data center container, the Performance Optimized Data Center (POD), joining the growing ranks of major...
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Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:04:20 -0700

Data Center Jobs: Visa
At the Data Center Jobs Board, we have a new job listing from Visa, which is seeking a Senior Facilities Engineer based in...
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Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:04:19 -0700

Roundup: Liebert, CSC, Titan, Power Loft
Here's a roundup of some data center industry news announcements from earlier this week: Emerson Network Power (EMR)...
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Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:25:12 -0700

Vancouver Power Outage KOs Plenty of Fish
An underground circuit fire caused a major power outage in Vancouver yesterday, which disabled traffic lights and cash machines...
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Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:25:12 -0700

SysAdmin Controls SanFran Computer Network
A disgruntled network administrator has been jailed after locking down a key computer network for the city of San Francisco by...
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Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:01:57 -0700

Relief in Sight for Sinking Tennessee Data Center
Last July we noted reports that the state of Tennessee's primary data center is slowly sinking, prompting the state to invest...
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Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:01:57 -0700

Lee Technologies Announces Global Expansion
Citing growing demand for global infrastructure for cloud computing, Lee Technologies today announced a global expansion that...
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Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:01:57 -0700

Yahoo Eyes Omaha for Major Data Center
Yahoo is considering Omaha, Nebraska as the site of a major data center project, the latest in a series of moves by Yahoo to...
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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:39:21 -0700

iTunes Activation Servers Overwhelmed
It's already being called the "iPocalypse." Many early purchasers of the new iPhone 3G are unable to activate their phones...
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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:24:47 -0700

Fortress Reports $37M in 2Q Engagements
In the latest sign of activity in data center construction and expansion, Fortress International Group (FIGI) said Thursday...
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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:24:47 -0700

Dealing With Downtime
The discussion following last Sunday's New York Times story on web site outages may have made the industry more self-conscious...
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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:24:47 -0700

SVLG Case Studies and Accenture Report
Resource alert: The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) has made many of the presentations from its June 26 Data Center...
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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:56:38 -0700

Another UK Colo Theft Hobbles FT.com
The web site of Financial Times has been hobbled by a theft of equipment from a Cable & Wireless colocation center in Watford,...
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Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:06:50 -0700

Microsoft's Online Push Tests Hosting Partners
Will Microsoft's push into online services torpedo its partners in the web hosting industry? Or will it simply siphon off...
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Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:27:22 -0700

HP Moving Defense Department Into The Cloud
HP will help the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) deploy a cloud computing infrastructure, the company said today. The cloud...
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Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:27:22 -0700

Data Center Flooded at Colts' New Stadium
Drainpipe failures at Lucas Oil Stadium have flooded the data center an the new $750 million facility, which is scheduled to...
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