One of my childhood favorites said it best, “It’s not that easy being green.” Kermit the frog had it right, but we aren’t just referring to color. In this case it means green sustainability; it means energy efficiency, and it means cutting-edge practices to deliver major operational benefits. Achieving these is no small task, especially [...]
Four ways to become more green
09.13.2012 By:
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Video blog: IT Infrastructure for online gaming
09.06.2012 By:
From the age-old arcade favorites like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and Pong to the lovable Nintendo Mario Brothers or the highly addictive World of Warcraft, the culture, technology and business of video games has slowly filtered down into your living room, your PC and even to your mobile phone. If you haven’t touched a joystick in [...]
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What does modular mean to you? Evaluating modular data center options
09.04.2012 By:
The need for scalability in the data center has driven demand for some interesting engineering ideas over the years. For example, I remember when I got my first tour of an actual self-contained, portable data center. Sun’s Project Blackbox had just been released — a data center built into a standard 20-foot shipping container. The [...]
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Video blog: What is a CDN?
08.24.2012 By:
The Internet changes everything. It changes the nature of the content you create and how you distribute that content. Your distribution model becomes a global one as users from around the world demand your content. While there are new opportunities, there are also new challenges. And if you aren’t an IT aficionado, getting that content [...]
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The truth about usage-based power: Cost savings and energy efficiency
08.14.2012 By:
I recently had the chance to sit down with our vice president of data center services, Mike Frank, to ask him all about our new usage-based power feature in our data centers. Mike gave me the scoop on why being able to monitor your power consumption is a step-up in terms of controlling costs and [...]
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The age of TV everywhere and cable espionage
07.19.2012 By:
I realized today it has been almost two years since I decided to ditch my cable bill in exchange for a Roku box — and I have to say I don’t miss my $80 a month bill at all. Sure sometimes I miss an occasional live event or television show that I can’t get on [...]
Atlanta technology crowd meets up TechCrunch style
07.13.2012 By:
Last Monday night’s TechCrunch event proved to be a big hit – we had a good time, that’s for sure. Technology professionals from around the local Atlanta metro area walked, drove and were shuttled in to network and talk tech while sampling a half dozen different brews at the SweetWater Brewery. Sheets of rain did [...]
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Three considerations for creating online gaming infrastructure
07.10.2012 By:
The 1980s marked the “golden age” of arcade video games. All you needed was a fistful of quarters for an afternoon of fun playing favorites like Pong, Donkey Kong and Pac-Man. Although you can still find those same classics on display as antiques in pizzerias, today’s gaming industry has morphed to include a multitude of [...]
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Secrets of finding the right IT partner for online retailers
07.03.2012 By:
Recently I got a chance to visit beautiful Vermont, the Green Mountain state to those familiar. I stayed in Vermont’s largest city, Burlington, a seemingly quiet town with lots of locally-owned restaurants (you must try Bove’s Italian if you ever visit — to die for!). The city is also a playground for University of Vermont [...]
Data drives demand — all the way to the west coast
06.29.2012 By:
It’s no secret demand for data center space is on the rise. The technological capacity to store information has roughly doubled about every three years since the 1980s, to the point that 90% of the data that exists on Earth has been created in the last two years alone, according to IBM. Pretty amazing to [...]
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London takes on IT of Olympic proportions
06.28.2012 By:
Yesterday, I watched a friend of mine compete in the U.S. Olympic Trials for swimming. I streamed the live webcast and sat through race after race waiting for those 4 minutes and 11 seconds of glory when she would swim the 400 IM. Through countless heats, eight swimmers at a time dove into the pool [...]
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Winning innovations in engineering and energy
06.19.2012 By:
You might not know it unless you have worked in a data center on a daily basis, but a lot goes in to the day-to-day maintenance of these places. I recently got a chance to visit our Santa Clara and Dallas data center facilities and let me tell you… there are checklists for checklists, 24/7 [...]
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Hybrid hosting: Your on-ramp to the cloud and more
06.14.2012 By:
Where are you in your cloud evolution? With a multitude of disparate applications, use cases and business lifecycles, organizations may be at vastly different points in their cloud adoption and may find it difficult to decide on the right cloud model. But who says you have to choose? As explained in our recent webinar, “Is [...]
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Build, buy, colocation or cloud?
06.07.2012 By:
Trying to decide among the many IT Infrastructure options out there can be dizzying. Should you build your own data center, buy space from a wholesale provider, utilize colocation space or venture into the cloud? So many choices — I know my head is spinning! Lucky for you our own Randy Ortiz, vice president of [...]
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Preparing for the demands of big data
05.25.2012 By:
Contemplating the massive amounts of data that traverse the web these days is like contemplating the size of a grain of sand compared to the expanses of the universe. You just can’t get your head around it. (And, I think I just got a headache.) The concept of massive data, which can no longer be [...]
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How do you drive your IT?
05.16.2012 By:
Speed, performance, high-tech. Just a few of the things that come to mind when you mention Formula One racing, which we have been heavily involved in since the season started this year. (Go Nico Hülkenberg and Paul Di Resta!) Interestingly though, these same words are synonymous with the demands of IT professionals today across many [...]
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Mom’s meatloaf and a little secret sauce called MIRO
05.01.2012 By:
Growing up my mom made a point to make a home-cooked meal every night. You could say we were a real meat and potatoes, traditional American family. In fact, one of Mom’s specialties was her made-from-scratch meatloaf, an all-American favorite, although it was anything but traditional. You see, it included a secret sauce that made [...]
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America’s most trustworthy companies
04.24.2012 By:
Trust is an asset afforded to companies that work hard to deliver on goals, meet deadlines and overall perform like they say they will. It’s something that is most definitely earned and should be protected above all else − which is why I am excited to say that Internap recently made Forbes’ list of America’s [...]
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IT Infrastructure flexibility key for anytime, anywhere access
04.17.2012 By:
Anytime, anywhere access is becoming the standard. According to Forrester Research, nearly 60% of all corporate employees share, access and manage content outside the office – with their laptop, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android and more. Indications are that number is only going to increase. Just take a look at a recent infographic on working from [...]
How safe is your data center from disaster?
04.13.2012 By:
Recent storms in Dallas and the resulting YouTube videos resemble clips from the 1996 hit movie Twister. It was a scary scene for many across the Silicon Prairie. Unfortunately it’s times like these when many businesses start thinking about their disaster recovery plan. The key to surviving a tornado and reducing the risk of loss, [...]
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Domestic server room closet abuse
03.30.2012 By:
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) [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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The case for colocation
01.30.2012 By:
According to Info-Tech Research Group, 64% of organizations engage in some form of data center colocation services. In addition, Gartner has observed more and more enterprises enlisting colocation services, and has identified several reasons behind this trend.* 1. Since organizations are more geographically distributed, they don’t necessarily have an optimal central location in which to locate a [...]
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