The future of the cloud: no further away than your nearest gamer
Steam shows us the many possibilities of a cloud-enabled environment.
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.
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Privacy concerns over the new NSA datacenter are a red herring
A focus on the NSA invading your privacy just distracts from the fact that you give it up in so many other ways without even noticing.
Google continues to double-down on Europe
It's no surprise that Google has continued to invest in its existing datacenter infrastructure.
Autonomous modular datacenter takes to the sea
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Risk vs. opportunity: Managing your datacenter upgrade
The debate might be close, but I stand by my concerns: Overhaul is the better approach.
A lesson for the cloud: 100 percent uptime achieved -- for 16 years
It's all about expecting reliability.
Savvis capitalizes on their cloud customer relationships
Savvis lays it on the line on providing reliable cloud services.
Business is booming for datacenters in Asia
While some pundits claim datacenter growth is slowing, you couldn't tell by looking at the Asian market