Even as technology changes, many things stay the same. Not least, in the world of enterprise-scale data processing, where massive volumes of…
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The Importance of User Interfaces in IT Infrastructure Management
IT is all about APIs and Automation now, but I think that sometimes we forget we are humans. I totally understand why…
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Two Different Approaches to Data Storage Analytics
In one of my latest reports, “Key Criteria for Evaluating Enterprise Block Storage,” I wrote that analytics is one of those features…
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What is the Best Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Solution for You?
Last week I had a speech at a small workshop in Italy around hyper-convergence. It was a group of more than 20…
Read MoreTempered Networks wants to secure critical infrastructure so hacks don’t lead to sewage spills
Although the rise of the internet of things means that organizations could gather enormous quantities of data through the billions of connected…
Read MoreTwitter’s infrastructure is designed to keep away the Fail Whale
Twitter has gotten much better at staying up during times of high traffic, but it's working to push itself even harder and faster.…
Read MoreHere’s a startup that wants to be an OpenStack for the internet of things
When a billion sensors meet the cloud, OpenSensors hope that companies and municipalities reach for its software as the base layer to manage how and to whom those sensors report.…
Read MoreGoogle’s data center spending down slightly, but still crazy high
Google spend a little less on infrastructure during the fourth quarter than during the third quarter, but it still spent a lot. Like $2.25 billion a lot.…
Read MoreHere’s what the internet’s arteries look like in 2014
Telegeography has published the 2014 edition of its submarine cable map, providing an excellent representation of the infrastructure that makes global connectivity global.…
Read MoreSFMTA approves new shuttle rules for Google and Apple buses
Months of tension around the use of San Francisco’s public bus stops by Silicon Valley companies to transport workers finally led to action…
Read MoreBroadband firms set to get easier sewer access across Europe in upcoming rule change
The European Parliament's industry committee has approved a draft law that will make the sharing of infrastructure such a sewage and gas pipes and drainage systems a lot easier -- thereby making broadband rollouts a lot cheaper.…
Read MoreIn the Bahamas, the biggest network threat isn’t hackers, it’s birdshot
Keeping wireline and cellular service up in the Bahamas poses some unique challenges -- from careless hunters to sharp anchors. The local Bahamian telco asks people to please stop shooting birds on its wires.…
Read MoreHow to manage ridiculous amounts of data and traffic without falling down
Structure:Europe was about many things -- cloud computing, privacy, how to build a global business -- but it might have been most about scale. The goal of any tech company is to handle untold millions of users and their data, and many speakers are doing just that.…
Read MoreHow Twitter scaled its infrastructure to handle record tweet-per-second days
http://blog.twitter.com/2013/new-tweets-per-second-record-and-how Raffi Krikorian, Twitter’s Vice President of Platform Engineering, shared in a blog post Friday how the company went from essentially a patchwork…
Read MoreGoogle’s infrastructure spending spree continues; $1.2B in Q1
Google spent $1.2 billion on property and equipment in the first quarter of 2013, nearly doubling last year's first quarter.…
Read MoreBy the numbers: How Google Compute Engine stacks up to Amazon EC2
When Google launched its EC2 rival, Google Compute Engine, last June, it set some high expectations. Sebastian Standil's team at Scalr put the cloud infrastructure service through its paces -- and were pleasantly surprised at what they found.…
Read MoreWho are the next hot mobile networking startups? Bessemer aims to find them at MWC
Fresh off portfolio company Intucell's $475 million exit, Bessemer Venture Partners' Bob Goodman is on the hunt for new mobile infrastructure startups. At the wireless industry's biggest event, Mobile World Congress, he'll find plenty to choose from.…
Read MoreOpenNebula offers to speed up community feature development for cash
The 'Fund a Feature' program aims to let corporate users accelerate the development of specific features while still feeding the result back to the open-source project's community.…
Read MoreCisco buying Intucell for $475M to build self-aware networks
In just two years, Israeli infrastructure startup Intucell has gone from a $6 million Series A to a nearly half-billion-dollar acquisition.…
Read MoreGoogle spent a billion on infrastructure last quarter
Google spent more than a billion dollars on infrastructure in the fourth quarter, representing the company's second-biggest quarterly expenditure ever. As it competes against Facebook, Apple, Yelp and Amazon, the company can't afford to stop building data centers now.…
Read MoreAll computing isn’t equal: Here are the four types
Despite the idea that a server is a server, the needs of different computing customers differ widely. For those thinking about selling infrastructure, software or even services understanding the difference in computing and IT styles will help you hone your pitch and find your buyer.…
Read MoreEricsson takes its fight against Samsung to the ITC
Ericsson is exercising all its options in its ongoing patent dispute with Samsung. Last week it sued the Korean handset and infrastructure vendor after the two failed to reach a technology cross-licensing agreement. Now Ericsson is seeking to ban Samsung's products from the U.S.…
Read MoreReport: Mobile hardware will be a $500-billion industry by 2015
Global mobile device and infrastructure revenues are growing at an annual rate of 11 percent per year, which will make wireless communications equipment a half-trillion-dollar industry in 2015, according to IHS iSuppli. The driving factor? LTE.…
Read MoreNow it gets interesting: How to build a social contract for broadband
History demonstrates that in order to build world-class infrastructure, be it railroads or electricity, a mutually beneficial commitment between communities and the providers of that infrastructure is, and has always been, essential. It is no different for communications.…
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