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Cloud Storage Specialist Panzura Raises $25 Million
June 6th, 2013 : John RathCloud storage company Panzura closed a $25 million Series D funding round led by late-stage funding experts. The financing will help the company expand its international sales presence and scale sales and marketing in the United States and elsewhere. Read More
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M & A Frenzy For Cloud Companies
June 5th, 2013 : John RathSpending is rampant this spring, as technology companies are opening up their checkbooks to make acquisitions and finance innovation. Salesforce.com acquires ExactTarget, Intel invests to spur innovation in human-like sensing technology, and Yahoo made a bold move in purchasing social-blogging platform, Tumblr. Read More
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Internap Leads Data Center Stocks in First Quarter
April 1st, 2013 : Rich Miller
Internap was the best performing data center stock in the first three months of 2013. Shares of the the Atlanta-based colocation provider soared 34.9 percent on the quarter, as strong earnings made it the standout performer in a decidedly mixed quarter for the data center sector.
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Wall Street Debates How to Value Data Center Stocks
February 21st, 2013 : Rich MillerLast Saturday Barron's took a critical look at the methods used to value data center companies on Wall Street. That kicked off a series of articles in the financial press and blogosphere debating the merit of data center investments. Here's a review of the debate. Read More
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SuperMicro Shares Surge on Positive Earnings
January 24th, 2013 : Rich MillerShares of server vendor Super Micro Computer (SMCI) soared nearly 19 percent Wednesday in trading on the NASDAQ stock market after the company reported earnings that exceeded the expectations of the analyst community. Read More
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CyrusOne Completes IPO, Shares Trade Higher on NASDAQ
January 18th, 2013 : Jason VergeCyrusOne has completed its IPO, pricing its initial sale of shares at $19, above the projected range of $16 to $18, indicating healthy demand for shares of the colocation provider. Shares rise in early trading before settling back to about $21 a share in mid-afternoon. Read More
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Equinix Tops Data Center Stock Winners for 2012
January 2nd, 2013 : Rich MillerEquinix was the best-performing data center stock for 2012, more than doubling in value over the year. The 103 percent gain for Equinix was the headline in a mixed year for publicly-held companies in the data center sector. Read More
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Notes from IMN: Wholesale vs. Retail, Standards and Sandy
December 4th, 2012 : Jason VergePresenting some of our favorite notes and quotes from the keynotes at last week’s IMN Conference on Financing, Investing & Real Estate Development for Data Centers. Read More
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Meteoric Rise for Rackspace Tops 3Q Stock Winners
October 1st, 2012 : Rich MillerRackspace Hosting (RAX) is the big winner on Wall Street for the third quarter of 2012, and sits atop our Data Center Investor performance chart with a three-month gain of 50 percent. The San Antonio company was the chief beneficiary from a trend in which investors are seeking ways to benefit from the growth of cloud computing. Read More
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