The Green Grid Forum 2012 is next week and this year marks its 5th anniversary. The conference theme is “Achieving Greater Productivity and Environmental Sustainability,” and experts will come together to discuss IT and resource efficiencies trends that will affect business computing environments now and in the future. In keeping with the topic, this week [...]
It isn’t easy being green – but it’s more important than ever in the data center industry
02.29.2012 By:
How do you plan for your future IT needs?
02.28.2012 By:
Applications can grow at exponential speeds and sometimes your IT Infrastructure just isn’t up to the task. But deciding which platform can manage your growing computing needs best isn’t always an easy pick either. Our webinar last week, “Is Your IT Infrastructure Future-Proof?” gave attendees use cases for multiple IT platforms, including colocation, hosting, cloud [...]
Managed hosting: A cost comparison
02.24.2012 By:
The battle for many CIOs and CTOs has often been striking a balance between outsourcing and taking your services in house. If you are considering managed hosting, you may be asking yourself, “How much will this cost me?” or “Are there any real savings for my business?” The below presents a two-year cost comparison in [...]
Amazing ideas learned from Startup Riot ‘hackathon’
02.23.2012 By:
One of the coolest things about start-up and entrepreneurial events is the amazing ideas people come up with. Internap and Voxel sponsored one of these events here in Atlanta called Startup Riot, organized by Sanjay Parekh. Part of this year’s event was a 48-hour “hackathon” called the Startup Riot Make. In the Make event, 11 [...]
Words fly away, writings remain; as will the IT department
02.22.2012 By:
Another week and a lot of topics have been trending in the IT industry. This week I am going to focus our mashup of industry news on the future of IT departments. Last week my mashup included the fear, uncertainty and doubt surrounding cloud security. Much the same has been said about the future need [...]
Where did everyone go?
02.21.2012 By:
IT leadership is facing a simple fact: the days of on-premise applications are quickly fading into the past. Think about the last time you installed software. The need for client-based applications will always be present, but for the most part, installing software on a server physically located where your business resides seems obsolete. Where did [...]
Video is changing everything: Content Delivery Network to the rescue
02.17.2012 By:
“Video is changing everything,” according to a recent white paper written by Thomason Reuters, one of the world’s leading sources of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. In fact, in the time it takes you to read the eight-page white paper, Thomason Reuters says that roughly 240 hours of video will be uploaded to the [...]
The year of cloud?
02.16.2012 By:
Several years ago the word “cloud” entered into popular use around the time of Amazon’s AWS service launch. In that era, many hosting providers were offering virtualization of some sort, but a lot of us were scratching our heads on this whole “cloud” thing. “A server available on an hourly basis? Why would anyone want [...]
FUD, fallacies and facts about Cloud security – a mashup
02.15.2012 By:
As evidenced by the large number of articles of late about the fear, uncertainty and doubt surrounding the cloud, and of course, the hype, I am providing our blog readers with a mashup of IT industry news on a variety of topics pertaining to cloud computing, data center facilities and other areas of the “biz.” [...]
WPO technologies sweeten online retailers’ Valentine’s sales
02.14.2012 By:
Valentine’s Day can evoke different reactions from different people. For some, it could be a wonderful day of romance and gifts. For others, you may believe it’s just another Hallmark holiday meant to drive flower, card, candy and teddy bear sales. Similar feelings of sheer bliss or utter despair can also affect online retailers in [...]
Data center power: Good versus bad
02.10.2012 By:
The amount of power consumed in a modern data center is generally incomprehensible. One hundred MW (that’s megawatts) of power can operate just one Apple, Google, Yahoo! or Facebook data center or 80,000 average American homes. In Internap data centers we have customers operating with 10KW of power draw in an 8’x2’x4’ locking, seismically reinforced, [...]
Deriving ROI from your cloud implementations
02.09.2012 By:
Internap was privileged to recently host a cloud roundtable with three IT executives, including Tim Bell, VP, Information Technology & CIO of Greenway Medical, Raymond A. Repic, VP of Information Technology at Dell SecureWorks, as well as Michael J. Smith, Executive Director of NASA Shared Services Center. During this discussion, we heard how these leaders [...]
Super size me – bigger isn’t always better when it comes to data centers
02.07.2012 By:
The 2004 film “Super Size Me” made us all aware that bigger isn’t always better. During the course of a month the independent filmmaker, Morgan Spurlock, consumed three meals per day at the nationwide fast food chain, McDonald’s, and each time he was asked if he wanted to “super size” his meal he agreed. On [...]
Month one at Internap + Voxel – a view from the Ops side
02.03.2012 By:
It’s been a few weeks since Voxel was acquired by Internap and now is a good time for some reflection. Much of the “post-deal” craziness has started to die down and we’re back to our day jobs. A few high level points for those of you who don’t want to wait for my take on [...]
Top nine benefits of managed hosting
02.01.2012 By:
Managed hosting offers a variety of advantages. To help you understand its appeal, here is a list of the benefits most valued by customers. Drumroll please… 1. Reduced Capital Costs Instead of investing in equipment every three to five years, your IT Infrastructure becomes an operating expense (opex), reducing your up-front capital investment (capex). Plus, [...]