• Backblaze Completes 500 Petabyte Data Center

  Online backup provider Backblaze has a blog post announcing that they have completed a 500 petabyte data center, at the Sungard facility just outside of Sacramento, California.

• Amazon AWS: Understanding The User's Role in a Shared Security Model

  Amazon plays its part by taking care of the data center as well as taking care of your virtual instances, then the security ball comes to your court, writes James Mascarenhas of Endpoint Vault. What security measures you take will decide how more or less vulnerable your virtual instance going to be.

• Cologix Acquires DataCenter.BZ in Columbus, Ohio

  Interconnection and data center company Cologix has acquired DataCenter.BZ including its 32,000 square foot facility in Columbus, Ohio. The acquisition fits in the company's strategy of acquiring the leading interconnection points in underserved markets.

• Creating Enterprise Data and Mobility Security

  As more users utilize mobility, creating enterprise-ready data and mobile device security controls becomes critical. There are some inherent benefits to creating corporate mobility – productivity, worker happiness, less end-point management – but there are also many concerns. Let's take a…

• How not to benchmark Cassandra

  How not to benchmark Cassandra : The emphasis is on the not : As Cassandra continues to increase in popularity, it'snatural that more people will benchmark it against systemsthey're familiar with as part of the evaluation process.Unfortunately, many of these results are less valuablethan one…

• Looking Back: Google's First Data Center

  Google's massive global network had a humble start in 1999 in a small cage inside an Exodus data center in Santa Clara. Urs Hölzle and Sergey Brin share reminiscences.

• Where people run

  There are many exercise apps that allow you to keep track of your running, riding, and other activities. Record speed, …

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