Every day, lines get cut. Every day, routers go out. Every day, every tier-one network provider has some type of outage. While many of these problems are fixed quickly, fiber cuts present a different challenge, as shown in this Level 3 Communications blog, 10 Most Bizarre and Annoying Causes of Fiber Cuts. With risks like [...]
Fiber cuts got your network down? Re-route your IP with MIRO
05.23.2013 By:
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Retail’s big data evolution
05.16.2013 By:
The amount of data collected at every part of the supply chain has steadily increased, enabling retailers to make extremely informed decisions about what to sell, when to sell it and who to sell it to. The science of collecting these vast amounts of data and trying to draw meaningful conclusions falls under the term [...]
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Bare metal cloud fits big data
05.08.2013 By:
Big data is the buzzword in the IT industry these days. While traditional data warehousing involves terabytes of human-generated transactional data to record facts, big data involves petabytes of human and machine-generated data to harvest facts. Big data becomes supremely valuable when it is captured, stored, searched, shared, transferred, deeply analyzed and visualized. The platform [...]
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Explore your IT Infrastructure options with Internap’s Solution Builder
05.02.2013 By:
Choosing a hosting platform that meets the unique needs of your business can be challenging, and many variables must be considered when making IT Infrastructure decisions. Different use cases and workloads can require different infrastructure options, and other factors such as sensitivity to latency and downtime, speed of deployment and security must also be evaluated. [...]
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Meet the challenges of big data infrastructure with colocation
05.01.2013 By:
To create a cost-effective infrastructure option for housing big data deployments, many IT organizations have been forced to use a combination of cloud, dedicated hosting and colocation from multiple providers. But the emergence of new colocation services that provide cloud-like flexibility along with secure physical infrastructure helps meet the demands of big data through data [...]
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Disaster recovery planning for IT organizations – part 3 (Video)
04.26.2013 By:
In the previous episode of our Disaster Recovery series, we discussed different types of DR Sites. Now, we’ll cover some implementation options and give you a few real world examples. Implementation can generally be divided into two categories: do-it-yourself and recovery as a service. Both architectures can be deployed using virtual, physical, or a combination [...]
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Disaster recovery planning for IT organizations – part 2 (Video)
04.19.2013 By:
Which type of failover site is right for your IT organization’s disaster recovery needs? Watch part two of our disaster recovery series, as we discuss the difference between four types of sites. A mirrored site instantaneously recovers a company’s mission-critical applications from disaster. These sites reside in a geographically distinct data center, and maintain identical [...]
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Disaster recovery planning for IT organizations – part 1 (Video)
04.12.2013 By:
How do you create, implement and deploy a disaster recovery plan? Watch as Internap’s Dan Dorfeld discusses the best way to assess your organization’s disaster recovery risks and prepare your IT Infrastructure to handle potential disruptions to business continuity. In this video, we will discuss: How an IT organization’s DR plan relates to an overall [...]
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5 best practices for successful system administration
04.10.2013 By:
For successful system administration, you need more than just the required technical skills. Below is a list of five slightly non-technical abilities that should be developed in order to become the best system admin ever. 1. Monitor, measure, and record. Yes, you know what the swap usage is today because there’s a problem with the [...]
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Capture the excitement of March Madness with CDNs
04.05.2013 By:
This year’s March Madness basketball tournament has been among the most exciting in recent history. If you talk to the sports pundits, it’s because schools like Florida Gulf Coast told the classic Cinderella story with plenty of style. But if you talk to your friendly neighborhood tech geek, you’ll hear a different message – “It’s [...]
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Solve enterprise video delivery challenges with CDNs (Video)
04.05.2013 By:
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) are essential for enterprises that need to meet the demands of next-generation multi-device video delivery. Watch the Enterprise Video Xpert Series to see Jolokia’s K.C. Watson and Internap’s Pete Mastin discuss how CDNs can help organizations meet these challenges, which include: Mobile – Even for enterprises with a successful track record [...]
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Back to GDC: Trends in the online gaming industry
04.04.2013 By:
We were back at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last week! It was an interesting and educative journey; GDC is a great opportunity to experience the many facets of the gaming world, from developers and publishers with big household names to indie developers and the different tools that enable them to enter the [...]
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Five considerations for building online gaming infrastructure (Video)
03.29.2013 By:
When new games are released into the market, the success of the launch often hinges on the gaming infrastructure you choose. The ability to withstand a high number of users during a global launch can create latency issues for gamers, which can result in abandonment of play. In the video below, we discuss five key [...]
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Support multi-region game launch initiatives with colocation
03.28.2013 By:
Today’s online game developers face an increasingly global marketplace that is no longer restricted to just a few prominent regions. As consumers around the world embrace online video games, developers and publishers must deliver games to a variety of regions at launch. This presents a wide range of logistical and technological challenges which can be [...]
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The business impact of downtime
03.27.2013 By:
When hearing the phrases “disaster recovery” or “disaster preparedness,” many people immediately think of how they can prevent or mitigate the downtime caused by an extreme weather event – such as a hurricane, earthquake, flood or tornado. But the reality is that these phenomena are rare, and the much more common causes of downtime are [...]
