Roundup: Level 3 works to deliver uncompressed high-definitiion video for Super Bowl, AboveNet extends its UK fiber network to Sentrum's new 200,000 square foot data center in Surrey, UK.
Responding to growth in its proximity hosting services for financial companies trading derivatives and commodities, Savvis (SVVS) is expanding its data center at 350 East Cermak, a key connectivity hub in downtown Chicago.
The WAN Optimization market has been hot lately, as corporate networks support more dispersed audiences and cloud computing applications proliferate. Here's a look at major players and recent headlines.
Can cloud computing take hold on Wall Street? Not in the current environment, according to an analysis from the TABB Group, but that could change dramatically if financial regulators took a more active role.
The initial buzz around stealthy server startup SeaMicro has focused on its plans to build powerful multi-core servers using Intel's low-power Atom chips. But the company's patent filings reveal broader plans for an interconnection fabric that...
Roundup: Cisco's space router operates in orbit, AboveNet says it has deployed to all 20 Equinix data centers in the U.S., Lexent Metro joins Switch and Data's GeoReach program, Huawei deplys DWDM platform for GlobeNet.
Content delivery market leader Akamai (AKAM) has begun competing aggressively on pricing with rivals Limelight (LLNW), Level 3 (LVLT) and EdgeCast in recent months, Dan Rayburn reports.
Low latency trading specialist Chi-X Canada has selected Switch and Data’s "Financial EcoCenter" at 151 Front Street in Toronto as its primary data center, the companies said today.
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.
Telehouse America is seeking to leverage some of its data center real estate at 25 Broadway to gain a piece of the growing market for colocation space to support high-frequency trading.