In the latest data center financing announcement, Peak 10 said today that it has expanded its credit facility from $60 million to $95 million, and will invest the additional funds in additional infrastructure and a technology refresh support its...
Mozilla has added a second major data center in Phoenix to accommodate the growth of its popular open source software projects. The new servers for Firefox and Thunderbird will live at Phoenix ONE, one of the world's largest data centers.
A roundup of recent headlines from the data center and hosting industry, including news from Stratavia, Spirent, 3Com and a look at whether the Patriot Act could hamper the growth of cloud computing.
Digital Realty Trust (DLR) said today that it plans to acquire three data center properties in Massachusetts and Connecticut, paying $375 million for 550,000 square feet of buildings operated by Sentinel Data Centers.
How many servers or users can one admin can manage? The question is being discussed today at Slashdot. Here are some factoids about admin/server ratios at Facebook and Microsoft.
The biggest deal in the data center industry for 2009 was the news that Equinix (EQIX) would acquire Switch and Data in a $689 million transaction. As the year draws to a close, we're learning more about the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that led...
Roundup: Limelight Networks (LLNW) acquires Eyewonder in $110 million deal, Emerson launches Liebert-branded data center audits, Neptuny discusses virtualization and energy efficiency.
Rackspace says a network peering problem caused a lengthy outage this afternoon that affected many sites using its Cloud Sites cloud computing service. The outage affected sites at the company's Dallas data center, but Rackspace said the peering...