In a former life, I worked for a small IT services firm who managed the networks of small to medium-sized businesses in our area. The customers we saw often housed their servers in a spare closet somewhere in the office. Gasp! Poor, scared servers left in hot, dark rooms where employees (and sometimes even outsiders) [...]
Moments of recognition for a boy and his CDN
03.29.2012 By:
It’s awesome to be recognized. It really makes your day. I can remember when my baseball coach called me out in front of the other kids for a couple of good hits in a game. I can remember winning a participation award in a fishing contest when I was nine (I caught a Brim that [...]
Would WPO be Your Weapon of Choice in the Hunger Games?
03.28.2012 By:
While our Mashup Maven, Stephanie, continues to bask in the glow of sunlight on her vacation, I’m here again this week, covering her beat. I don’t know what you did over the weekend, but like millions of others, I went to the opening night of The Hunger Games movie, the first of three best-selling young [...]
Momentum defined
03.27.2012 By:
Momentum is defined as the force or speed of movement. Momentum means going forward, moving ahead and ultimately making progress. Momentum is something we are experiencing at Internap with the multitude of recent events and new clients announced in just the last few days. Momentum at Internap is apparent with the recent news that we [...]
Cloud security: Perception vs. reality
03.23.2012 By:
How secure is cloud infrastructure? Is it affected by different threats more than traditional IT? And how does that affect what applications you move to the cloud and how you secure them? There are a lot of perceptions and fears around security, but until now there hasn’t been much hard data. On March 21st Internap [...]
Sahara Force India Formula One: Vijay’s Vision
03.22.2012 By:
The Australian Grand Prix was certainly an action-packed race and good viewing for the fans. It’s just a shame that we got caught up in some of the drama when Nico was taken out on the very first lap of the race. These things happen in racing, but it was a cruel end to an [...]
What does March Madness mean for your network?
03.21.2012 By:
Our resident “Mashup Maven”, Stephanie is out on a well-deserved vacation, so while she’s away – I’ll be here – covering her beat. The Internet Innovation Alliance estimates almost a 30% increase in data consumption compared to 2011 through March Madness on Demand (MMOD), an app for your computer, iPhone, iPad and select Android phones. That’s nearly [...]
Using WPO technologies to derive positive ROI
03.20.2012 By:
Research by Aberdeen shows that best-in-class organizations are experiencing 99.8% availability of web applications, 273% improvement in application response times and the ability to prevent performance issues before end users are impacted 83% of the time. The question is how are they doing it? They are called Website Performance Optimization (WPO) technologies. WPO technologies help [...]
Cloud: Lessons learned over lunch
03.16.2012 By:
I recently presented to an audience of technology executives in Silicon Valley on strategies and considerations for adopting cloud services. This particular session was actually a lunch-and-learn that we jointly conducted with VMware, a partner and integral component of our solutions. Being a very technical savvy audience, we got many interesting and detailed technical questions on a [...]
Sahara Force India and Internap: A match made in performance heaven
03.15.2012 By:
Formula One has intense fans. Fans who wrap themselves in the flags of their countries and favorite teams. Fans who immediately recognize a particular driver by his helmet design – sometimes the only way to tell. Fans who turn up the volume on their TVs at the beginning of every race to hear the scream [...]
Apps: Everything is going mobile
03.14.2012 By:
Of course everyone is talking about cloud and the latest trends, but have you seen what’s being written about the developments in mobile applications? I was browsing the Internet and discovered a bunch of articles about this, that and the other iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry apps. I’m not just referencing the light social or [...]
New headquarters, more data center space
03.13.2012 By:
It’s day two after a long anticipated move, and Internap employees are settled-in to our brand new diggs. The move from our downtown Atlanta facility to just outside the perimeter is a welcome change for most employees, decreasing travel times and traffic headaches. The Ravinia location also offers more space for our rapidly growing organization, [...]
Going green: Cool in more ways than one
03.09.2012 By:
Lately there has been a lot of talk about going green and energy efficiency efforts. Going green has become a top priority for businesses, and data center operators are no exception. For example, Internap recently received several accolades including a Green Globes award for our Dallas data center and LEED certification at our Santa Clara [...]
The enterprise data center
03.08.2012 By:
I responded to a question on Quora a few weeks ago that asked how enterprises separated premium data centers from some of the “bargain” options on the market. In short: experienced data center buyers take the time to understand a service providers’ performance track record. Most performance issues can be lumped into three silos: reliability and [...]
Ready or not, the storm is coming
03.07.2012 By:
With the recent devastating tornadoes in Georgia and other states, I am reminded how fragile infrastructure really is and more importantly how lives can literally change in an instant. Not only do we need to consider our personal safety and have a plan in place, should Mother Nature strike, but common sense tells us we [...]
The future of CDN
03.06.2012 By:
Video content across the Internet is growing by leaps and bounds as marketers discover its engaging and interactive qualities. One hundred and eighty-one million watched 40 billion online videos in January 2012 alone. Internet-based video will continue to grow with the use of HD video content becoming mainstream by 2015. In fact, Cisco predicts HD [...]
Is your CDN service provider giving you the red-carpet treatment?
03.02.2012 By:
Content delivery is a complex challenge. These networks aren’t simple, especially when you tie in complementary technologies like WAN Optimization. Granted, it’s a cliché to point out that you want good customer service (everyone wants low prices and good service for everything), but in the case of Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), the level of customer [...]
I love it when…
03.01.2012 By:
I love it when my work and home lives collide around a lesson. In my free time, I like to run. When I get the chance, I read a number of running blogs and magazines. I recently ran across an article that discusses how specialty running shoe stores have had to evolve to survive. At [...]
