Recent changes in web-scale data center design can be seen in the evolution of the Internet infrastructure at Microsoft, which has been the leading proponent of deploying servers on pre-fabricated modules rather than traditional data halls. We've...

With the increase in cloud utilization comes the very real increase in security threats. There’s little doubt that as the size, frequency and complexity of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to rise, hosting and cloud service...

Facebook has deployed a new version of Opscode's Chef that has been rewritten from the ground up to handle the Internet's toughest scalability challenges. Using Private Chef, Facebook's infrastructure team can manage thousands of servers...

International Data Corporation (IDC) has issued a new report forecasting that the worldwide market for big data technology and services will reach $23.8 billion in 2016.

Digital Realty Trust has updated a key building block in its data center construction process to provide tenants with more power to support their IT infrastructure. POD Architecture 3.0 makes more effective use of pre-fabricated designs, allowing...

Data center management software has helped data center operators optimize their use of server capacity. CiRBA believes it can now help customers save money by optimizing their spending on software licenses.