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.
MIT's Technology Review highlights the growth of high frequency trading, which now account for 61 percent of daily trading. "Trading is now essentially a virtual art," it concludes.
The NASDAQ OMX Group is expanding its colocation agreement with Verizon Business, the two companies said yesterday. The expansion continues the arms race between financial data centers in northern New Jersey, where stock exchanges are competing...