A roundup of data center links from this week, including several stories about the colocation market, naming conventions for Unix servers, and trends in data center site location.
Alistair Croll says the value of metadata in cloud computing platforms may become an issue in migrating applciations from one provider to another.
A power outage at a Primus data center in Melbourne is being blamed for yesterday's Internet connectivity problems in Australia.
Google is blaming human error for a snafu that caused its search engine to flag every site in its results with the warning "This site may harm your computer."
DataChambers, a Research Triangle data center service provider, has completed an expansion project to add capacity to its Winston-Salem data center.