Posts tagged data
Facebook IPO Filing Details Data Center Spending
Feb 2nd
February 2, 2012 — With 845 million users, and more than half of users logging in everyday, Facebook has provided some insight into how much it costs to run its infrastructure through the release of its IPO filing on Wednesday. Facebook has invested more than $1 billion in its infrastructure, comprised of its own data centers in Oregon, North Carolina and Sweden, and leased facilities in California and Virginia, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge.
Mobile App Host Flowfinity Wireless Opens Toronto Data Center
Dec 20th
December 20, 2011 — Mobile app hosting provider Flowfinity Wireless announced on Tuesday that it has opened a data center in Toronto, Canada to support its scalable, on-demand hosting services for enterprise mobile apps deployment.
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Mobile App Host Flowfinity Wireless Opens Toronto Data Center
Data Centers Canada Expands Facility to 20000 Square Feet
Dec 12th
December 12, 2011 — Data center operator Data Centers Canada announced on Monday it has begun construction on expanding its Toronto North Data Center facility.
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Data Centers Canada Expands Facility to 20000 Square Feet
Google to Build 300 Million 300K-Square-Foot Hong Kong Data Center
Dec 9th
December 9, 2011 — Google announced on Thursday it will invest $300 million to build a new 300,000-square-foot data center in Hong Kong.
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Google to Build 300 Million 300K-Square-Foot Hong Kong Data Center
Data Center Firm AiNET Wins Web Host and ISP Customer Vector Data Systems
Dec 6th
December 6, 2011 — Colocation and data center provider AiNET announced on Tuesday that web host and ISP Vector Data Systems has selected its Beltsville, Maryland data center for colocation, and Internet connectivity services.
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Data Center Firm AiNET Wins Web Host and ISP Customer Vector Data Systems
Data Center Operator IO Releases Standalone Data Center OS
Dec 6th
December 6, 2011 — Data center operator IO announced on Monday that it has launched IO OS, its new data center operating system, as a stand-alone software product. IO says its IO OS was initially introduced in its modular data center technology platform IO Anywhere.
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Data Center Operator IO Releases Standalone Data Center OS
Facebook Critical of Googles Secrecy Around Data Center Design
Dec 2nd
December 2, 2011 — Facebook Prineville, Oregon data center manager Ken Patchett said it is “B.S.” that companies like Google keep their data center design a secret and view it as having a competitive advantage over their rivals, according to a report by Wired.
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Facebook Critical of Googles Secrecy Around Data Center Design
Cisco Study Estimates Cloud Traffic Will Grow 12-Fold by 2015
Nov 30th
November 30, 2011 — Networking hardware manufacturer Cisco announced on Tuesday it has released the results of its inaugural Cisco Global Cloud Index (2010 – 2015) which estimates global cloud computing traffic will grow 12-fold from 130 exabytes to reach a total of 1.6 zettabytes annually (one zettabyte is equal to a trillion gigabytes) by 2015, a 66 percent compound annual growth rate.
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Cisco Study Estimates Cloud Traffic Will Grow 12-Fold by 2015
DataCore Software Offers SAN Alternative for Windows Server Farms
Nov 1st
November 1, 2011 — Storage virtualization software developer DataCore Software announced on Tuesday it has released a specialized business continuity solution to its portfolio of virtualization technologies. The DataCore STAR HA solution is designed for IT organizations that are seeking the benefits of a SAN, while allowing their data to remain safely stored on their servers
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DataCore Software Offers SAN Alternative for Windows Server Farms
Data Center Firm DataSpace Partners Receives Tier III Facility Certification
Oct 6th
October 6, 2011 — Russian data center developer DataSpace Partners announced on Thursday that it has been awarded Tier III facility certification, the first designation in Russia and Eastern Europe, according to the press release. A year ago, Dataspace announced that it had a $150 million loan to build or convert industrial sites in Moscow into data centers.
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Data Center Firm DataSpace Partners Receives Tier III Facility Certification