If Google and Microsoft Chase Amazon, IT Will be Big Winner

Posted by on Jun 26, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

As I was reading Liz Ganne’s preview of Google I/O on All Things Digital this morning, one thing popped out at a me: a small blurb about Google getting into the cloud infrastructure business. Could Google be going after Amazon’s EC2 business? And according to GigaOm, it’s not just Google. Microsoft could also soon be in play as well with an Infrastructure as a Service offering. If these rumors are true (and it’s never official until it’s announced), hold on tight, boys and girls, because prices could be about to dive. Can you imagine these three companies going...

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Server Market Declines for Second Straight Quarter Says IDC

Posted by on May 31, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

In a somewhat surprising turn, the market for traditional servers fell for the second straight quarter, IDC reported this week. First a look at the numbers (as they say on Marketplace). According to a statement from IDC, “Factory revenue in the worldwide server market decreased 2.4% year over year to $11.8 billion in the first quarter of 2012 (1Q12).” And sales were in decline everywhere whether it was in the US, Europe or even Asia where China has reportedly been spending more than a billion dollars a quarter on servers. At a time when cloud computing and Big Data are all the...

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Big Player Patent Battles Trickle Down to Everyone

Posted by on May 16, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

A recent survey found that contrary to popular perception, only 20 percent of respondents felt that protecting IP rights was a big driver of their technology purchases. When you look around at the news these days, you know that IP law is having a big impact on how big companies are spending their money. It seems that every company is playing defense with patents instead of taking the time innovate. High profile purchases such as Google buying Motorola Mobility was probably driven more by the company’s patent cache more than its technology holdings. Last month Facebook bought a bunch of...

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Getting Beyond Big Data Hype to Understand the Data

Posted by on May 11, 2012 in Blog | 2 comments

It’s clear that we’re collecting more data, but the question is to what end? Whether it’s web analytics, web performance analytics or any other type of data, it doesn’t do us any good until we actually make use of that data to learn something. And it makes sense that at least some of that data analysis is going to take place in the cloud. Why? Because the cloud can scale like crazy and there’s one thing we know about Big Data is that it’s big and just getting bigger all the time. That requires storage and processing power and analytics. That’s why...

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Building a Greener Data Center Makes Good Business Sense

Posted by on Apr 27, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

When it comes to running a Data Center, what are your biggest costs? Chances are, it’s heating and cooling and keeping the lights on. Since you aren’t likely to start running your own electricity generating plant, there are many steps you can take to control the cost of heating and cooling your data center — and if it saves you money why wouldn’t you do it? I’ve often said companies like Google, Facebook and Yahoo! are exploring green technologies to run their massive data centers, not so much because they care about the environment — although they might...

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