E-Oasis Alerts

In 2003, APC published a well written white paper challenging the suitability of raised floor for the data center. Has raised floor diminished in use in the intervening time period? I haven’t found hard evidence either way. Anecdotally, I’d have to say any progress in this area is measured using a glacial scale.
Raised floor isn’t [...]

Strataspace is betting that the advantages of bunker data centers will attract customers. These bunkers fit a certain type of need and may well represent the ultimate business continuity strategy.
Back in 2001, a Michigan Company called Underground Secure Data Center (USDCO) tried the same thing in a gypsum mine. Two years later the company was [...]

Irving announced his plans to retire in June after 37 years with IBM most recently in its Internet Division. While it’s unclear what is next, expect IBM’s Vice President of Technical Strategy to continue his history of significant contributions. Another thing to watch…Who fills these giant shoes at IBM?

You might be pleasantly surprised with some changes at the Northern Colorado Business Report (www.ncbr.com). RSS feeds let you consume in your favorite feed reader for starters.
It’s great to see the blogs section. Woody’s World has co-publisher Christopher Wood’s take on topics of interest. Their permalink structure needs some work as I’m certain [...]

GoDaddy’s 52 second action has many saying they will switch their domain registrar away from GoDaddy. One site where you can research your choices is RegistrarSTATS.com . Here’s a recent graphic from them that illustrates the dominance of GoDaddy.

Cheyenne (in partnership with the state of Wyoming and the University of Wyoming) is the big winner of NCAR’s new high-performance computing data center estimated at $60 million.
Again, the economics of power, land, and fiber played a large role in the data center site selection. Expect more activity in Wyoming.

Alan Shimel, the Chief Strategy Office at StillSecure, exposes a questionable practice at a Trade Press Magazine. The problem, however, is that this isn’t limited to the security vendor space. Alan is right in that vendors and readers alike need to stop supporting the Trade Press that engage in mis-leading practices. But if vendors don’t [...]

As soon as I saw the Feld Thoughts post title, my own Combat Fishing experience on the Russian River in Alaska snapped past me just like the hooks that become projectiles. Read this 2001 account that is still pretty accurate today. A warning, though, it’s all about Sockeye Salmon fishing and the reason people [...]

Brad Feld and friends are on a mission to prove that thesis. They’ve launched TechStars and you don’t have much time to submit your application. You don’t need a business plan (although I suspect if you had one it wouldn’t hurt you), just answer 28 questions and actively participate in this summer’s Boulder boot camp [...]

Google announced they are building a $600 million data center facility in North Carolina and Microsoft announced a $550 million dollar data center build in San Antonio. Subsidies played a role in both deals.
Where is the next intersection of cheap power and large amounts of bandwidth?
While Colorado has a unique offering in Longmont that made [...]