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 [...]
Server build: pay no attention to that man behind the curtain (Video)
5 Tips for managing your IT Infrastructure service provider relationship
Ideally, your IT Infrastructure service provider is an extension of your company, reflecting the high quality and focus that you expect from your own organization and employees. These types of relationships require a concerted effort by all parties and tend to evolve over time. To be sure, it is time well spent because key benefits [...]
Atlanta data center achieves Green Globes certification
What comes to mind when you think of Atlanta, Georgia? Maybe it’s the 1996 Olympic Games, the home of Coca-Cola or the captivating Georgia Aquarium. Or maybe it brings to mind one of the best music and art scenes in the South, or the fact that more than 70 street names contain the word “Peachtree.” [...]
Five trends to watch for content owners: HTML5 versus Flash
This is the final segment of a five-part series on trends for content owners. Catch up on the rest of the trends here. In November of last year, Adobe confirmed what the news analysts had been predicting for months: Adobe was discontinuing its development of mobile browser Flash in favor of HTML5. It’s true — [...]
Five trends to watch for content owners: Mobile and the demise of the content schedule
This is week four of a five-part series on trends for content owners. Catch up on the rest of the trends here. Humans are creatures of habit. We are hard wired to build routines and establish schedules, even subconsciously. It’s nice to know that on Thursday night at 9:30 PM ET you can sit down, [...]
Does the cloud measure up for high performance?
Throughout our 15+ years in the delivery and IT Infrastructure services business, Internap has relentlessly focused on providing the highest performing services to our customers. In fact, our accelerated IP solutions are known the world over for consistently delivering market-leading performance and uptime. Now, with the introduction of our public cloud and dedicated hosting service [...]
The next big thing
In the span of a mere six months, not one but two, newer versions of my smartphone have been released. Now, I know I’m not the only one that suffers from what I call “the next big thing” syndrome. You know, you want the latest and greatest — all the bells and whistles. Fortunately, or [...]
XIPing Past the Commodity Clouds
The market for on-demand, pay-as-you-go infrastructure services that turn IT into a utility for businesses continues to expand rapidly. While initial use cases for such cloud services have been for application development and testing environments, the success of that model over the past few years is leading many companies to broaden their usage of outsourced [...]
