When most people think of data center disasters, they probably think of security breaches that major companies have suffered in recent years. While these incidents are significant and can have serious implications, they are not the only disasters to strike in the history of data centers. (missionmode.com) 1983: Faulty Early Warning System Almost Triggers World War III It sounds like …
Cyber Spy Say: There’s Bad News and Bad News
You’re already infected. They’re already inside. It’s not “game over” time, but you need to do something about it because it’s just going to get worse. But hey, cheer up: you’re no different than anyone else. Article by Amir Mizroch in WSJ Digits. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing —— Ex-Cyber Spy’s Message to Board Members: …
The Strangest Data Center Outages
A power outage represents a major emergency not just for a data center, but the countless clients and customers that depend on it for a multitude of business and personal needs. Downtime means unhappy people and ultimately, lost dollars. Of course, each of these centers has auxiliary power supplies, but sometimes, even they lose juice. Typically, a power outage can …
BIOCOM Data / Comm, Nov 4 in San Diego
November 4, 2014 | White Labs Tasting Room 9495 Candida Street San Diego, CA 92126 Jumpstart Craft Brew Week with the BIOCOM Purchasing Group! Enjoy some of the best craft brews San Diego has to offer at the White Labs Tasting Room with the vetted Data & Communication suppliers of the BIOCOM Purchasing Group. On Tuesday, November 4th, bring a colleague and …
Tech Job Losses Have a Sunny Side
Announcements of big layoffs at big tech companies capture a lot of attention — but demand for technical workers (particularly in software and IT) is still strong. Reading beyond the headlines, one sees that while there are certainly ups and downs, for every big company laying off there are likely a handful of smaller companies ready to soak up the talent. …
Infographic: Inside a Data Center
Below is an excellent infographic published by Whoishostingthis.com, a webmaster tool that enables users to discover which web host any given website is hosted on. I found it courtesy of Pam Baker in FierceBigData. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing —— A Look Inside U.S. Data Centers From Netflix to YouTube, and from Facebook to Twitter, …
How Many Financial Services Firms Had Cyber Attacks?
These two sentences encapsulate the impact of the article below: “Look for data privacy and data protection to soon become the first differentiator in consumer and business buying decisions.” “The fastest way to lose customers is to lose your grip on their data.” Read and heed. Summary article by Pam Baker in FierceBigData; original report by Kaspersky. Emphasis in red …
Never Not Protect Your VMs
As with Apple computers and iPhones, it used to be that virtual machines (VMs) got a “free pass” when it came to malware: the bad guys just didn’t bother with them. No more — especially as businesses move rapidly to VMs because of the inherent advantages pertaining to backups, version control, efficiency, and so on. Never assume your instance is …
BBQ, Beer & Bandwidth (Oct 22 at Lightwave)
October 22, 2014 | 3:30 to 7:30 PM | RSVP using the website form below. Please join AIS Data Centers on Wednesday, October 22 between 3:30 and 7:30 pm at the Lightwave Data Center for a special event for customers, partners, and prospects. Featuring Phil’s BBQ, local craft beer, live music, tours, demonstrations, and great networking with the San Diego IT community, this is …
AIS Data Centers Responds Quickly to Level 3 Fiber Cut
We sat down with Steve Wallace, AIS Data Centers’ Chief Technology Offer, to get a clear understanding of what happened with Level 3’s Southern California fiber cut yesterday. At approximately 8:10 am PT yesterday (Monday) morning there was a fiber cut in El Centro, CA. Level 3 was using this fiber link in support of their Internet service in San …
