• Wikipedia On The Hunt For More Data Center Space

  The Wikimedia Foundation is looking to expand its data center infrastructure, and is seeking a site in the western United States to support the growth of Wikipedia, which is one of the most visited destinations on the Internet.

• LinkedIn Intro: Doing the Impossible on iOS

  We recently launched LinkedIn Intro — a new product that shows you LinkedIn profiles, right inside the native iPhone mail client . That's right: we have extended Apple's built-in iOS Mail app, a feat that many people consider to be impossible. This post is a short summary of how Intro works,…

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• CoreXchange: Colo Online Ordering Has Been a Boon For Us

  While online ordering for colo is a relatively new trend, CoreXchange says it has successfully been filling orders online for more than three years. Online ordering has led to shorter sales cycles and a more globally-diverse customer base for the Dallas firm.

• Strategy: Use Linux Taskset to Pin Processes or Let the OS Schedule It?

  This question comes from Ulysses on an interesting thread from the Mechanical Sympathy news group, especially given how multiple processors are now the norm: Ulysses: On an 8xCPU Linux instance,  is it at all advantageous to use the Linux taskset command to pin an 8xJVM process set (co-ordinated…

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• Seagate Launches Kinetic Open Storage Platform

  Seeking to redefine cloud storage infrastructure, Seagate Technology rolled out its Kinetic Open Storage Platform. The platform simplifies data management, improves performance and scalability, while lowering total cost of ownership of average cloud infrastructures.