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Nicholas Carr: Big Data vs. Right Data (Video)
03.22.2013 By:
A Google search on the phrase “big data” produces 2.1 billion results, ranging from analyst reports and news coverage to industry events and product offerings. While advances in computer processing power, networking and storage have enabled us to glean new insights from massive quantities of data, is more always better? Nicholas Carr, author of The [...]
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March Madness: How CDNs help you watch college basketball at work
03.20.2013 By:
Dear Bosses of College Basketball Fans, Beginning March 21st & 22nd, an intense fever called March Madness will sweep through workplaces across the country. Do not be alarmed if your employees gather around their computer screens to watch streaming media of NCAA tournament basketball games. This may result in random cheering, fist-pumping, hi-fiving and possibly [...]
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Managed hosting helps businesses handle mobile device challenges
03.19.2013 By:
Mobile device ecosystems are contributing to major changes in how businesses get the job done. If you look around your office, you’ll probably notice that most people are still at their desk like always, but many of them may be using their personal mobile devices on the side. Smartphones will often be pulled out at [...]
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Nicholas Carr: The Convergence of Media & Entertainment and Software (Video)
03.15.2013 By:
Will the media and software industries continue to exist as separate entities? Or are they quickly blending into a single consumer service as Nicholas Carr, author of The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google, asserts? With the widespread adoption of Software-as-a-Service delivery and licensing models, software companies are increasingly experimenting with content [...]
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Disaster preparedness: recovery vs. prevention
03.14.2013 By:
Many IT and operations professionals focus on establishing processes and procedures to get systems back up and running after a disruption, but it’s also important to have the right IT Infrastructure in place before disaster strikes. As part of your 2013 IT strategic planning, disaster recovery and prevention capabilities should always be one of the [...]
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Nicholas Carr: The Explosion of Apps (Video)
03.08.2013 By:
If you were stranded on a desert island and could only take 2 apps with you, which would you pick? A dinner out with colleagues on a recent business trip made me reflect on the impact of the explosion of apps on our daily lives. We had just touched down in San Jose, California, at [...]
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Pole position, pretty girls and Kickstarter
03.07.2013 By:
“CONGRATULATION THIS STORY IS HAPPY END” (Ghosts ‘n Goblins) Last month, when we saw that Athens, Greece based artist and developer Pelikan13 was gunning to resurrect the classic ‘90s-style first-person Arcade Racer on Kickstarter, we had to back him up. Not only had P13 clearly made some serious progress on the game before he sought [...]
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Nicholas Carr: Democratization of Computing Power (Video)
03.01.2013 By:
In what ways does cloud computing empower individuals and businesses? The impact of social communities like Facebook and Twitter and web-enabled devices and applications that leverage the power of the cloud is already apparent. Watch as Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, discusses how cloud computing is [...]
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Server build: pay no attention to that man behind the curtain (Video)
02.28.2013 By:
Internap’s Agile platform, consisting of AgileSERVERS and AgileCLOUD, requires constant expansion in order to ensure adequate capacity for the needs of our customers. This video comes from one such expansion in New York City, and shows some of the work required to deliver “instant” AgileSERVERS. “Spectacular success is the result of relentless preparation” There are [...]
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PS4 event showcases importance of managed hosting in video gaming
02.27.2013 By:
Last week, executives from Sony Computer Entertainment and many video game industry leaders spent just more than two hours introducing the PlayStation 4. On top of all of the hardware and game-specific content displayed, much of the conference focused on how Sony is planning to drive social and intuitive video game mechanics in the next-generation [...]
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Trends for content owners in 2013: Mobile and the demise of the content schedule (Video)
02.26.2013 By:
Trend 4: Mobile and the demise of the content schedule Consumers can now watch their favorite shows from multiple devices, and on their own schedule. Tablets, smartphones and DVRs let users control when and where they replay content, including TV shows, music streaming, books and articles. To make content available 24/7 and meet consumer demand [...]
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Nicholas Carr: Innovation – Beyond the Infrastructure (Video)
02.22.2013 By:
How will the growing adoption of Infrastructure-as-a-Service change the way we live? In a recent survey of IT decision makers, 65% of respondents indicated they are considering public cloud services. Once a cause for hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing within IT departments, cloud computing is quickly becoming a key priority for enterprises. Watch as Nicholas Carr, author [...]
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Choosing the right provider can alleviate cloud security concerns
02.20.2013 By:
Cloud hosting solutions and other cloud offerings provide organizations with a powerful, cost-effective way to improve operations. However, cloud computing is a relatively young technology that many businesses are still trying to figure out. This has led to many security concerns because issues of control, data ownership and availability come into play. While these concerns [...]
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Backups and backup strategies (Video)
02.19.2013 By:
It’s important to have a backup strategy to ensure you’re backing up the data you need, so that in the event of a recovery – whether from a server crash or other disaster – you can restore the data as quickly as possible. We’ve identified four things you may want to consider when deciding what [...]
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Trends for content owners in 2013: OTT platforms opening floodgates (Video)
02.15.2013 By:
Trend 3: OTT platforms open the floodgates for new content providers As cable channels watch their audiences dwindle, new opportunities are arising for over-the-top (OTT) platforms. The economics of this shift threaten traditional distribution models as well as the content providers that support them. As OTT pure-plays look to fill the void left by the [...]
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