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John Rath is a veteran IT professional and regular contributor at Data Center Knowledge. He has served many roles in the data center, including support, system administration, web development and facility management.

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Asetek Liquid Cooling To Support EU Initiative
March 15th, 2013 : John Rath
Previously reserved for extreme densities and supercomputers, liquid cooling continues to make strides in the data center. Asetek announced that its data center liquid cooling solutions are a part of the European Commission roadmap for moving to a low-carbon economy. Read More
Cisco Launches New Integrated Services Router AX
March 14th, 2013 : John Rath
Cisco (CSCO) has announced a new Integrated Services Router with Application Experience (ISR-AX) that converges routing, security technologies and application-level services into a single-box solution for branch offices. Read More
Infinera Selected by CyrusOne
March 14th, 2013 : John Rath
Announcements in networking, connectivity and CDN sectors include: Infinera, CyrusOne, Level 3 and Edgecast. Read More
Data Center Links: Elastichosts Expands With Equinix
March 13th, 2013 : John Rath
Equinix (EQIX) announced that Elastichosts, a global Cloud Server provider, has deployed in Equinix’s International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Canadian data center operator CentriLogic announced an agreement to acquire the Capris Group. Read More
Network News: Juniper Selected by PEER 1
March 13th, 2013 : John Rath
Juniper Networks (JNPR) announced that PEER 1 has deployed Juniper's integrated routing, switching and security technology in its U.K. data center. Plus news from Ciena (CIEN) and Windstream. Read More
Salesforce.com To Sell $1 Billion in Notes, Commits to Renewables
March 13th, 2013 : John Rath
Salesforce.com (CRM) announced its intention to offer $1 billion aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes, and said it will work to steadily increase the amount of renewable energy used in its data center operations. Read More
IBM Watson Could be Offered as Technology as a Service
March 12th, 2013 : John Rath
IBM Watson - a cognitive computer - starred on Jeopardy! a few years ago. Today, IBM is experimenting with offering a way to reach Watson through a cloud service, and recently asked USC students for creative ways to apply Watson to business and social challenges. Read More
Verizon to Help U.S.D.A. Move to the Cloud
March 12th, 2013 : John Rath
News from the cloud computing sector includes developments from Verizon, HP and Dell. Verizon will be moving federal agencies to its enterprise federal cloud product; Dell expands Master Data Management cloud solution; and HP was selected by Molson-Coors. Read More
Guide to Optimizing Your Data Center’s Efficiency
March 11th, 2013 : John Rath
Evolving from server closets to multi-million dollar facilities, the modern data center incorporates a number of innovations that contribute to its effective and efficient operation. Facility and IT infrastructure must be agile and keep pace with the business, while maintaining mission-critical distinction. Read More