Network problems during a data center migration have caused lengthy downtime for customer of DreamHost this week. The Los Angeles shared hosting provider recently moved servers to Alchemy Communications after making a large equity investment in...
A report published by Tariff Consultancy Ltd notes that European data centre revenue is "set to more than double over the five year period from 2010 to 2015, with net raised floor space to increase by 70%, driven primarily by price increases."
eBay's search feature, which is a key to connecting the site's millions of buyers and sellers, was down for much of Saturday, prompting an apology to users as eBay restored search functionality in phases.
Not many major retailers would take their online store offline for more than a day to conduct planned maintenance. That's what Burlington Coat Factory did this week.
A data center in Australia shut down for an hour on Monday after its VESDA (Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus) system detected smoke from a mulch fire near the facility.
Rackspace (RAX) reports that parts of its Dallas data center lost power Monday night during testing of power distribution units (PDUs), causing downtime for customers on SliceHost/The Rackspace Cloud.
Following several days of hints and rumors, Microsoft has confirmed that it has resurrected most of the Sidekick user data that was believed to be lost. Microsoft says it now believes the data loss "affected a minority of Sidekick users."