If one of your fully-loaded racks plunged 18 stories and shattered on the pavement, would your data survive? To find out, Symantec dropped a rack of expensive IT gear off the roof of a building in Santa Clara. Go ahead, you know you want to look.

Corporate data centers are the front line in the escalating battle between electronic attackers and defenders, and must be vigilant about defending their perimeter, cybersecurity guru Winn Schwartau said in his keynote address at Data Center World...

Investors are eager for ways to participate in the buzz around cloud computing. What's the best way to invest in this sector? It's not simple, as Joe Weinman of Telx explains in this video interview with The Street.

September was an eventful month for the data center sector Here's the line up of our top 10 stories of the month on Data Center Knowledge. Enjoy!

The reactions continue to flow in from the New York Times' coverage of the data center industry. We've now seen the first signs of a political reaction to the paper's depiction of data center energy use, continued feedback from sources the Times...

Nlyte Software to License Patented DCIM Technology, GE’s ecomagination UPS is Energy Star Certified, TELEHOUSE Partners With Stackpop Marketplace, Demand Increases for Phoenix NAP Secured Cloud.

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On Sunday the New York Times kicked off a series of articles based on a year-long investigation of the data center industry and its energy usage. Here's a roundup of other notable analysis and commentary from around the web: