After a dismal first quarter of 2008, data center stocks roared back to huge gains in the second quarter, with all nine out of 12 publicly held companies scoring double-digit gains.
Virtualization was hot, while CDNs were not. That was the story for data center stocks in the third quarter of 2007, as VMWare (VMW) and BLadeLogic (BLOG) led the way, while Akamai (AKAM) and Limelight (LLNW) lost ground.