The new NSA datacenter gets a surprise tax bill
It seems ironic, but the National Security Agency is caught by surprise by a new tax that impacts its new datacenter.
Five Nines: The Next Gen Datacenter
David Chernicoff looks at technologies that impact data center users and operators, including server consolidation and virtualization, green IT, and the latest hardware advances.
David Chernicoff
With more than 20 years of published writings about technology, as well as industry stints as everything from a database developer to CTO, David Chernicoff has earned the term "veteran" in the technology world.
Latest Posts
AMD makes good on its Open 3.0 Server
Can Open Compute go head to head with the likes of HP, IBM, and Dell in the datacenter?
Three years later, the federal government is still clueless about consolidation
The five-year federal datacenter consolidation program still lacks metrics to measure actual cost savings.
Run your Amazon Cloud from your Windows Server console
Amazon has released a management pack for the Microsoft System Center.
Can there really be a high-availability cloud?
Adding industry standard routing support to their IaaS infrastructure makes ProfitBricks a more attractive alternative.
Salesforce.com finally signs to build EU datacenter
It took a year longer than expected, but Salesforce has finally committed to an EU datacenter location.
The future of the cloud: no further away than your nearest gamer
Steam shows us the many possibilities of a cloud-enabled environment.