Is Microsoft Azure Still Relevant?
Part 1 of a 4 Part Series Recently, an article posited whether Microsoft was irrelevant and it spurred a great conversation between myself and the award winning Microsoft experts Jerod Powell (CEO/Founder) and Dan Schneiderman (CIO) at InfinIT. We’ve transcribed our...
Bitcoin Mining Concerns for the Data Center Owner/Operator
Not long after writing one of my college thesis on Alternative Models to the Fiat Currency System, I began a serious search into developing an alternative currency in and around Santa Cruz. This endeavor taught me a lot about the mechanics of money and most especially...
New York City Data Center Market Overview
Over the past two months our team has made two trips from Silicon Valley to NYC and spent nearly two and half weeks there with the clear intention of establishing a beach head for our expansion into this dynamic and explosive market. While there the second time...
Guest Post: Thank You, Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s new CEO, recently published a blog post titled “Bold Ambition & Our Core” that I had the pleasure of reading. My initial reaction can be summed up in one word — FINALLY! This was the thought ringing in my head as I read this post. I have...
Power Pricing Impact on Regional Data Center Demand
I've been asked a number of times by providers in the industry, as well as analysts following the industry, if the regional variations on power price have been impacting the industry over the past few years or if they will be in the years to come. As such, I think...
Server in Flames: A Disaster Recovery Lesson Close to Home
Rapid advances in information technology have caused us to become increasingly reliant on remote and on-site servers to conduct our day-to-day business functions. The issue is that our increasing reliance can sometimes interpret into an increased amount of...
Fun with Traceroutes: A New Hope
At its core, a traceroute describes how information flows between one server/computer and another server/computer. Packets of data will not travel to a destination without traversing through several switches and routers that direct the data along the ideal path to and...
Upcoming Data Center Colocation Training Events
DELTAFORCEIT UPCOMING BOOTCAMPS DATA CENTER COLOCATION - Denver, CO (May) Heads up for all of you in and around the Colorado area: our Data Center Colocation Bootcamp will be taking place May 6th and 7th in Denver! If you can make it, SIGN UP TODAY and use the code...
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