• DataStax Enterprise 3.0.8 Now Available

  DataStax Enterprise 3.0.8 is now available for download . Please see the release notes for specific information about bug fixes and improvements.

• The Barge Mystery: Floating Data Centers or Google Store?

  Could barges stacked with containers and spotted in San Francisco and Portland, ME waterways be the Google floating data center projects? Or is it another practical joke from the Googlers? Data Center Knowledge examines the mystery.

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• NTT Communications Acquires Controlling Interest in RagingWire

  In a move that will dramatically expand its presence in the U.S. data center market, Japan's NTT Communications will acquire an 80 percent equity interest in RagingWire Data Centers for $350 million, the companies said today.

• Understanding the True Cost of Lost Capacity in the Data Center

  As more demands are placed on the data center, lost resources become very expensive. Learn how to regain resource control.

• Design Decisions for Scaling Your High Traffic Feeds

  Guest post by Thierry Schellenbach, Founder/CTO of Fashiolista.com, follow @tschellenbach on Twitter and Github Fashiolista started out as a hobby project which we built on the side. We had absolutely no idea it would grow into one of the largest online fashion communities. The entire first version…

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• LASCON Interview: Nick Galbreath

  Nick Galbreath (@ngalbreath) is VP of Engineering with client9, LLC. What are you doing nowadays since leaving Etsy? I am managing a small DevOps team for a company whose engineering team is based in Moscow, from Tokyo, Japan. Some other executives and our biggest customer is from there. And, I love…

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