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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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AppDynamics Snags $50 Million Funding
January 24th, 2013 : John Rath
Application performance management provider AppDynamics announced a $50 million Series D growth financing round. The financing will support expansion into the global enterprise market, increase research and development investment, and accelerate hiring to meet the high demand for its platform. Read More
Cisco To Boost Mobile Networking With Intucell Acquisition
January 23rd, 2013 : John Rath
Cisco (CSCO) today announced its intent to acquire mobile networking company Intucell for $475 million in a deal that will position the networking giant for huge growth in mobile data traffic. Read More
Need for Speed: Violin Memory Acquires GridIron
January 21st, 2013 : John Rath
Violin Memory announced it has completed the acquisition of application acceleration company GridIron Systems. Read More
VC Funding Slipped in 2012, OnApp Kicks Off 2013
January 21st, 2013 : John Rath
In the same week that CB Insights reported that venture capital activity had decreased slightly in 2012, OnApp, Survey Monkey, Zettaset and InsideSales.com raised money to further their cause. Capital Funding falls $28.3 billion CB Insights released a report last week, noting that across 3,267 deals completed in 2012 the $28.3 billion invested was down [...] Read More
Data Center Links: GoGrid, Phoenix NAP, Peak 10
January 18th, 2013 : John Rath
Phoenix NAP selected by Main Advantage Technology, GoGrid provides cloud for ScaleArc iDB, Peak 10 validated for PCI Compliance. Read More
Networking News: Carney Named CEO at Brocade
January 18th, 2013 : John Rath
Brocade names industry veteran Lloyd Carney as CEO, Level 3 selected by NATO for private network to "enhance airspace transparency" with Russia, Alcatel-Lucent and Reliance enter billion dollar contract, Comcast selects Ciena for 100G. Read More
“Zero Dark Thirty” Optimized With Avere Systems
January 18th, 2013 : John Rath
Storage provider Avere Systems announced that Image Engine, a company specializing in visual effects for feature films, has tapped Avere to dramatically reduce costs as part of its new storage architecture system. Read More
Infinity SDC Opens Slough Data Center
January 18th, 2013 : John Rath
UK data center operator Infinity SDC announced that it has opened its Slough data center facility, in the heart of the UK's IT corridor. Read More
Fusion-io Sets the Stage for the All-Flash Data Center
January 17th, 2013 : John Rath
Fusion-io has launched ioScale, a new offering aimed at hyperscale and cloud companies, ioScale provides up to 3.2 terabytes of ioMemory capacity, with pricing that makes the "all-Flash data center" more accessible., Read More