As cloud solutions have evolved from physical servers and virtualized environments to SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service) and even IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), companies today must navigate through a sea of different cloud options. While cloud computing provides organizations with increased flexibility and cost-effective IT Infrastructure solutions, some workloads [...]
Industry news: colocation, cloud and managed hosting services create strategic IT opportunities
05.29.2013 By:
What are the latest cloud-related trends in the information technology space? The impact of cloud computing on the IT industry has changed the way that CIOs and IT leaders think about business operations. With so much information available on the topic, here are four articles that provide a glimpse into the current industry trends for [...]
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Cloud and CDN: Friends or Foes?
04.16.2013 By:
Today’s online users expect high-quality, ‘anytime, anywhere’ access from a multitude of devices. This presents a challenge for content providers to deliver multiple types of large files, including streaming media, Video on Demand (VOD) and other large files to tablets and smartphones, all while maintaining the high-quality online experience that users have come to expect. [...]
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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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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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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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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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Do disks really matter?
11.13.2012 By:
Online video gaming capabilities have completely changed the landscape of the industry during the past few years. Countless independent and second-tier games that otherwise never would have hit the market have been produced, because they could be hosted online or downloaded, avoiding the expense of producing boxes, disks and other physical media. As the video [...]
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What’s your number – and I’m not referring to your “Bacon number”
09.28.2012 By:
It seems these days we are driven by numbers, numbers of all kinds and impacting us in any number of ways. Is your number the number of votes it will take to elect a new president come November (less than 40 days away)? Or is it about model numbers – the new iPhone 5 for [...]
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A dirty cloud making you feel guilty? Opt for green data instead.
09.27.2012 By:
This week there was a lot of chatter on our social media channels on green data centers after the New York Times published a report that kept many of us awake at night. This report left many consumed with guilt and remorse at the idea that most data centers, by design, consume vast amounts of electricity [...]
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Adobe takes designers off the ground and into the cloud
05.31.2012 By:
As a graphic designer, it’s my job to stay up-to-date on the latest and greatest technologies to bring good design to the end-user. Unfortunately, these technologies often come with a pretty steep price tag. In design school, my supply budget dwarfed my business school friends’ book expenses, even considering that $800 Organizational Behavior monstrosity. Between [...]
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Internap Featured on American Public Media
07.06.2011 By:
Internap was featured in a story on American Public Media™ Marketplace® on the increasing power demands in data centers resulting from cloud computing. You can hear Mike Higgins, our Senior Vice President for Data Center Services, share his insights and just one of the many ways we are helping the environment by lowering power utilization [...]
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Kindergarten, IT, Navigating “the Cloud,” and Candy
07.01.2011 By:
InfoWorld published a great article highlighting the “The 10 worst cloud outages (and what we can learn from them) .” Reading the article, I’m reminder of the book, All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum. I am sure there is a version designed just for IT and the technology [...]
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Internap Participated in IT Roadmap in Boston This Week
06.09.2011 By:
We attend a number of industry events each year and pay attention to what attendees are telling us. As its name connotes, IT Roadmap is largely attended by local IT professionals looking to stay abreast of new technologies and practices in the industry. Of course, cloud computing is a key topic and a number of [...]
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Waffle House: Cloud Computing Pioneers?
03.29.2011 By:
Waffle House: Cloud Computing Pioneers? For those of you not familiar with the pervasiveness of Waffle Houses in the Southern United States, you would be hard pressed not to find one just when you have a craving for a late night waffle. I probably have more knowledge of Waffle Houses than most and was recently [...]
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Darwinism in the Data Center: Evolution of the Cloud
12.09.2010 By:
Cloud computing has quickly moved from a distant vision to an imminent reality over the last five years. As with many large scale technology and business shifts, the trajectory of its progression has not always been obvious, but today, consumption of infrastructure and software services is growing dramatically. A recent article by Barron’s indicates large [...]
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Cloudy With a Chance of Confusion
11.17.2010 By:
While “cloud computing” has been reverberating as a hot topic in the telecom and IT trade press for years, you know it is reaching critical mass when USA Today writes about it. In fact, that story about how small businesses are able to leverage a host of services and applications delivered from the cloud is [...]
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