Web Host SoftLayer Launches CDN / Following up a string of recently announced new services and facilities, rapidly growing hosting provider SoftLayer (softlayer.com) reported on Monday that it has launched a content delivery network.
Called "CDNLayer," the service will optimize the delivery of content using a network of geographically distributed server nodes for storing and streaming material.SoftLayer's announcement describ ...
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Dell to Build Portable Data Center / Dell (dell.com) may be the next major computer hardware manufacturer to move into the containerized data center space after speculations have been confirmed that it is creating its own self-contained mobile data center.
According to reports by Channel Register, Dell currently has a data center based on a stackable shipping container in development and multiple sources have confirmed that Dell ...
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Internap Plans Green Boston Facility / Internet business solutions provider Internap Network Services (internap.com) announced on Friday it plans to add around 15,000 square feet of colocation at a new stand-alone 45,000 square foot facility adjacent to its existing Boston data center.
This week has seen more than the usual number of new data center announcements. On Thursday alone, Technical Real Estate announced it has started c ...
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The Web Host Industry Week in Review / Any other week, the big, notable thing about this week's news would be the steady continuation of the flood of data center openings we've seen in recent weeks. But this week also saw the utterly remarkable matter of two separate disappearances of servers containing customer data from facilities.
On Wednesday, we reported that the server containing the website of Pop musician Peter Gabriel had ...
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Verizon Connects Troops With Home / Telecommunications provider Verizon Business (verizonbusiness.com) said on Friday it is expanding its use of technology to help US military personnel based in Iraq stay in touch with their families back home.
The company says for the fifth consecutive year, it is providing free calling for Iraq-based troops from May 8 to 14 for Mother's Day, June 12 to 18 for Father's Day and July 2 to 8 for ...
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Peak 10 Gets $60M Credit Facility / Data center operator and managed service provider Peak 10 (peak10.com) reported Friday morning that it had amended and expanded its credit facility to the amount of $60 million.
Arranged by RBC Capital Markets with the support of syndication agent GE Capital Corporation and bank syndicate partner CIT, the credit facility, says Peak 10, is already earmarked for capital expenditures that will f ...
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