Facebook has created a unique mobile device testing lab in its data center in Prineville, Oregon. The company used 60 custom-built server racks, infrastructure automation tools from Chef and data center cabling […]
Facebook plans to spend $750 million over five years on a data center campus outside Atlanta, Georgia, its ninth in the United States. The site will consist of two data centers totaling 970,000 square […]
The performance of telecom/IT systems and increasing reliance on data means that inadequacies within a network can lead to expensive business costs. This article examines the Citrix-sponsored research by Tech Research Asia […]
The most critical component in any mission-critical data center isn’t the capacity of data servers or the types of UPS batteries; it’s the life-safety measures. Smoke, not the flame itself, is the […]
Denver-based Northstar Commercial Partners today announced that its firm has been awarded a data center build-to-suit, which will be 100% pre-leased by a high profile Fortune 20 company. The initial development will […]
When the cost of data center downtime averages nearly $9,000 per minute, avoiding such an event is the first and most obvious way to save money. However, here are four ways to […]
For years there has been much spirited debate about whether to use a raised access floor system or not. Much of the discussion has been centered around cost relative to the access […]
The new release of the TIA-942 has many great improvements. Other webinars have addressed the changes to the network chapters. But what about all the other important chapters? This on-demand webinar addresses […]
When you are considering a colocation service provider or planning your own data center bill, baseline standards are everything. With such a proliferation of standards, how can companies understand which ones to […]
It’s been a busy year in Dallas, and there’s plenty more to come. In addition to the recent Equinix acquisition of the Dallas Infomart, there’s been expansions from companies including RagingWire, Skybox, […]
