• As Mobile Shopping Surges, Response Times Suffer

    November 28th, 2012 : Jason Verge

    Holiday retail sales were strong on the holiday kickoff weekend, but as mobile traffic surged on Cyber Monday, mobile sites and apps slowed down. It appears that while retail sites were prepared for the traffic, many retailers failed to test mobile services vigorously. Read More

  • After Sandy: Datagram Recovers From ‘Apocalyptic’ Flood

    November 26th, 2012 : Rich Miller

    Superstorm Sandy was a huge challenge for the entire NY/NJ data center industry, but the storm's greatest impact was felt by a handful of facilities in the "Zone A" flood zone in lower Manhattan. Here is Datagram's story. Read More

  • Retailer Web Sites, Apps Brace for Black Friday

    November 21st, 2012 : Jason Verge

    The shopping holiday season is heating up, and we’re about to hit the major black Friday and Cyber Monday peak. Never has uptime been more important and downtime more costly for retailers than during this season. Here's a look at key factors in retail performance, and how major players are preparing their infrastructure. Read More

  • After Sandy, Verizon Confronts ‘Catastrophic Failure’ at NY Cable Vault

    November 19th, 2012 : Rich Miller

    When SuperStorm Sandy sent a storm surge into lower Manhattan, the flooding caused a "catastrophic failure" in a cable vault beneath Verizon's central office on Broad Street. The Verge provides a closer look at the damage. Read More

  • Most New York Data Centers Back on Utility Power

    November 5th, 2012 : Rich Miller

    Con Edison has now restored utility power to most of New York's major data center hubs, bringing a sense of stability after an intense week of downtime and maintenance challenges in the wake of SuperStorm Sandy. Read More

  • Generator Delivery Boosts Hopes at Datagram

    November 2nd, 2012 : Rich Miller

    For the staff and customers of hosting provider Datagram, the cavalry finally arrived shortly after 2 p.m. Friday, in the form of a 2-megawatt diesel generator on the back of an 18-wheeler. Read More

  • New York Data Centers Battle Back from Storm Damage

    November 1st, 2012 : Rich Miller

    As Thursday dawned on lower Manhattan, the city's battered data centers continued their recovery efforts. Wednesday was a day of fast-moving events, as some facilities that were down came up, and some that were up went down. Several of the hardest-hit facilities were hoping to be back in action Thursday. Read More

  • Sandy’s Impact: The View from the Network

    November 1st, 2012 : Jason Verge

    Monitoring from Keynote, Renesys and RIPE provided a high-level analysis of how the Internet managed the storm, allowing us to paint a broader picture than the facility outages we’re tracking in our data center coverage. Read More

  • Diesel ‘Bucket Brigade’ Keeps Peer 1 Online at 75 Broad

    October 31st, 2012 : Rich Miller

    Employees of Peer 1, blog host Squarespace and Fog Creek Software have formed a "bucket brigade" to relay 5-gallon buckets of diesel fuel from the street to the upper floors of the 75 Broad Street in New York to keep their backup generator fueled. Read More

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