And now for some good news... Check out Facebook's homegrown datacenters
The world's largest social network earlier this year dished the details on its global datacenters, which are grounded in open source and energy efficiency.
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Facebook switches on first EU datacenter in Sweden
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Microsoft joins Open Data Center Alliance to promote cloud standards, interoperability
The software giant joins the coalition of more than 300 members in a bid to promote common standards and interoperability among cloud service providers and data center purchasing.
Microsoft invests $348M to expand Virginia data center
The software giant hopes that the two new modules will boost the data center's software capabilities and computing capacity.
Hurricane Sandy knocks out NYC data centers: Websites, services down
With Sandy raging into the east coast, many data centers in the path of the hurricane are forcing major websites, services and hosted apps to fall offline.
BBC website crash leaves millions without on-demand, news
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Thousands cut off as O2 suffers UK network outage
O2 has confirmed it is suffering a network outage, which has left thousands of mobile users across the U.K. cut off -- turning phones into nothing more than expensive paperweights.
Apple questioned by German authorities over Carrier IQ software
German regulators have written to Apple to ask how the company uses Carrier IQ mobile tracking technology.
Updated European law will close Patriot Act data access loophole
An updated European directive will patch the flaws in current laws, that enables the Patriot Act to access cloud-stored data on European citizens.
Almost half of British students 'vulnerable to identity theft'
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